Listen: Shocking Revelation

In recent days, we have hinted in our website's articles that we are aware of terrible things regarding the horrific campaign of persecution being waged against our holy teacher, the Tzaddik, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a. The matters are grave and indigestible; how wicked men exploit the holy conduct of the Rav shlit"a—to nullify himself to the Divine will—and instead of learning a lesson for themselves, they use it to fulfill their own dark desires.

Following publications from the last week in various media outlets, and specifically in the Channel 2 news edition, where Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a is supposedly heard confessing to forbidden acts, while in the background they present a video of the Rav speaking in a different context, in order to mislead the public, and additionally, an effort was made to blur the sound quality so that it would not be identified who is speaking in the recording.

Such tapes and others have been passed to media outlets and even played for influential rabbis by the opponents of Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a in order to slander an entire community, influence public opinion, and influence rabbis to issue a Torah ruling against the Rav and his community. It is hard to believe how such cruel persecution is taking place right under our noses. How people who wear the cloaks of Torah scholars, but underneath their garments hide the inner nature of the lowest level of vile criminals. Those people cause the masses to stumble in the prohibition of listening to lashon hara (evil speech) and the degradation of a Torah scholar, and in effect, they desecrate the Name of Heaven, as the honor of Hashem and His Torah is trampled in public.

The Rav's opponents refuse to bring their claims to a Din Torah (Torah court) because they know that these tapes are partially forged, and in some, a known persecutor from years past mimics the voice of the Rav shlit"a, and others were extracted from the Rav by isolating him from the public under threats and physical, mental, and verbal violence—they know their lies will be exposed.

The Rav shlit"a has expressed his desire to stand at any moment before any Beit Din (rabbinical court) and prove his innocence to everyone; therefore, they are invited at any time to agree upon a Beit Din that will judge their false claims.

There are testimonies from five people who testify how the opponents of the Rav shlit"a acted and extracted false confessions from the Rav by isolating him and using violence and threats against him. We know for certain that one of the persecutors even arrived at the Rav's residence with a wrench with the intent to harm the Rav. There are witnesses to the matter, and for now, we are keeping the data in our possession. However, now that the level of suffering and danger in which the Rav shlit"a was immersed is becoming clear, it is hard to conceive how they severely exploited the Rav.

As a first step, we are now presenting to the public a recording with a transcript, in which one hears Yom Tov Chashin, known as one of the Rav's opponents, taking control of the Rav and forcing the Rav to do and say things against his will. It is difficult to hear these things, and the heart truly shudders; the recording clearly shows the method of the Rav's opponents.

We announce that this is only the first stage. In the coming weeks, a full investigation will be released with additional recordings that will clarify more and more how the Rav's opponents acted to frame him through improper means. We know that these things are difficult to hear, but we have no choice; we must save an entire community that, against its will, believes the lashon hara.

Below is the recording with the full transcript and explanation:

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Yom Tov Chashin isolates the Rav and takes control of him. He forces him and the Rabbanit through deceitful means to disconnect from the public and his community, reveals his plot to smuggle the Rav and the Rabbanit abroad, and forces him to do things under oath, in complete opposition to his will:

Yom Tov Chashin: Where are the Rav's tefillin? Are these the tefillin? No, this is a pillow. No, no, it's okay, I want the Rav to swear, to swear on the tefillin, take the tefillin, take out Rashi tefillin, Rashi tefillin.

Rav Berland: I swear on the tefillin that I will not go to the mikvah.

Yom Tov Chashin: That I will not do any action here without coordination with me one hundred percent.

Rav Berland: Without coordination with Yom Tov Chashin.

Yom Tov Chashin: With an oath while holding a sacred object.

Rav Berland: With an oath while holding a sacred object.

Yom Tov Chashin: To disconnect from everyone.

Rav Berland: To disconnect from everyone.

Yom Tov Chashin: And the Rav is not going to the mikvah.

Another person (name withheld by the editorial board): Not going to the mikvah?

Yom Tov Chashin: Nothing!

Another person (name withheld by the editorial board): You are used to this.

Yom Tov Chashin: Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Swear! I swear that in the coming week I will not take any step without consulting with Yom Tov Chashin.

Rav Berland: And I am not going to the mikvah until Motzaei Shabbat.

Yom Tov Chashin: I swear that all my life I only want the Rav to bring Mashiach. I swear that all my life I only want the Rav to bring Mashiach. I swear that I have no ulterior motive other than for the sake of Heaven, and I only want to bring Mashiach together with the Rav. And that's it. And the Rav will now disconnect from everyone for a trial week. We will all travel to Switzerland together and see what we do, that's it, no mikvah, and nothing, no life, no one, no one. No one has the right to be near the Rav, someone who doesn't want to bring Mashiach, who has some other motive. Motzaei Shabbat we are traveling to Switzerland, and there are no cell phones, and the Rav is not speaking with anyone. And we are now taking the daughter of the King away from the cruel kings, may their names and memories be erased! The Rav stays here, and we will free them, all of them. And we, with the help of Hashem, now need to take care of passports and we are all traveling to the Alps.

Yom Tov Chashin and the other opponents of the Rav acted to isolate the Rav from his public after the Rav was released from ten years during which he was shut in his home and isolated from his community. Their goal was to isolate the Rav again from his public, and when they did not succeed, they began a process of framing him. Among other things, they forged recordings, forged his voice, and extracted confessions from him under threats, under physical and emotional extortion, as will be clarified soon in the full investigation, how they framed Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a.