Fire: All the Sights and Words of Torah from the Yahrzeit of Moharanat of Breslov with the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a: Watch

The central hilula event for Moharanat of Breslov, at the Breslov Shuvu Banim community, in Jerusalem, the holy city - 175 years since the passing of the holy luminary, the light of lights, the precious student of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.

Many students, important rabbis, and multitudes of the Jewish people from all over the country came to the central event, to gather under his cloak and quench their thirst from the Torah of our teacher, the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a.

Before the arrival of our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a, many rabbis honored the event by speaking about the sanctity of the great and awesome day, the yahrzeit of the tzaddik, when his neshamah (soul) shines with great strength.

The joy of singing and dancing was led by the famous musician, Yoeli Klein, as well as musicians Moishy Mendelson and Avraham Balti. The atmosphere was filled with reverent kedushah (holiness) and simcha (joy).

From the words of our teacher, the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a at the holy event

"The yahrzeit of Rabbi Natan, the Tenth of Tevet is like Yom Kippur, it overrides Shabbat, on the Tenth of Tevet a Holy Temple of fire descends. Rabbi Natan himself was a Holy Temple of fire, Rabbi Natan was the Leviathan, Leviathan + Aba in gematria equals Rabbi Natan (500)."

"Rabbi Natan was the rebbe himself, this is the rabbi and the student who were looked upon from the day of the creation of the world, they were the purpose of the creation of heaven and earth, 'Let us make man' was said about the rebbe and Rabbi Natan."

"Rabbi Natan was pursued all his life, he was imprisoned several times, he suffered curses and insults, he was thrown out of his home, spat upon, letters were written that his blood was permissible."

"And so they purified him, until he shone like the light of the seven days, like seven suns, like the body of Adam HaRishon before the sin. In all the persecutions he endured, it purified him more and more until he merited to the likeness of a rabbi."

"Rabbi Natan was the epitome of settled mind, he requested to be buried in a settled mind, so he passed away at the entrance of Shabbat and 24 hours passed from his passing until his burial. He was buried when the moon was full, because Rabbi Natan was the moon and our Rebbe was the sun."

"Now on the yahrzeit, we receive the light of the seven days, when we learn Likutei Halachot we merit the light of the seven days. Because Chava shone more than twice as much as Adam HaRishon. A person needs to be in the ancient, not to see the world."

"It is written that whoever calls Avraham 'Abram' transgresses a positive commandment, but for Yaakov, even though his name was changed to Yisrael, he is still called Yaakov, because Yaakov is 'Akev-Yud', it is 'I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes forever, Akev' because Yaakov was always in the heel, therefore he merited twice 'I' - 'I will go down with you to Egypt and I will also surely bring you up again'. And also Mount Tabor merited twice 'I' - 'I am for Hashem, I will sing'."

"Why did Eliyahu not kill Jezebel? Because she would dance at weddings and lift her heels (Chiddushei HaRim)."

"Yisrael is 'Li-Rosh', like our Rebbe, like Yosef the Tzaddik who did not stop dancing, who did not sleep or eat but only danced for 22 years, he corrected the Aleph."

"Why does the Torah begin with a 'Bet' and not an 'Aleph'? After all, in 'Aleph' there are so many good things; truth, emunah (faith), light, unity, etc. But because the 'Aleph' is alone, it is not like the 'Bet' which joins (Sfat Emet Vayigash Likutei). Therefore, one must be included in a group."

"And anyone who is named after our Rebbe or after Rabbi Natan, this is the purpose of Shuvu Banim to continue the neshamah (soul) of Rabbi Natan."

"Now is the greatest moment - 175 years since his passing, and next year - 5781 it will fall on Parshat Vayigash like in the year 5605 when the revelation of the tzaddik - Yosef the Tzaddik who cried 'I am Yosef'."

"Where there are ten people, the Rebbe is present, now the Rebbe is here, Rabbi Natan is here, all the seven shepherds are here."

Thus concludes the words of our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a