Listen, Amazing: The Rabbi Appears to a Jew Who Seeks. Stories of Drawing Close to the Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

"I began my journey towards Judaism at the yeshiva of Rabbi Moshe Arush in Katamon. Rabbi Moshe Tzanani would come to deliver lessons to us, and through him, I learned that one must continue searching for the true tzaddik and not remain stagnant and content. Until then, although I had served for 13 years in the environment of the 'Shuvu Banim' yeshiva, I was unaware of the existence of the rabbi shlit"a, apparently, he hid this from me." This is the moving and unique story of Rabbi Avraham Tala, from the group of workers at the 'Shuvu Banim' yeshiva."

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"So what do I do now? I asked Rabbi Tzanani. After all, I left my entire previous life to draw closer to the purpose, and now it turns out there is still a path ahead. 'Do Hitbodedut on this and ask in prayer to reach the true tzaddik,' Rabbi Tzanani answered me. Since then, for three months, I did Hitbodedut only on this, hours upon hours. Master of the Universe, guide me on the right path, if such a thing exists, why shouldn't I merit it? I would plead in prayer. Until one Shabbat night at midnight, I lay on the ground in Hitbodedut and said to Hashem: 'Why do I need such a life? If there is such a tzaddik, I also want to see him.' Soon, a torrential rain began to fall without stopping for a moment, and suddenly I see the rabbi shlit"a beside me in a very tangible way, making gestures with his hands. I had not seen the rabbi before and did not know him, so I was frightened and said to him: 'Sir, what do you want from me?' But, he did not answer me."

"Of course, immediately on Sunday, I told this to Rabbi Tzanani, who tried to clarify with me if I hadn't seen a picture, I stood my ground, after all, I know clearly what I saw. 'And will you recognize him if you see him again?' he continued to challenge. 'If so, next Shabbat come to the synagogue at Ido HaNavi.' Since then, I am with 'Shuvu Banim', at the yeshiva of the rabbi shlit"a."

"Immediately upon entering the synagogue at Ido, I see the rabbi shlit"a, and he is making the same hand gestures towards me again. Wow, it's the same rabbi I saw in the field! I began talking to myself. From 4:30 in the morning until 14:00, I did not leave the rabbi shlit"a. About 15 years later, I spoke to the rabbi about that meeting, the rabbi answered and said to me: 'What miracles with you!' and continued without speaking further on the matter."

"I saw many miracles and wonders from the rabbi shlit"a, especially when I would go out on his mission to bring merit to the many and draw the distant closer. Many were helped after promises I made in the rabbi's name, the rabbi shlit"a would tell us: 'Promise in my name.' Barren women were blessed with children, and the unemployed found a paved path, on the roads we discovered the power of the tzaddik. One of the friends asked the rabbi: Why do you perform such miracles for distant people while with us everything is hidden? 'I have already brought you close to me, but they are still there and need to be brought,' the rabbi shlit"a answered."

"The rabbi shlit"a always speaks to us about prayer that must be with melody, and indeed, throughout the land, we spread Torah and Judaism, and we always sang. People would give us large sums of money as charity for the yeshiva and its students, even without us needing to ask, the melodies would draw them. Whoever goes with the rabbi in simplicity merits."

"I am an orphan from a very young age, but the sorrow I have for everything the rabbi shlit"a goes through is greater than the sorrow I had for my parents. Because the rabbi is not only ours alone, he is the rabbi of all of Israel, as long as the rabbi is in distress, we have no life. A friend told me that one day before his closeness to Judaism, he wanted to return in teshuvah, he went to one of the admorim and wanted to shake his hand, but he extended his hand with a glove. That person was hurt and wanted to retreat, one of the friends brought him to Holland, where when the rabbi saw him, he hugged him and gave him warm and loving attention. That friend explained to him that all the other tzaddikim truly see all our flaws, but the rabbi shlit"a, in his immense love for the people of Israel, can draw close to us even without gloves, and love corrects all the flaws."

"The rabbi is not in prison, the tzaddik is eternal, we are in prison and need to be released from all the flaws that hold us. The rabbi fights for us, and we need to have the merit to draw close to him. If the rabbi requests an amount for redemption, it should be given immediately without questions, this is our merit to be part of the redemption."

For more conversations and stories, call the phone line of - the righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland - 'Shuvu Banim International' line - 0772266423