In Av We Reach 'Your Iniquity is Complete, Daughter of Zion'

A wonderful lesson delivered by our teacher, the holy Gaon and Tzaddik, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a from Tzalmon - Motzaei Rosh Chodesh Av 5780.

"That Mashiach ben David, Your servant, will come, redeem, see, desire, and hear; he will arrive, we call out, he will toil. 'And Novach went and captured Kenath and its villages, and he called it Novach by his name' (Numbers 32:42 - end of Parashat Matot), 'These are the commandments and the ordinances that Hashem commanded through Moses to the Children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho' (Numbers 36:13 - end of Parashat Masei), be strong, be strong, and let us be strengthened. For he who recognizes that the son of Menashe is Novach, he is the one who will bring the Geulah, for he is Mashiach ben David. Nehemiah was Mashiach ben Yosef, Ephraim was Mashiach ben David; they received the Torah."

"On the 1st of Av, the Holy Temple of fire descends. 'Your iniquity has ended, daughter of Zion; He will no longer exile you. He has visited your iniquity, daughter of Edom; He has uncovered your sins' (Lamentations 4:22). From the 1st of Av, we are in the state of 'He has visited your iniquity,' 5780 is 'He has visited your iniquity.'"

"'Your iniquity has ended, daughter of Zion,' the 'yon' (יון) from 'Zion' (ציון) descends, descends, descends, and the 'tzadi' (צ) elevates everything. This is the matter of Chanukah, it elevates everything, which is the tzaddik; the miracle of Chanukah is the light of the tzaddik. Without the tzaddik, it is forbidden to declare war; it is against the Halacha, as no one can know if they will be victorious. However, the tzaddik knows. The Chazon Ish says that he sees everything; his heart tells him, for he possesses the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit)."