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In the Middle of a Bar in Tel Aviv, a Giant Picture of the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a is Displayed

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In the Middle of a Bar in Tel Aviv, a Giant Picture of the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a is Displayed

Our holy Rebbe says, "(Likutei Moharan, Part II - Torah 7) 'And the rule is that the tzaddik's main perfection is when he has two aspects, meaning he knows how to speak and teach and illuminate each and every one in the higher and lower realms, in the heavens and on the earth, which are the aspect of the great and the small...'

There are people who are placed in a very low level to the point that they completely despair, God forbid, because it seems to them that they are very far from Hashem and that their eternity and hope from Hashem is lost. The tzaddik needs to have the strength to awaken them and to rouse them so that they do not despair in any way in the world, no matter what, and to show them and illuminate within them, that Hashem is still with them and near them, even in the depths of the earth, even if they have fallen to the lowest depths, God forbid. Nevertheless, precisely there is His glory, for "the whole earth is full of His glory".

Rebbe Nachman says that the tzaddik generally has two tasks: to illuminate for those on high, the tzaddikim who are on the correct path in serving Hashem, and to show them that they have the obligation to continue further in the holy service. However, the tzaddik also has work with those below, with the common people and those distant from the path of serving Hashem. The tzaddik needs to illuminate for them that there is no despair in the world and that even from there one can and must strengthen themselves.

And behold, Nati from 'Nati Systems' came during his work to install cameras in a pub in central Tel Aviv. Seemingly, the place that most fits the definition - 'those below'. Nati entered and before his eyes appeared a magnificent sight, a giant picture of the tzaddik, our esteemed teacher Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. Nati, who was excited by the sight, quickly took a picture and documented the moment.

These are his words, "Listen, I worked this week in some bar in Tel Aviv, I was installing cameras there, and during the work, I noticed on the wall a giant picture of Rav Berland shlit"a. I was in shock, and I looked at the owner of the place, a secular person far from Judaism, and I asked him like this: "I am in shock, here inside this (bar in the middle of Tel Aviv) you put a picture of Rav Berland?! The bar owner replied - "This is our Rebbe (Rav Berland), he is the amulet of the generation!"

Thank you to 'Nati Systems' 0527867675

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