The Holy Words of Our Teacher, the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a in Consoling the Mourners for the Passing of the Esteemed R' Aharon Kahn zt"l, Rabbi of the "Divrei Emunah" Community in Monsey

Rabbi Aharon Kahn zt"l passed away in the United States, where he served as the Rabbi of the 'Divrei Emunah' community in Monsey. He was the brother of the Admorim of Toldos Aharon and Toldos Avraham Yitzchak shlit"a. The deceased zt"l was the Rabbi of the 'Divrei Emunah' community in Monsey, where he served for many years and was a lecturer at the Satmar Yeshiva in Kiryas Joel, Monroe. He passed away after contracting the coronavirus at the age of 69. May his soul be bound in the bond of life.

Rav Berland shlit"a in Consoling the Admor of Toldos Avraham Yitzchak shlit"a (brother of R' Aharon zt"l)

"The parsha speaks about Aharon the Kohen, R' Aharon zt"l was the Aharon the Kohen of the generation, they call him "Kahn" (Kohen), he was the spark of Aharon the Kohen in the generation. Aharon the Kohen entered the Holy of Holies, and R' Aharon was immersed all his life in the Holy of Holies. From the day he was born, he was in the Holy of Holies, like Aharon the Kohen, from the day he was born, he was immersed in the Holy of Holies, he saw nothing but the Holy Temple - his head was immersed in the Holy of Holies."

"His bed flew in the air, "and Aharon expired" no one wanted to believe he passed away, because truly the tzaddik lives forever, there is no such thing as the tzaddik passing away, such a reality does not exist, Moshe lives forever, Aharon the Kohen lives forever, Miriam the prophetess lives forever, he also lives forever, we must not say he passed away, he is with us."

"The Gemara (Shabbat 152b), says that R' Yehuda went to a neighbor who had no children, when the neighbor came to R' Yehuda in a dream after the seven days of shiva, he said thank you, I was there."

"He lives with us, he is with us now, he is truly with us, Rav says "I am standing in the eulogy there" (ibid 153a), what is spoken, he speaks it. Rav says to Shmuel bar Shilat: "Speak in the eulogy"! I will enter you, within you, I will impregnate you! All the words that are spoken now are his words, he impregnates us."

""On the day of his wedding and on the day of his heart's joy", this is the Holy Temple and the giving of the Torah. "His wedding" is the giving of the Torah, now were the first tablets, Yom Kippur is the second tablets. Now these are the first forty days, Moshe Rabbeinu entered the heavens, in the month of Tammuz, now he ascended to the heavens, he was called to the inner heavens, he was the Moshe Rabbeinu of the generation, he was the tzaddik of the generation. On the first of Tammuz, he was in the heavens, now these are the first forty days in the heavens, near the Throne of Glory, near the Holy of Holies, he is now near it, in the Holy of Holies truly, like Aharon the Kohen, he entered the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, the hall, the sanctuary."

"The tzaddik lives forever, "and they saw his bed flying in the air", because they did not want to believe that Aharon the Kohen passed away, because the first time with the calf they said "Moshe is dead", because the Satan showed them Moshe's bed flying in the air and it was not true, Moshe lived another forty years, therefore now no one wanted to believe that Aharon the Kohen passed away. It cannot be, "and he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stopped"(Numbers 17:13), he stopped the plague from which millions of people died, just as Aharon the Kohen stopped the plague where fourteen thousand seven hundred died until Aharon the Kohen stood "and he stood between the dead and the living", he had the power to stop the plague."

The Admor of Toldos Avraham Yitzchak shlit"a: "That now too the plague will be stopped."

Our Teacher the Rabbi shlit"a: "He is truly Aharon the Kohen, truly Aharon the Kohen of the generation, he stopped the plague."

The Admor shlit"a: "That we should already be rid of the plague."

Our Teacher the Rabbi shlit"a: "To be completely rid! He took the plague with him, he took the plague with him, that no Jew should die, and may you be comforted. May the place comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."

The Admor shlit"a: Amen, thank you.

Our Teacher the Rabbi shlit"a: "Amen, may the place comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."

The Admor shlit"a: "Amen"

Rav Berland shlit"a in Consoling the Admor of Toldos Aharon shlit"a (brother of R' Aharon zt"l)

"It is written in the parsha "and Miriam died there" (Numbers 20:1), Miriam, Aharon, and Moshe Rabbeinu, he was included from all the tzaddikim, they call him "Aharon". Now the entire parsha speaks about Aharon the Kohen "and Aharon died there", he was the high priest of the generation, all his life he was the Holy of Holies, his home was the Holy of Holies, he will live forever "and Miriam died there" - she lives forever."

"The entire parsha speaks of Aharon the Kohen, Aharon the Kohen removed his garments, these were the garments of the supreme man, garments from the Garden of Eden, "and he entered the place he entered, and stood in the place he stood, and wore in the place he wore", now he has holy garments from the upper Garden of Eden."

"Now the entire parsha is about "for Aharon expired" (Numbers 20:29), that Aharon the Kohen lives forever, his bed flew in the air. He lives and exists, it is forbidden to think that a "great one" departs, passes away God forbid, a "great one" lives forever, especially now that he begins the true life."

"He will live forever, he is with us, he influences us, he receives the Torah now on the 29th of Tammuz, when Moshe received the first tablets. Tammuz - the first tablets, "Remember the Torah of Moshe" (Malachi 3:22) the initials spell Tammuz. When the shiva ends - the first of Tammuz, we say in Hallel "All nations surrounded me, in the name of Hashem I will cut them off, they surrounded me, they also surrounded me, in the name of Hashem I will cut them off" (Psalms 118:10-11), this is all the nations, now all the shells are cut off. In the shiva all the shells are cut off, all the nations."

"May the place comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and may you see the consolation of Jerusalem" Amen.

The Admor of Toldos Aharon shlit"a: May Hashem help, good tidings, for you too soon, healthy years, blessed years and good tidings, good tidings, good tidings."

Our Teacher Rav Berland shlit"a: Amen.