As every year—and after two years during which he was held in prison and did not go up on pilgrimage—The Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a went up in the early morning hours, on Thursday, Erev Shevi’i shel Pesach, to the remnant of our Beis HaMikdash, to pour out his heart together with hundreds of Anshei Shlomeinu:

At 1:56, The Rav Rabbi Berland shlit"a left his home toward the Western Wall, accompanied by hundreds of Anshei Shlomeinu. Indeed, at 2:10 he arrived at the Western Wall, and after kissing the holy stones of the Wall, he began reciting eight of The Tikkun HaKlali consecutively, together with all of Anshei Shlomeinu, with fiery intensity—more than an hour and a half of saying The Tikkun HaKlali for the salvation of the People of Israel, at the very same time that hundreds of missiles were being fired by those evildoers toward Sderot and the Gaza Envelope.

After an hour and a half of The Tikkun HaKlali, The Rav shlit"a concluded with Kaddish, sung with melodies, in flames of holy fervor together with all of Anshei Shlomeinu—who in the meantime had merited to arrive even from outside the Holy City. After the Kaddish, The Rav Rabbi Berland shlit"a pleaded in prayer for the entire People of Israel for long moments, as he kissed the stones of the Wall and departed with the song, “Awake, my glory; awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn…”

At 3:50 he returned to his holy dwelling to continue the avodah of these sacred days, and to pray Shacharis, Hallel, and Mussaf in his home.

The photos are courtesy of “Keren HaTzaddik — Netzach Netzachim.” [gallery columns="2" link="file" size="large" ids="50610,50607,50608,50609"]