"Here is Uman, Ayalon is Uman" - The Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Recently, our teacher, the Gaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, was transferred from Tzalmon Prison to Ayalon in Ramla, to the Torah wing. Many of the prisoners are uniting around the Rav, coming to hear his words of Torah and to pray with him. Our teacher Rav Berland was received at Ayalon Prison with joy and enthusiasm by the prisoners, who were very happy that it fell to their lot to be with the holy tzaddik.

Many other prisoners, including secular ones, are asking to move to the Torah wing in order to be with the Rav. Beyond the talks that the Rav gives over the phone to his audience, the public is privileged to hear how our teacher Rav Berland answers and relates to each of the many prisoners who turn to him; the Rav has truly opened a branch of 'Shuvu Banim' there.

In one of the strengthening talks by our teacher Rav Berland, several prisoners approached him in pain and told him that Roni Gamzu, the official in charge of the fight against the coronavirus in Israel, is working to prevent the holy journey to Uman for the days of Rosh Hashanah. Our teacher Rav Berland strengthened them, as can be heard in the recording:

"This too is for the best," as a paraphrase of the meaning of Prof. Gamzu's name, which is similar to the name of the ancient Tanna, Nachum Ish Gamzu, the teacher of Rabbi Meir, who strengthened himself to see the good in everything.

Our teacher Rav Berland continued to strengthen those remaining in the country and said: "We are in Uman, Ayalon is Uman, Ayalon in gematria is Uman (Ayalon=97=Uman), here is Uman."

It is worth noting that our teacher Rav Berland repeatedly strengthens his many students and listeners in Israel and around the world to travel to Uman for the days of Rosh Hashanah, of course subject to the Ministry of Health's regulations for caution and avoidance of the coronavirus. Rav Berland repeats these things in all his recent lessons and urges everyone to make the effort to arrive at the holy gravesite of Rebbe Nachman on Rosh Hashanah; these are his words from the lesson this Monday:

"Now everyone is flying to Uman, one must be in Uman, there is no such thing. Every year everyone flies. This is the last Shabbat in the country ("Ki Teitzei") and afterwards to fly."

And then our teacher Rav Berland continued and said: "Here is Ayalon - 'Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Ayalon' - here one sees Hashem face to face, literally! Here is Uman! Whoever goes up to the roof sees Hashem face to face, 'Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Ayalon' - both the sun and the moon. 'And the light of the sun shall be as the light of seven days' - sevenfold 7x7x7, whoever lives 777 years, all his sins will be atoned for."