Command to Save the Beloved of Our Kin ◇ The Bris of the Great-Grandson of Rabbi

The joyful Bris (circumcision) ceremony for the great-grandson of our teacher, the Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, son of R' Nachman, son of Rabbi Moshe Galinsky shlit"a, son-in-law of his eldest grandson, the honorable Rabbi Nachman Zucker shlit"a.

The Bris ceremony took place on Sunday, the 18th of Mar-Cheshvan, during the week of the Torah portion "To your offspring I will give this land," in the holy residence of the "Saba Kadisha" (holy grandfather), our teacher, the Rav shlit"a.

The Bris ceremony began around 9:50 AM with the entrance of our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, into his holy residence and the recitation of the Bris verses by the father of the child. Afterward, family members were honored with cheika (holding the baby). The influential elder, the Chassid Rabbi Yehoshua Ber Rubinstein shlit"a, was honored with the Chair of Elijah.

Our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, was honored with being the Sandek (the one who holds the baby during the circumcision) and with the blessings. The child's name in Israel was called Natan, son of R' Nachman. "May this little one become great, and just as he entered the covenant, so may he enter into the Torah, the marriage canopy, and good deeds."

After the Bris ceremony, the Rav shlit"a sat for the seudah (festive meal) of the Bris, during which he delivered his holy discourse.

Before you is a summary of some of the words the Rav shlit"a delivered during the ceremony:

"What are you doing here, Elijah?" [Hashem] wanted the mouth of Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our Teacher). Therefore, Hashem told him to go to every Bris.

In the future to come, Yom Kippur will be like Purim, and people will eat and drink.

"And the needy for a pair of shoes." The Tzaddik is like shoes for the Shechinah (Divine Presence). "A person should always sell the beams of his house to buy shoes for his feet."

For over 400 years, they forgot how to perform a Bris according to the law; they did it without priah (the stage of uncovering the glans). Every Bris performed conquers more of the Land, because the nations are the orlah (foreskin). "I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter"—it is impossible to comfort those whose babies were murdered; for this, there is no comfort!