A Lesson in the Residence of Our Teacher, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

On Wednesday, the night of the 12th of Sivan, a number of our people, new close followers, entered the holy chambers of our teacher, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, for a lesson. Before you is a report of the lesson.

At the beginning of the lesson, he spoke about the story of the man who broke idols, and when he was caught by the authorities, they did not want to ransom him. Afterwards, he came to his wife in a dream and told her that he was a gilgul (reincarnation) of Menashe, who needed to perform a tikkun (rectification) for the matter of the idols. Later, he spoke about the secret of "Father is dead, lying in the sun, and the dogs of Father's house are hungry," explaining that Solomon asked how to now subdue the Klipah (husk/evil force) of the Dog. Afterwards, he strengthened the listeners regarding the matter of rising for Chatzos (the Midnight Lament). He shared a Torah insight said by the late Meir Tamari (of blessed memory) in the name of the Lubavitcher Rebbe regarding Miriam the daughter of Boethus; even though she was a rebel, she truly wanted Hashem because she cried over the troubles of Israel. Afterwards, he spoke about how Esau could have reached the level of 'Yechidah d'Atzilus' (the highest soul level in the world of Emanation) because he was 'Admoni' (ruddy), the only one like King David. The point is that Isaac thought Esau was David, and Saul thought David was Esau. Hannah prayed that Samuel would be the one to anoint David. Later in the lesson, he spoke about how Saul did not listen to Samuel's command to kill the infants [of Amalek], and a Bas Kol (Heavenly Voice) came out from above and said, "Do not be overly righteous." In the end, he killed all the infants of Nob (the city of priests). He said that "Speak to the Kohanim (priests)" refers to Saul, and he cited the Megaleh Amukos on the Rama, giving six examples of high levels, one of them being Saul, who merited to be 'Yechidah d'Yechidah' (the highest point of the soul). However, the more a person is a tzaddik, the harder it is for him to achieve hisbatlus (self-nullification) to the True Tzaddik.

After about forty minutes, our teacher the Rav shlit"a finished the lesson with Kaddish and went out for the Maariv (evening) prayer, a lesson, and dancing, as he does every evening, from the balcony of his home amidst a large crowd.