"I felt as if the Rav was saying to the heavens, lift this plane" - Miracle Stories with the Righteous Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a

During the strengthening trip to Eilat, the esteemed righteous Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a visited various addresses in the city and met people who have accompanied him throughout his many years of serving Hashem. One of the people who came to meet the Rav shlit"a was R' Don Roberto, who had accompanied the Rav extensively in the past. R' Don Roberto shared many strengthening stories he personally experienced during the time he was with the Rav. We on the site will try to present the stories in parts and as they are.

R' Don Roberto recounts, "This was about 30 years ago, around the years 1988 or 1989, during a period when I was with Rav Berland almost every day. One day, I spoke with the CEO of the Aerosvit travel company to inquire about a trip to Ukraine to the grave of Rebbe Nachman. He told me it would cost $60,000. I called the bank, and after receiving approval, I gave him a check for the amount. I went to Rav Berland shlit"a and told him I wanted him to fly with me on the plane. The Rav said, 'I will come along with 35 other people.' And so it was, in a plane with 164 seats, we fit 241 passengers, so the children with us sat on the floor. Our Rebbe saved us, fortunately, at that time we still landed in Odessa and not Kyiv, because in Kyiv they were stricter."

On the return flight, the authorities suspect there are more people on the plane than allowed

"We arrived in Uman, stayed there, and began our journey back to Eretz Yisrael. On the return, as we were about to close the plane door, someone came to me and said, 'We understand you are responsible for the flight, and we heard there are too many people here.' I was alarmed and immediately went to tell the Rav, who in turn told me, 'Tell the people that after their tickets are checked, they should pass them to the next ones, do not worry, "They have eyes, but they do not see"' (Psalms 115:5). And so it was, but after they finished checking the whole plane, one of the inspectors said to me, 'No, no, I want to check again, but this time we will check the match between the tickets and the passports.'"

Suddenly, the inspector starts feeling unwell

"Again, I returned to Rav Berland shlit"a, who again told me not to worry and to do as they asked. And so, the inspector returned and began matching tickets to passports, but after two passengers, I saw him swaying in a strange manner. I asked him what happened, and he replied that he suddenly felt unwell. I seized the opportunity and handed them 5 dollars, which indeed got them off the plane. It was simply a great miracle, for such a thing one goes to jail."

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"The plane warms up its engines, runs on the runway, but cannot take off. I approach Rav Berland shlit"a for the third time, but this time I see the Rav crying and introspective, I felt as if the Rav was saying to the heavens, lift this plane. The plane had already reached the end of the runway, and suddenly it lifted. Immediately, the Rav turned to me from afar and called me to him. Asulin the gabbai did not see that the Rav called me and therefore blocked me, but the Rav told him to let me pass. Rav Berland began to tell me about the first trips to Uman, how they immersed in the snow and how they opened the way to Uman (the Soviet)."