"And the Spirit of Hashem began to move him" • The main thing in the world is to reveal the Kingdom of Hashem! There is none besides Him, and there is nothing to fear except Him, blessed be He. All fears are falsehoods, all the wicked are illusions. Whoever merits to cleave to the true tzaddik is filled with living emunah (faith) and courage of the heart, such that is not intimidated by any person and is not broken by any trial. For when the Spirit of Hashem beats in the heart, no fear can penetrate.

These are the holy words of our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a:

Without Fear – Only Fear of Hashem

The main purpose of the creation of the world was to reveal His fear and His kingdom "The fear of Hashem is pure, enduring forever," one must know that there is only fear of Hashem, one must only fear Hashem, only be afraid of Hashem, not fear anyone, no person, not Haman, not Pharaoh, not blasphemers, one must only fear Hashem. There must be no fear of any minister, master, thief, robber, or terrorist. The entire creation is in the aspect of a kingdom that reveals the Kingdom of Hashem in the world, the entire creation says "Hashem reigns, Hashem has reigned, Hashem will reign forever and ever" – besides Hashem, nothing exists, there are no terrorists, no murderers, nothing.

Our Rebbe says the first thing in serving Hashem is that there should be no fear! The main thing you will receive from me is that you should have no fear, the Rebbe does not need cowards, the Rebbe does not tolerate faint-heartedness, what are you afraid of? There is Hashem in the world, Hashem is alive and exists, there are tzaddikim, there is Moshe Rabbeinu, there is Yehoshua bin Nun, they rule here in the world, they are the prime ministers. If a person wants to succeed in serving Hashem, if a person wants to succeed in anything, then the first thing is that he should have no fear, not a trace of fear. Rabbi Natan Shapira (Megaleh Amukot) says that fear is the greatest impurity in the world, when a person is afraid it means he has no emunah, therefore when a person has fear he must uproot it from the root.

The Courage of the Heart is the True Weapon

Our Rebbe says in Torah 249 "The essence of courage is in the heart, for one whose heart is strong and does not fear any person or anything, can perform great acts of valor and conquer battles through the strength and firmness of his heart" – a person must be a mighty warrior, a person must have endless courage of the heart, he must have bravery in the heart, be courageous, and then he can conquer all his battles. This is in the aspect of "Who is the mighty one? He who conquers his inclination," for the first thing is to overcome evil thoughts, to overcome evil perceptions. And this is what is written about Samson the mighty "And the Spirit of Hashem began to move him between Zorah and Eshtaol" that from those places the Spirit of Hashem succeeded upon him, and he donned courage and gained strength and firmness in the heart, there in that place he tore the lion and performed great acts of valor.

Rabbi Natan says that when Daniel was thrown into the lions' den, the king who loved Daniel and did not want him to be killed prayed that there would be a miracle, that the pit Daniel was in would be covered and not exposed, because if the pit was exposed there was a chance they would shoot arrows at him. The king knew that the lions would not harm him, they would not have dominion over him, he was sure that the lions would not devour him, but he was afraid that a person would shoot an arrow at him. But Daniel was not confused by anything, he maintained his emunah, Daniel said if Hashem protects me from a lion then He will protect me from an arrow as well. The king said I am afraid of an arrow, I am not afraid of a lion!

And on this Rabbi Natan asks what is the difference between an arrow and a lion? 

Rabbi Natan explains that when a person sees an animal, he can maintain his emunah, even if a lion attacks him, he will cry "Shema Yisrael" with all his emunah, with all his strength, and he will nullify the fear of the lion, because a lion cannot topple a person from emunah, on the contrary, when he sees the lion, he gains even more emunah in Hashem, he cries out to Hashem stronger and Hashem saves him from the lion – but if a person comes and aims an arrow at him and that person is a murderer, a heretic, a person without emunah, he is wicked, then he is worse than a lion because he can topple him from emunah. Rabbi Natan explains that this murderer is a demon, he is not even a person, he is full of heresy, and his heresy radiates onto the person he is going to murder and sticks to him, and the person becomes confused by the heresy, by this radiation and says "Why are they killing me, what did I do," he is filled with questions in emunah and this is what topples the person from emunah, from crying out to Hashem. But if a person overcomes these thoughts, these fears, then even if a Nazi murderer comes to a person with a gun to his chest and shouts "I will shoot you" and that person remains pure in emunah, clean in emunah, then nothing can be done to him.

When the Heart is Courageous – Even a Nazi Arrow Will Not Harm

As they tell a true story from the Holocaust, a Nazi stood to shoot a Jew, stood him against the wall and said "Now I will kill you!" The Jew said to him, you cannot kill me! Only Hashem can kill me! The Nazi became angry and said I will kill you! Here I am shooting you! The Jew said to him, it is Hashem shooting me, not you, the Nazi said I am shooting! I decide! The Jew said to him, no! It is only Hashem, only Hashem can shoot at me, a Jew who went through the entire war, went through everything and knows everything, it is Hashem, there is nothing besides Him. The Nazi was silenced, he fled for his life, thinking if everything is Hashem, then I am not willing to be Hashem's emissary, and that Jew was saved. 

Everything that happens to us for 120 years is only tests. Tests with Nazis, with terrorists, with murderers, with harsh decrees – and we need to reveal the hidden emunah in the heart, to reveal the emunah so that we do not fall in our minds because of any minister, any person, any enemy, we need to truly strengthen in the fact that there is only Hashem and to stand on the emunah that Hashem is one and everything is illusions, everything is null and void, and the main thing is to believe in the true tzaddik, to believe in such a tzaddik who can influence such emunah that there is only Hashem, who can illuminate such emunah, who can reveal the point of emunah – because alone it is difficult to reach such emunah, only one who is attached to a true, true tzaddik, then the tzaddik can awaken him to this emunah and develop it so that he can truly use this point of emunah, because the tzaddik is entirely nullified to Hashem, he has no existence, he has no entity, he is in nullification to Hashem, blessed be He, he has no fear of anything, and whoever merits to reach such a tzaddik and receive from the tzaddik this nullification, this emunah, which is a very high and awesome level, then all will bow and fall before him, all the enemies, all the Nazis, all the terrorists, all will bow and fall, they and those like them.