"One Must Not Compromise in Life"

On Motzaei Shabbat Toldot, the Gaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a delivered a lesson to the yeshiva students of Kiryat Sefer. During the lesson, Rav Berland shlit"a spoke about the great cry of Esau, "And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry" (Genesis 27:34), and from this, the tzaddik teaches us that one must not compromise in life. These are his holy words.

The Rav shlit"a said, "Like Esau, I will not compromise," and the Rav cried out with the crowd, repeating again and again, "I will not compromise. Esau cried out an 'exceedingly great and bitter cry' (ibid.) and said, I will not move from here (until his father Isaac blesses him), I will not leave here. He let out such a cry that all the walls fell; everyone’s head turned backward. A cry like the cry of Judah in Egypt, which caused all the houses to collapse and all heads to turn backward."

"'And he cried out an exceedingly great and bitter cry' (ibid.), a cry such as this does not exist anywhere else in the Torah, 'exceedingly'—such a cry belongs only to Esau. And why? Because the tzaddik is not blessing me, but I will not compromise, I will not compromise. So Isaac saw that he had no choice; he would otherwise bring down all the houses. The first tear fell from Esau, and the first Temple was destroyed; the second tear, the second Temple; the third tear dried on his face, which is why there is still a chance for Geulah."

"A person's tear comes before everything. When a person cries, it does not matter if it is Esau, all the gates in the world open for him. The moment Esau began to cry, the gates of the world opened for him."

The full lesson of the Gaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a to the yeshiva students of Kiryat Sefer