R' Nachman Berland, the son of our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, spoke harshly about the difficult conditions in which his father, our teacher Rav shlit"a, is found. R' Nachman spoke before the large crowd that gathered for the prayer and cry rally held at the Bar Ilan junction in Jerusalem for the release of our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a. Although a decision has already been made to transfer the Rav shlit"a to an alternative, the situation is still far from satisfactory, and the treatment of the Rav is still difficult, astonishing, and infuriating.

"What can we say and what can we speak, the Rav is completely isolated, I had a conversation this week with the lawyer, and she said that the Rav's isolation is very, very difficult, very difficult. It's hard to see this, the things are disgraceful there he has no possibility at all to recover."

"We have no comprehension of the courage required from the Rav shlit"a"

"The Rav has been at Hadassah for two months, soon three months since Chol HaMoed Sukkot, we are soon at the end of Tevet. In fact, three months, the Rav has not fully recovered due to the isolation and the medical situation, it is impossible to heal him in any way."

"They do not let him see people, mood is not relevant at all, it's..., very difficult, I don't want to say what the lawyer says at all, it's very, very difficult, the family is with the Rav..., they let us see him barely once a week, most times they postpone it due to various excuses."

"The Rav shlit"a sees no one, he has a phone during the day maybe for half an hour, speaks a word here, a word there. As much as we know our Rav, we really have no comprehension - what courage this involves what strength this involves, but it is our duty to do everything possible, mainly in prayer, mainly what the Rav shlit"a speaks about."

"Here we appeal to all parties, the most severe shock that has already succeeded with Hashem's help, to convince those who pull the strings. They saw that there is nothing, and indeed they wanted to release the Rav shlit"a already, they wanted to release him - the Rav was already supposed to be outside. The Rav told me several times, 'I am home tomorrow', he said he would light Hanukkah candles, after that he said on the tenth of Tevet, 'I will be with you at a big gathering'."

"The Rav's lawyer says: There is one law for everyone and there is the Berland law"

"Unfortunately, without any reason they are holding him - without any cause. Anyone who knows the case, it involves enormous difficulty how to even lift such a thing. The lawyer says, there is a Berland case here, everything is allowed - they broke all the usual ways."

"We appeal here in the name of the holy community to the entire holy audience, anyone who has the ability, anyone who has friends - the cry is up to the heart of the heavens, today is the birthday of the Rav shlit"a, at age 83, already entering age 84, and he has many more years to lead the holy community, to lead the entire holy public."

"We all pray all the time that indeed Hashem will give those who need to decide to show some humanity, the simplest - the biggest murderers, the biggest terrorists don't have such isolation, there are better conditions than what the Rav went through in Ramla, than what he went through in Tzalmon."

"The Rav is going through very difficult things, very difficult, it is our duty to always continue to pray, to continue to cry out. Anyone who has some connection..., anyone who has influence in any place, it is our duty to act, as it is written about Yaakov who came before Esav with a gift, prayer, and war, truly, we need to act in all ways."

"War means, the main war is in prayer, that is the main war, war means prayer, not God forbid war in the literal sense, war is in both senses, prayer from the depths of the heart - to awaken great heavenly mercy. With Hashem's help, we should merit to see the Rav shlit"a released..., with Hashem's help."