If One Person Suffers, There is Suffering in All the Worlds - Words of the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a on Motzaei Shabbat Kodesh

On Motzaei Shabbat Kodesh Lech Lecha, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrived for the Melaveh Malka meal at the home of Rabbi Eliyahu Mirav shlit"a. The Rav sang with the community and delivered his holy words, these are the words of Rav Berland shlit"a.

"All People are One Collective"

"All the sefirot and all people, everything is one thing. It is written in the teachings 75, 76, and 77 (in Likutei Moharan) that all people are one thing, one is the head, one is the hand, one is the foot. And just as in the human body, if one limb hurts, the whole body hurts, this is also true collectively. All people are one thing, and there should be no pain for any person, any woman, or any child. If one person suffers, there is suffering in all the worlds."

"The Tzaddik Has the Power to Atone for Everything"

"In the beginning, God created" (Genesis 1:1), 'In the beginning' is a statement, 'created' is half a statement" (Likutei Moharan 21, and also see Shaar HaPesukim by Maharach"u, sign 1, "It has already been explained in the Zohar, the matter of 'In the beginning', which are the letters 'created six'. They also said there, that 'created' is half a statement. And the matter is, that there are six letters in the word 'Bereshit', corresponding to the six ends of Zeir Anpin. This is also hinted at in the word itself, divided into two 'created', 'six'. Meaning, that the six ends were created, Zeir Anpin, as is known that its entirety is only six ends. Therefore, they said there in the Zohar, that 'Bereshit' is a complete statement, meaning it includes the entire configuration of Zeir Anpin, called six ends, for they are the letters 'created six' as mentioned). Therefore, 'Bereshit' is a well, 'created six', six, David dug the six (Sukkah 53a), because the tzaddik can rectify the souls in the world."

"It is written in Midrash HaGadol (Noach Parsha 9:13-14) that Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai says that together with Abraham he can absolve the entire world from its beginning, and together with Ahijah the Shilonite he can atone for the entire world." The tzaddik can atone for everything, even if Lemech (son of Methuselah) killed his grandfather and because of this also killed his son, by clapping his hands and crushing him. Ada, his wife, was angry and said she would not forgive him until Adam the first man came and appeased them. Adam said to Ada that Lemech was not guilty, because he was blind and did not see what he did. However, even though he was blind, he still needs to atone for the murder."

"The Whole Work of a Person is to Reach the Domain of the Tzaddik"

"There were two Lemechs, one who was two generations from Cain, and Lemech the father of Noah. "And Methuselah lived eighty-seven years and begot Lemech" (Genesis 5:25), eighty-seven is the gematria of Jacob, he reached the domain of Jacob, the domain of the tzaddik, because the whole work of a person is to reach the domain of the tzaddik."

"The lions came and ate the sheep, the shepherd says he cannot fight the lions. The owner of the house tells him you can, you abandoned the flock and left it unprotected, I pray in Hitbodedut that my shepherds will defeat all the lions. The shepherd asks, 'Why don't you pray that your goats bring bears, like with Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa? (Taanit 25a). The owner of the house replied, 'I cannot be like Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa."