Every Movement of the Tzaddik is According to the Word - Teachings of the Esteemed Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a - Sacred Visions from the Public Reception in Kiryat Sefer

On the night of Sunday, Parshat Ki Teitzei, 19.8.18, the esteemed Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrived in Kiryat Sefer and conducted a home gathering and public reception there.

Teachings of the Esteemed Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

"Through the two birds, the 370 lights are restored"

"Adam HaRishon had 370 lights, 'If a bird's nest happens to be before you' (Deuteronomy 22:6). The bird alludes to 370, which also hints at the 370 lights of Adam HaRishon and the 370 lights taken from Chava. All of this must be restored through the two birds brought for a metzora. The moment a person draws down the 370 lights taken from Chava, this is the power of Eikev and Re'eh."

"Every movement of the tzaddik is according to the word"

"A person comes into the world to know that everything is from Hashem, everything he does – everything he speaks – everything he thinks is all according to the word. Yosef the Tzaddik, who danced for 22 years, had a question, he was always in a question, he already had a question for 48 years about his father Yaakov, he – Yaakov passed away at 147, and from the burial of Rachel when Yaakov was then 99, 48 years passed in which the questions arose for him – for Yosef the Tzaddik on their own. A person has all kinds of questions, all kinds of wonders, all kinds of perplexities, Yaakov said to him: Know, it's all according to the word, every movement of the tzaddik is according to the word, the tzaddik does not make a single movement not according to the word, every movement of the tzaddik, every thought of the tzaddik."

Yosef asked - Why don't you bury her in the city of Bethlehem?"

"The tzaddik decided to bury Rachel on the road – in the middle of the road, he asks him: Father, is this a dog? Is this a cat? One does not bury a dog or a cat in the middle of the road, why don't you bury her in the city of Bethlehem which was close? It's all according to the word, know that I see what will be in 4,000 years – 3,000 years when no one will be able to reach Bethlehem anymore, days will come when it will be impossible to reach Bethlehem, only Shuvu Banim will reach, and I want all of Israel to reach, this is what Yaakov Avinu said, Yaakov Avinu is not satisfied that Shuvu Banim reach, he wants all of Israel to reach – women and children, infants of the day, every minute and every second they can reach."

"I see what will be in the end of days"

"All this Yaakov explains to Yosef, that he should know that everything is according to the word, I do not do things randomly, I do not just bury a person in the middle of the road, it's all according to the word, every movement according to the word, because I see what will be in 4,000 years, I see everything, 'in the end of days' (Genesis 49:1), Yaakov saw – it pained him, Yaakov saw what would be in 4,000 years, and then everyone fell into despair."

"A person who does not complete Shas has no divine image"

"One must learn all the Gemaras, one must learn all of Shas, a person who does not complete Shas has no divine image, it is forbidden to speak with him, forbidden to be in his presence, because he is an apikores. A person who does not learn Shas is a complete apikores, he must be an apikores, because there is nothing to repel the negative thoughts."

"Three partitions of the mind nullify the desire for immorality"

"There are three partitions in the mind, and this is 'And it shall come to pass, because' that through dancing one ascends from the heel to the head, to the three partitions of the mind that nullify the desire for immorality, that a person must all day only learn Gemara, to be a master of the hump and not lift his head from the book, and then a person can repel all the negative thoughts, all the questions he has, and then we will merit the complete redemption, speedily in our days, Amen."

The words of Rav Berland shlit"a were edited from fragments of light Gallery of Photos from the Public Reception in Kiryat Sefer [gallery link="file" size="full" ids="13440,13441,13442,13443,13444,13445,13446,13447"] The photos courtesy of Shachar Eliyahu