A Prayer for the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk

Today is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk zy"a, who is buried in the town of Lizhensk in Poland. Presented here is a prayer that The Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, wrote to be said on the day of the yahrtzeit:

Master of the Universe, Almighty—today is the yahrtzeit of “the Noam Elimelech,” who merited the level of: “I beheld until thrones were set, and the Ancient of Days sat; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool.” And in the merit of “the Noam Elimelech,” may we merit to see from one end of the world to the other, like Channah who saw from one end of the world to the other: “The bow of the mighty is broken”—these are the Greeks; “and the stumbling are girded with strength”—these are the sons of the Chashmona’im; “those who were full with bread have hired themselves out”—these are the seventy sons of Haman, who came to seek forgiveness from Mordechai; “and those who were hungry have ceased”—these are Mordechai and Esther, about whom it is said: “In the morning he devours prey, and in the evening he divides the spoil.” “Binyamin is a wolf that preys”—this is Shaul, who is alluded to in the verse, “And Mesushelach lived seven and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begot Lemech”—the initial letters spell Shaul; for Shaul was a gilgul of Lemech, who killed Kayin, and about him it is said: “Sevenfold shall Kayin be avenged, and Lemech seventy and seven.” And therefore the help of Israel was one hundred and eighty-seven amos long; and Lemech lived seven and seventy and seven hundred years, because the gematria of “light, water, firmament” = 677, and another one hundred blessings, and one hundred stones that are read on the yahrtzeit of “the Noam Elimelech” = 777, upon which the Mishkan stands. And the moment “the Noam Elimelech” completed the one hundred stones, the entire world was set upon its foundation—heaven and earth, the Beis HaMikdash Above, and the Beis HaMikdash below.