Much will be said about the wonderful evening of the 10th of Tevet 5780 - the yahrzeit of Moharanat of Breslov, at the holy community of Breslov Shuvu Banim.

Many rabbis rose to speak before the arrival of our teacher, the esteemed Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. The words were wonderful and brought hearts closer. Particularly special and prominent were the words of the maggid, Rabbi Aba Trotsky shlit"a, who rose and spoke marvelously about the greatness of our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a. There is no need to prolong introductions, one simply needs to read and listen to his holy words.

"My teachers and rabbis, esteemed community, with the permission of our master, teacher, and rabbi shlit"a, with the permission of the rabbi shlit"a."

"My friends, members of the community, tens of thousands of the house of Israel, I am sure that many of those sitting here and watching now do not exactly understand why I took the microphone."

"With trembling and fear, I dared to speak towards the glory of the angel of Hashem, a thousand apologies to the honorable rabbi that I am going to speak and say these things."

"It can be said that Hashem granted me the merit, and for many months now, not even a year yet, that Hashem granted me the merit to have a close and lasting connection with our teacher the rabbi shlit"a, may his days and years be prolonged pleasantly."

"I want to tell you a sentence, because once the rabbi threw me some words, he told me something about the Steipler, it is known that Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapira, head of the Be'er Yaakov Yeshiva, eulogized the great Steipler zt"l. The difference between the greats of Israel, to distinguish between the holy and the mundane, from a professor, is that the closer you get to a professor, the more you smell a bad odor of pride, anger, and material things. Not so, a Torah scholar, the Chofetz Chaim spoken of in America is not like the Chofetz Chaim spoken of in Poland and Russia. And the Chofetz Chaim of Russia is not like the one of Radin, the Beit Midrash of the Chofetz Chaim, the closer you get to him, 'he has brought me to the house of wine.'"

"In the way of the world, when you get closer to a person, the Gemara says your heart becomes familiar with him, I testify to you faithfully, the more I merit to draw close to our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a, I tell you, I tremble, I tremble."

"My Rebbe, the Rebbe of Spinka told me, Aba, you should know, the more you touch the hem of his garment, you will tremble. And I tell you that I merited, not only to trust, but I truly touch things with self-sacrifice for the rabbi."

The miracles that I and my friends see around the rabbi are immeasurable. I know that many stop me on the way and say to me, Aba, tell us about this and that."

Just recently, I sat with one of the important judges in Eretz Yisrael, and suddenly a letter from the great kabbalist tzaddik, Rabbi Zerachiah, Rabbi Yehuda Zerachiah Segal, was revealed. An angel of Hashem, so he writes about our rabbi - "An angel of Hashem, anyone who touches him is assured that destructive angels rest upon him."

So wrote Rabbi Segal, that judge trembled in his hands and feet, "Anyone who touches him is assured that destructive angels rest upon him." And I tell you, I feel it every day, miracles.

But what, I will tell you what I told that judge, and I know you know this - Hashem does not send high souls to the world, with such daily miracles and wonders, unless Hashem maintains the balance.

"And sometimes the rabbi speaks, and within the words are words of divine inspiration literally, words of divine inspiration literally, what people understand after 40 years."

"I tell you, I have not even been with the rabbi for a year and I stand beside him shaking with awe and trembling, with awe and trembling, why am I saying all this? Mercy, my heart contracts."

"My heart is torn, I was with the Rebbe of Spinka when the rabbi lay in Hadassah Ein Kerem, in the hospital, there on the tenth floor, the Rebbe of Spinka says to me, Aba. One does not enter an angel of Hashem like this, let's first look at the windows in the hospital room."

"And what do we see? The rabbi connected to IVs, the rabbi connected to IVs and sitting and learning like an 18-year-old boy. An angel of Hashem is not interested in anything, the Rebbe of Spinka says to me - look, look what's happening here."

"I told him, Rebbe, you still don't know anything, at night he escapes to the lobby and sits and learns for 6, 7 hours straight. Unbelievable, but the shame is ours, but we are guilty."

"I then asked the judge Rabbi Natan (the attendant) who sacrifices himself for the rabbi. Rabbi Natan, where is the shame? The rabbi should be in the hospital instead of bringing the hospital to him at home?"

"He tells me, Aba, what can I do? I don't have the budget for it."

"Why doesn't the rabbi care? The rabbi doesn't care about buildings, material things, he only cares that another Jew will draw closer to the Creator, blessed be He, that another Jew will be in this fire of emunah of our Rebbe."

"The Rebbe of Spinka told me, Aba, I have never seen an angel of Hashem with tens of thousands waiting at his door, and his financial situation is terrible."

"I tell you, in the activities I engage with the community regarding our self-sacrifice, against those enemies trying to undermine the rabbi, we fight with our nails."

"I tell you, I said this to those people, to those wicked ones, you are not standing against the rabbi who will say yes to everything, you are standing against me today."

"I will dig my nails into you and I will scratch you. I want to tell you, blood has already flowed from them. I will scratch them, you will no longer strive to contact him, us, let's see you heroes."

"My teachers and rabbis, I beg you, I asked the rabbi, and the rabbi told me just before we entered - Aba, they will have salvations, they will have salvations."

"I said, rabbi, why are you saying this right now, because now is a situation that I personally feel I need it. I need this institution, the building, the medical needs, the rabbi is not getting younger day by day. The rabbi is aging and his health will be strong until the coming of our righteous Mashiach speedily in our days. We see it clearly, but gentlemen, I beg you, I am from the side, I was not born into the community."

"I beg you, when I look into his eyes I am ashamed. The Rebbe of Spinka said that Rabbi Segal told him that wherever Rav Berland goes, he sanctifies his entire surroundings, I am ashamed to see him in debt, it pains me that I sometimes ask for things to deal with problems."

"What a good lawyer, a good rabbinical advocate, there is no money. The rabbi told me almost pleadingly, that whoever does not have a standing order of 148 shekels for 36 months, I beg him to do so. This is an hour we need, and whoever understands understands, I say this from a crying heart."

"Everyone please stand on your feet and let's sing 'Or Zarua' at the top of our voices - because generations did not merit to see such a tzaddik, an angel of Hashem."

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