Listen: Rabbi Shimon Peretz from Hidabroot Tells - The Divine Inspiration of the Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Rabbi Shimon Peretz, the senior host at Hidabroot, opens his heart with his personal story about the righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. "After about 25 years, I left the Habima Theater after being at the Cameri Theater. They told me to come for Simchat Torah at the 'Shuvu Banim' yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem. I had never heard of the place, but they promised me a spectacle I had never seen before, so I came. I arrived with a kippah from the Moriah Hotel, clean-shaven, in a nice suit, with a new BMW parked outside, and entered the holy yeshiva hall to see 'strange' people dancing wildly in zebra suits, with such power and with much kedushah (holiness) and purity. I looked from the side and wondered what source of energy they were connected to that gave them such strength."

"Suddenly everyone jumped to the entrance, and it became clear to me that the righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a had arrived. I didn't know him, but I was happy for the opportunity to receive a blessing to strengthen my emunah (faith). I was still holding the Torah scroll when suddenly the crowd parted like the Red Sea, and Rav Berland shlit"a himself began to walk towards me. I was in shock, looking at the rabbi walking towards me, such a great light, sweeter than honey, such kind eyes, like shining silk. He asked me my name. Shimon Peretz, I answered. What are you doing here? They told me to come for Simchat Torah, I replied. Do you know Batya Lancet? the rabbi continued to ask. I wondered about the question and answered no. Batya Lancet lives at 1 Babel Street. I told him: Honorable Rabbi, I don't know the street or her, what does the rabbi mean"?!

"Go there and tell her I sent you to her so she can write you a play about Rebbe Nachman, emunah, and simcha (joy). Your play needs to appear in all worlds, so that every corner hears you, every Jew. I started to cry, how does he know I came from the theater and suddenly addresses me on that very topic? The rabbi took the Torah scroll from me, danced with me, while I could barely move. Somehow, I reached the large holy library at the entrance of the yeshiva, and before my eyes stood a book by the Malbim. Of course, I didn't know the book, but I told myself: if I open this book and see a hint of what I just experienced, it confirms everything for me, if not, then it's all an illusion."

"I pull out the Malbim, open it in the middle, and read: 'And Judah said to Shimon, bind your fate with mine because your fate is my fate.' My name is Shimon, and he is Rabbi Berland shlit"a. I understood that Rabbi Berland is actually Judah the king telling me come and bind your fate with mine, connect with me, don't leave me for a moment. I started to cry tears like no other. I became very connected to the yeshiva, I went downstairs, and I met a young man who told me: if you donate by standing order to the yeshiva the numerical value of Nachman (148 shekels) for five years, within 48 hours you will see salvations. Of course, I immediately signed, what I wanted was only a match, to get married. The truth is, I was already in the process of a match, and that's what I told the young man, so they took me to Rabbi Berland shlit"a. Rabbi Berland shlit"a told me that the match I was talking about belongs to his student, if you marry her, you will divorce immediately, you will have troubles. I told myself - what is he doing to me"?

"Rabbi, if I give her up, when will I meet my match? On the 2nd of Shevat, come to me at the Zvhill halls, he answers me, there I will bless you, and you will marry quickly. I got confused, I called the mother of the match who eventually met with Rabbi Berland shlit"a who told her the same things and even added. I return from the rabbi's blessing on the 2nd of Shevat and immediately a matchmaker approaches me with a proposal. Miracles - after fifty days, I am on my wedding day when suddenly the realization hits me that this is Rabbi Berland shlit"a's blessing, and I want to invite him to officiate the kiddushin."

"Near the holy residence of the rabbi shlit"a, I meet a young man on his wedding day who tells me that the rabbi is going to officiate his kiddushin today at the Tamir halls. I was happy and told him that the rabbi also blessed me and I am getting married today. While talking, the rabbi shlit"a comes out, hugs and kisses me, and tells me: Peretz, I cannot marry you because I am marrying my student who is marrying the girl you brought me here. But he immediately added - because you listened to me and fulfilled the words with simcha, you are blessed with a male child. Invite me on the seventh night of Chanukah to be the sandak of your son."

"We got married. On the seventh night of Chanukah, a son was born to me, but I entered a conflict. Because Rabbi Daniel Zar shlit"a, who brought me to teshuvah, wanted to be the sandak. I went to ask Rabbi Berland shlit"a what to do, the rabbi opened the door adorned with a tallit and tefillin and immediately blessed me for good fortune. I was surprised again, I asked him how does the honorable rabbi even know that a son was born to me? I told him I want him to be the sandak, but he interrupted me and asked who brought you to teshuvah? Rabbi Zar shlit"a from Pardes Katz. If so, Rabbi Zar will be the sandak, he is a worthy sandak, he is a great tzaddik, answered Rabbi Berland shlit"a. And you know exactly what to name your son. I answered certainly and indeed named him Nachman."

"I tell in large forums about this tzaddik, Rabbi Berland shlit"a, and bring the verse - 'Who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains' (Psalms 147) and I am sure that from heaven he will come and there will be such salvations because of this tzaddik, he is a very, very great tzaddik, I speak about him and cry. He is a precious Jew whom heaven loves, if we could see with our physical eyes how many legions of angels and seraphim accompany him and do not leave him for a moment. Everything he goes through he annuls decrees from upon the people of Israel. He does not belong to this world at all, he has completely nullified himself. This righteous rabbi carries in his sorrow all the sorrow of the people of Israel. With Hashem's help, because of this there will be a complete redemption for the people of Israel."

What righteous and great students have emerged from Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, Rabbi Moshe Tzanani, Rabbi Michael Gol, Rabbi Shalom Arush and his yeshiva. My famous cousin, the singer Kobi Peretz, was strengthened through him and gives up large sums of money and does not perform on Shabbat, and instead, he merits to sing at the Shabbat reception - Come Bride. Shuli Rand, who played the most chosen role - 'Hamlet', and achieved great fame, left it all and returned to teshuvah. The righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a took Jews who were very distant, but with bags of treasures and brought them back to teshuvah, and now they sanctify Hashem's name and show the goodness of Israel".

"Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a made so much noise in the upper worlds that they couldn't bear it, in his kedushah he floats in the air, he doesn't walk. But, he collects in his exile all the sparks and brings more and more back to teshuvah. He carries the whole world on his shoulders, even Donald Trump, and he feels nothing."

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