"Mouth to Mouth I Speak With Him" — Why Parshas Beha’aloscha Is the Highest Parshah — The Lesson of Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a Last Night, the Night of 11 Sivan

Before you is the full lesson of The Rav, Rabbi Berland shlit"a, last night after the Ma’ariv prayer — the night of 11 Sivan — the yahrtzeit of the “Mother of Malchus” — Mrs. Atia daughter of R’ Moshe a"h, the mother of ybdlch"a The Rav, Rabbi Berland shlit"a.
Then it is written, “And the image of Hashem he beholds” (Bamidbar 12:8) — in the parshah: “Mouth to mouth I speak with him, in a vision and not in riddles.” He merited “mouth to mouth” because Eliyahu wanted the “mouth” of Moshe. That is why Eliyahu entered a cave—where no one can enter among the Bedouins; there you need authorization from the legal authorities. Deep, deep among the Bedouins there is a cave. And whoever reaches there merits, “Mouth to mouth I speak with him, in a vision and not in riddles; the image of Hashem he beholds”—he sees the image of Hashem, he sees Hashem literally! “And you will see My back, but My face will not be seen” (Shemos 33:23)—and now we are learning about the Face. Now, through the Tzaddik, we merit the Face. Through the true Tzaddik it is possible to merit the Face! This is Parshas Beha’aloscha, which is the greatest of all the parshiyos, because then one merits “the image of Hashem he beholds.” Each and every person, according to his Ma’ariv and his Shacharis, merits “the image of Hashem he beholds”—he sees Hashem face to face. It is written, “My face will not be seen,” but he merits that “My face will be seen.” So this parshah—this is the moment when it is possible for each person to merit “My face will be seen”: to see Hashem literally, face to face.
And before going to sleep, Rebbe Nachman says that one sees all the sixty myriads of souls—in Sichos HaRan (90). Each person sees all the sixty myriads of souls and all the sixty myriads of Tzaddikim. Therefore, now on this night, this is the highest night—because then one sees all the sixty myriads of Tzaddikim; one sees “the image of Hashem he beholds,” and one sees “mouth to mouth I speak with him,” just as Eliyahu HaNavi requested—“What are you doing here, Eliyahu?” (Melachim I 19:9) Eliyahu HaNavi said: I want the “mouth” of Moshe—“Mouth to mouth I speak with him”—for through a person saying Tehillim, he merits “Mouth to mouth I speak with him.”
At the beginning of the prayer, The Rav, Rabbi Berland shlit"a, lit a candle for the elevation of the soul of his mother, Mrs. Atia daughter of R’ Moshe a"h — the “Mother of Malchus” — on the 30th year of her passing:
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The Rav, Rabbi Berland shlit"a, lighting a candle for the elevation of his mother’s soul[/caption]Subscribe to Our Newsletter
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