A Terror of Terrors. A Message from Rabbi Mantzer, One of the 36 Hidden Tzaddikim: “There are no punishments unless there is a warning—therefore I am warning”

Frightening to the point of trembling. A shocking message from R’ Elazar Mordechai Mantzer shlit"a—master of holy salvations and renowned for miracles—about whom R’ Avraham Chai zt"l (the Kabbalist from Pardes Katz) and many other Tzaddikim testified that he is among the greatest of the 36 hidden Tzaddikim in our generation. But first, a stirring letter written by the Tzaddik R’ Elazar Mordechai Mantzer shlit"a a year ago, and printed in the sefer Birkat Avraham, chelek 52:

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The Background to the Letter

On 17 Teves 5776, the yahrtzeit of the hidden Tzaddik, Rabbi Ezra Eliyahu Perachya Cohen zt"l, the condition of his son—the Kabbalistic Tzaddik, Rabbi Chaim Cohen shlit"a, “the Chalban”—deteriorated severely. His situation was critical, and he was lying in isolation at Tel HaShomer Hospital. When the Tzaddik, Rabbi Mordechai Mantzer shlit"a, heard about it, he decided to travel in the middle of the night to the hospital in order to bring about a yeshuah for him.

In a wondrous way they allowed Rabbi Mantzer shlit"a to enter. He went in, prayed, and did what he did—until the Chalban opened his eyes and began moving them. By morning they saw an improvement in his condition, and after a short time, miraculously, he was released home. Rabbi Mantzer related an awe-inspiring story: in truth, at that very time the holy Chalban’s time had come to depart from the world, and when Rabbi Mantzer shlit"a entered to pray for him, he saw the Chalban speaking with the soul of his father.

“Come with me to the World that is entirely good,” his father pleaded with him. But through the prayers, the decree was annulled. Afterwards, the Tzaddik Rabbi Mantzer shlit"a wrote down the words he heard at that moment from the soul of the Chalban’s father.

The Wording of the Letter (Relevant to Our Topic)

“On Thursday night leading into Friday, before dawn at 4:29, after I had just finished Ma’ariv with the melody and nusach of the holy days, I received permission from our Father in Heaven—our Savior—to reveal this matter. On the night of 17 Teves, the day of hilula of the well-known Tzaddik from the previous generation, to whose home many of the Tzaddikim of his generation would frequently come—Rabbi Ezra Perachya Cohen zt"l, the father of our master Rabbi Chaim HaCohen shlit"a, the Chalban, Tzaddik Yesod Olam.”

“Rabbi Ezra zt"l descended on the day of his hilula and said to his son, the Tzaddik Yesod Olam shlit"a: My son, my son, my son—beloved to me and to the Creator of all worlds—I beg you greatly: come up Above to Gan Eden; a very good place is prepared for you. What do you have to remain here (in this world)? Especially now, when the holy Shechinah and all the Tzaddikim with Her are weeping to see the lowliness of this generation.”

After the father zt"l spoke at length against various kinds of zealots—those of whom it is said, “The praises of God are in their throats, and a double-edged sword is in their hands”—he continued and said to him:

“They also spread slander against you and against other true Tzaddikim of the generation, and likewise against the Tzaddik Yesod Olam, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, who fled into exile and no one takes it to heart. Therefore, I beg you (my son) to have mercy on me. I cannot bear, from Above, to see your pain and the pain of the other persecuted Tzaddikim—they are being defamed. And the great ones of Israel who do not follow the ways of the persecutors are persecuted as well.”

“The Shechinah and the Tzaddikim Above are crying and afflicting themselves, while only the Satan and the accusers rejoice and dance because they are ‘defeating’ the Shechinah and the Tzaddikim Above—thereby prolonging this terrible and bitter Galus.” He spoke further at length on various matters, and in the end he concluded: “I have no further permission yet to reveal to you.”

The day before yesterday I was with this great and awe-inspiring Tzaddik, Rabbi Mordechai Mantzer shlit"a, and he permitted me to publicize the content of the above letter. Then he added additional, frightening words.

The words of the holy Tzaddik—one of the leaders of the 36 hidden Tzaddikim in our generation—Rabbi Mordechai Mantzer shlit"a, regarding the terrible persecution of the holy gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a:

“Know that all of this persecution comes from jealousy. I have no doubt that if these opponents had lived in the generation of our holy Rebbe, Rebbe Nachman, they would have opposed him as well. The Yismach Moshe (the Admor Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, founder of the Sighet–Satmar dynasty) says that ‘tree’ alludes to a Tzaddik, and ‘water’ alludes to machlokes, as it is written in Mishlei (17:14), ‘The beginning of strife is like letting out water.’ Just as a tree cannot exist without water, so a Tzaddik cannot grow to greatness without machlokes.”

I asked him about personal matters, but he answered that at the moment he cannot respond—as is known to those who come to his home, that he answers only what Hashem places in his mouth.

Toward 2:00 a.m. he told me that he had just received a message from Heaven, and that I must convey it in his name:

“There are no punishments unless there is a warning—therefore I am warning” -

“Tosafos in Maseches Sotah (concluding with Rabbi Yochanan who brings the words of Rashb"i: ‘It is better for a person to throw himself into a fiery furnace than to whiten his fellow’s face in public’) and Rabbeinu Yonah (in Sha’arei Teshuvah, Sha’ar 3, siman 139) explained that this is considered the ‘dust’ (a trace) of murder—because humiliation causes the redness to depart from the face of the one who is shamed. They wrote that one who humiliates his fellow in public is like the three severe transgressions for which the law is “be killed rather than transgress” (murder, forbidden relations, and idolatry). Therefore, anyone who opens his mouth against Rabbi Berland shlit"a is doing so deliberately, and should know that he is playing with fire. And the words of the Mishnah in Avos (2:10) will be fulfilled regarding him: ‘Be careful with their coals (the coals of Torah scholars), lest you be burned—for their bite is the bite of a fox, their sting is the sting of a scorpion, their hiss is the hiss of a serpent, and all their words are like coals of fire.’”

“Even one who merely thinks evil thoughts against Rabbi Berland shlit"a should know that such a thought is like a thought of idolatry, and he must invest all his strength to drive those thoughts away. And one who already spoke against Rabbi Berland shlit"a has no remedy except to go to two trustworthy Jews and reveal to them that he accepts upon himself that when The Rav shlit"a is released, with Hashem’s help, he will go to him to appease him—until he hears from him that he has forgiven him.”

Until here are the awesome words of the holy Tzaddik, Rabbi Mordechai Mantzer shlit"a.

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