Listen: Attorney Ephraim Damari on the Plea Deal of the Holy Gaon and Tzaddik

“There’s nothing like this—he speaks with angels. I turned myself into his chassid.”

These are the words said by Attorney Ephraim Damari, head of the defense team of the holy Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, in an interview conducted with him:

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“We arranged this deal in order to end the legal whirlwind that is unfolding around Rabbi Berland shlit"a. Because right now, until Rabbi shlit"a’s evidentiary process is completed, it could take between a year and a half to two years—and all that time the Rav would be sitting behind bars. Meaning, even if the Rav is found innocent, we will not have accomplished anything; the Rav will have spent the entire time in prison. I believe the Rav is innocent, but our Sages taught us that sometimes, don’t be ‘right’—be wise. The reality right now is that we need to release the Rav as quickly as possible.”

“I’ve been sitting with the Rav since before the holidays. I fell in love with him. Personally, I call him an angel. He has very great spiritual powers—an amazing man, truly, there’s nothing like it. I’ve had the opportunity to represent many rabbis and mekubalim, but someone like Rabbi Berland shlit"a—I don’t think such a thing exists. In my opinion, he is unique in his generation. Since then, a true love has been woven between us, and I hope that Rabbi shlit"a will soon return to his community with his head held high, with pride. You have—no! We have (Attorney Damari corrects himself)—I turned myself into a chassid of the Rav shlit"a. We have a Rav who is unique in his generation, a genius of his generation—there’s nothing like it, I’m telling you.”

[caption id="attachment_5476" align="alignright" width="300"] Attorney Ephraim Damari at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court today[/caption]

“A personal story that happened to me with the Rav shlit"a: Ten days ago I needed to meet with the Rav shlit"a, and because he is such a Tzaddik, I went beforehand to immerse in the Kinneret. When the Rav saw me, he immediately remarked to me: You immersed in the Kinneret, right? I confirmed it, and the Rav wrote on a page the names of the angels around me and began speaking with them next to me. He is on a tremendous spiritual level. He sang to the angels and said to me: Attorney Damari, look—the angels are dancing. But I can’t see; I don’t have the abilities of the Rav shlit"a. Yet I felt it—I truly felt it.”

“The Rav is a genius; his mind cannot be grasped as a human being. He did calculations for us there that are impossible to describe, and everything was precise to the last detail. It’s astounding.”

The interview was conducted on the Shuvu Banim International line: 02-991-7173