Caution: Danger - Rabbi Shmuel Liani shlit"a with a cry of "Enough!" to the

"Purim is a good time to look at the fire of controversy with the right eyes," opens Rabbi Liani in his cry against the venomous and destructive incitement against Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. "Mordechai the Jew succeeded in uniting everyone with his statement - 'Go, gather all the Jews,' and through this, he actually saved the Nation of Israel from the destruction decreed upon it."

"What benefit do those who create controversy bring? What have they done until today for Rebbe Nachman in the world that they think they have the right to come and fight against a powerhouse (Rabbi Berland shlit"a and the Shuvu Banim community) that awakened and fanned the embers of Breslov and turned this Chassidus into a burning fire of tens of thousands of Jews around the world? One must weigh the benefit against the great damage they are causing people."

"There is a huge, huge public, uncountable in numbers, that drew close to Breslov in the merit of Rabbi Berland shlit"a. This public is scattered today in synagogues across Israel (and the whole world) and reads in the weekly leaflet the words of Rabbi Berland, 'to pray and not answer the persecutors. Not to take part in the controversy, but to pray and wait for the fire of controversy to die out on its own'."

"Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a calls upon us not to take a side in the controversy, but how is it possible not to take a side?! Without harming their dignity, but within the public that persecutes Rabbi Berland, there is a large portion that has never benefited the general public in any way. They are swept into the fire of controversy and play into the hands of the Satan, by mongering strife and disturbing the Emunah (faith) of thousands of Jews who drew close to Breslov and Rebbe Nachman through Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. "

"We must not forget that Rebbe Nachman began his path amidst controversy, where the people who disputed him were great on very high levels. 250 years later, Breslov is flourishing and they have disappeared from the map. 250 heads of Sanhedrins fought against Moshe Rabbeinu, and from their perspective, it was with absolute justice. And the result is simple, painful, and shocking - The Holy One, Blessed is He, does not want us to be people of controversy; the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them all. Because controversy is the work of the Satan and has no place in our midst."

"The second point is the manner in which the controversy is conducted. It is a shame and a disgrace - I do not recall in recent years messages so dirty, so dangerous to the future of the nation. So full of abominable words that it is inconceivable that they are sent under the auspices of signatures of Rabbis who are Gedolei Yisrael (leaders of Israel). This is not the way; no one intends for us to introduce such dirty things into the heads of the children wandering in our homes. It is terrible and dreadful."

"Let us remember that thousands of Jews who do not live in Mea Shearim, but in the scattered areas, in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, and have no way to hold onto the rope of Judaism. They stand, wonder, and hesitate about how and what to do, when people fight against the one who awakened them to Judaism. Against the one upon whom their entire Judaism depends."

"May it be the will [of Hashem] that the Holy One, Blessed is He, hears my cry and awakens people to dedicate a few minutes a day to listen and to erase the controversy from the foundation to the very top."