Photo Gallery from the Home Gatherings Before the Conference in Ashdod and the

Wednesday of Parshat Shemot, the days of Shovavim, 18 Tevet 5780. Before our teacher, the Tzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, arrived at the Siyum HaShas assembly in Ashdod, our teacher the Rav held home gatherings in several locations.

Among other addresses, our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a arrived at the French Hill neighborhood in Jerusalem, as well as 8 Professor Shor Street, Holon.

Holy scenes from the home gatherings of our teacher, the Tzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a

From the words of our teacher, the Tzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a in Yehud

"Today is the greatest day of the year; now [18 Tevet] is the Yahrtzeit of the Bnei Yissaschar [Rav Tzvi Elimelech Shapira]. Whoever merits to hold a meal on the Yahrtzeit of the Bnei Yissaschar has all the gates of heaven, all the gates of the firmament, opened for them."

"Now, on the Yahrtzeit of the Bnei Yissaschar, all the gates in the world are opened. He wrote 50 books, 20 books in manuscript and another 30 books that he did not publish. All the secrets are revealed on this day; there is no secret that is not revealed on the 17th of Tevet; all the secrets are revealed."

"Therefore, the 17th of Tevet is a day when one can begin to study 8 pages of Gemara, from 7 in the morning until 7 in the evening. 8 pages of Gemara alone provide the peace of mind and the success to finish the entire Shas; this should be the only wish. Everyone will finish the Shas, starting from Berachot; it is all stories."

"'And we shall be distinguished, I and Your people'—now is the greatest time of favor that exists in the world. What one asks for today, one receives. All the gates of the firmament are opened for him, all the gates are opened for him, the intellect is opened for him; he will merit a mind like Einstein's."

After the Shacharit prayer, our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a said:

"He who dwells without a wife dwells without joy; this is the worst thing. A person must marry. And the main thing is that there should be no lust, as it is written, 'And the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a lust to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise.' This is against the three lusts: eating, seeing, and it is forbidden to study secular knowledge unless it is for the sake of work or to bring people closer [to Hashem]."

"A person becomes ill only from too much food, because the food stops the blood from reaching the heart; the bread and the milk that one drinks stick inside the body."

The article was published for the elevation of the soul of Dora bat Machla z"l, a Holocaust survivor whose many family members did not survive the inferno, and who merited descendants who are students of our teacher, the Tzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a.