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Prayer for Preparation for Purim - The Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

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Prayer for Preparation for Purim - The Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

With Hashem's help in the Holy Land in the year of the Aleph-Bet

Prayer for Preparation for Purim

For the 32 Days from Tu B'Shevat until the Conclusion of the Triple Purim

Master of the Universe, Almighty, from whom no plan is withheld, open for me in the thirty-two days between the fifteenth of Shevat to the sixteenth of Adar - like this year when there is a triple Purim; Friday, Shabbat, Sunday, and the conclusion of Sunday. In these thirty-two days, open for us the gates of eternity, the gates of prayer, the gates of charity, the gates of emunah (faith), the gates of love of Hashem, the gates of blessing, the gates of salvation, the gates of greatness, the gates of redemption, the gates of joy, the gates of a spacious dwelling without constraints, the gates of glory, the gates of abundance, the gates of confession, the gates of zeal, the gates of radiance, the gates of the splendor of Torah, the gates of the splendor of wisdom, the gates of the splendor of understanding, the gates of the splendor of knowledge, the gates of kindness, the gates of compassion, the gates of purity of character, the gates of integrity, the gates of beauty, the gates of honor, the gates of prayer, the gates of study, the gates of Likutei Moharan, the gates of preserved wine, the gates of Leviathan, the gates of re'emim, the gates of the horns of re'emim "from the horns of re'emim you answered me", the gates of Shabbat, the gates of Pesach, the gates of Purim, the gates of Rosh Hashanah, the gates of Yom Kippur, the gates of dance, the gates of celebration, as it is said 'There were no better days for Israel than the fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur when the daughters of Israel would go out in borrowed white garments and say and sing, young man, do not set your eyes on beauty but on family and fear of Hashem'. The gates of awe, the gates of trembling, the gates of shuddering, the gates of fear, the gates of dread, the gates of reverence. Please Hashem, "do not let your foot slip, your guardian will not slumber, behold, the guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps, Hashem will guard you from all evil, He will guard your soul, Hashem will guard your going out and your coming in from now and forever". Please Hashem, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us for good, save me from the burning coals of broom that burn for 12 months. And may we merit to always be in trembling and quaking and fear and awe and with great joy, and may I merit to fight day and night the battles of Hashem, like the tribe of Zebulun who fought without hesitation [I Chronicles 12:16]. Please Hashem, "my help is from Hashem, maker of heaven and earth, do not let your foot slip, your guardian will not slumber, what will He give you and what will He add to you, deceitful tongue". And may I merit to enter on Purim into the "courtyard of the garden of the palace" the secret of the Holy of Holies. Please Hashem, "who girds me with strength for battle", please Hashem, open for us the gates of the water libation and the gates of the wine libation, the gates of prophecy, the gates of vision. Please Hashem, 'I and He save now', the gates of the illuminating mirror, and may I merit that all my actions be "only for Hashem alone", as it is said in Parshat Mishpatim "he who sacrifices to gods shall be destroyed, only to Hashem alone". Please Hashem, Almighty, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim, save me from Your wrath from the great and awesome day of judgment. And may I merit in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us to be included among the 36 tzaddikim of the generation, and only to do everything "only for Hashem alone". Please Hashem, 'act and do not delay', and open for us in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim the channels. Please Hashem, in the merit of the four channels save us from the subjugation of the four kingdoms that it was decreed we would be enslaved under them. Please Hashem, 'who has kept us alive and sustained us and brought us to this time'. Please Hashem, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim, grant us to be 'like a spring that overflows and like a river that does not cease'. Please Hashem, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us, grant us that the Holy Temple be built speedily in our days, the Temple of fire. And may we merit to be like Rabbi Zeira who every thirty days would enter into the fire. And may we always merit to praise and thank You, as we sing every Rosh Chodesh "when Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion, the sea saw and fled, the Jordan turned back, the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs, what ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters". And all my days I will conduct myself with great kedushah (holiness), and may the verse be fulfilled in us "and you shall draw water with joy from the wells of salvation". Please Hashem, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim, grant me the secret of the etrog - an acronym for "do not let the foot of pride come upon me". And may we merit to reveal the channels on this Purim upon which the Holy Temple was built, and may we merit to build the Temple of fire, and may we merit every year to enter the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur like the High Priest, and renew the service with the firstborns. And may we merit like Yael to be reincarnated in the High Priest who entered the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, and may we merit like Yael who was reincarnated in Eli the High Priest. Please Hashem, grant us in all three days of the Purim that are coming upon us this year for good, to dance for three days and three nights without any interruption at all, and always go out in dance, and through this may we always merit the forgiveness of sins, and to be healed from all the diseases in the world, and to always rejoice in the joy of the House of Drawing Water for 7 days and 7 nights, and to dance with all kinds of torches and lights, and always spend our days in the Holy Temple, in the Holy of Holies, in the Temple of fire. And may we merit in the merit of Purim to be like Yonatan ben Uziel who was always surrounded by flames of fire, and like Deborah the Prophetess who when she prophesied her entire tent would ignite with fire, and therefore she is called "the woman of torches", and always blow the shofars and trumpets on the House of Hashem, and sing there all the songs of holiness and prayer and thanksgiving to Hashem. And may it be fulfilled in us in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us the verse "life he asked of You, You gave it to him", and fulfill our prayers and supplications in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us for good. Please Hashem, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim, grant us to see the Temple of fire, as it is said 'and may our eyes behold Your return to Zion in mercy', and may we merit thirteen chuppahs in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is called upon us, as You made for the first man a chuppah of ruby, topaz, and emerald, a sukkah of turquoise, sapphire, and diamond, a sukkah of beryl, onyx, and jasper, a sukkah of silver and gold, precious stones and pearls. And may we merit in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is called upon us, for seven days and seven nights of uninterrupted dancing like in the joy of the House of Drawing Water. Please Hashem, grant us a jug of oil of one hundred and twenty log like in the time when the Holy Temple stood, and may we merit grapes the size of ships. Please Hashem, in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us, grant us in these thirty-two days, which correspond to the thirty-two paths of wisdom, to stop the abyss that will never be able to flood the world, and that it will not happen to us as it happened in the days of David when 'the abyss froze' - that the abyss rose and flooded Jerusalem, until David wrote the explicit Name on the shard. And may we merit in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim to "seven shepherds and eight princes of man", to the seven shepherds and David in the middle, Adam, Seth, and Methuselah on his right, and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob on his left. And in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim, may we merit to see face to face all the twelve prophets, with Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. And in the merit of the songs and dances, and in the merit of the twelve heads of months that You have bequeathed to us every year, may we merit to see Mashiach ben David and the complete redemption, as it is written 'may it rise and come and reach and be seen and be heard and be remembered our remembrance and our remembrance and the remembrance of Mashiach ben David Your servant and the remembrance of Jerusalem Your holy city'. And may we merit every day to read all the sacrifices. And may we merit in the merit of the holy and awesome Purim that is coming upon us, to the verse "for a day in Your courts is better than a thousand, I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness, for a sun and shield is Hashem God, grace and glory will Hashem give, He will not withhold good from those who walk in integrity, I will dwell in Your tent forever, I will take refuge in the shelter of Your wings, Selah, for You, God, have heard my vows, You have given the inheritance of those who fear Your name, days upon the days of the king You will add, his years like generation and generation, he will sit forever before God, kindness and truth will guard him, so I will sing Your name forever to fulfill my vows day by day, so in the sanctuary I have seen You to see Your strength and Your glory, for Your kindness is better than life, my lips will praise You, so I will bless You in my life, in Your name I will lift my hands, as with fat and marrow my soul will be satisfied and my mouth will praise with joyful lips, if I remember You on my bed, in the watches I will meditate on You, for You have been my help and in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice, my soul clings to You, Your right hand supports me, and they who seek my soul for destruction will go into the depths of the earth, they will pour him out by the hand of the sword, they will be the portion of foxes, and the king will rejoice in God, everyone who swears by Him will glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped, on God is my salvation and my glory, the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God, trust in Him at all times, people, pour out your hearts before Him, God is a refuge for us, Selah, one thing God has spoken, two things have I heard, that strength belongs to God, God, You are my God, I will seek You earnestly, my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You in a dry and weary land without water, so in the sanctuary I have seen You to see Your strength and Your glory, for Your kindness is better than life, my lips will praise You, so I will bless You in my life, in Your name I will lift my hands, I will call to God Most High, to God who completes for me, He will send from heaven and save me, He who reproaches my pursuer, Selah, God will send His kindness and His truth, be exalted above the heavens, God, above all the earth, Your glory, awake, my glory, awake, harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn, I will thank You among the peoples, Lord, I will sing to You among the nations, for great is Your kindness above the heavens, and Your truth reaches to the skies, be exalted above the heavens, God, above all the earth, Your glory, God, break their teeth in their mouth, the fangs of the young lions, break, Hashem, they will be despised like water, they will walk for them, He will shoot His arrows as if they will be cut off, this will be written for the last generation and a people created will praise Yah, for He looked down from the height of His sanctuary, Hashem from heaven to earth looked, to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to release the children of death, to declare in Zion the name of Hashem and His praise in Jerusalem, when the peoples are gathered together and the kingdoms to serve Hashem, Hashem, hear my prayer and my cry come to You, do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress, incline Your ear to me in the day I call, answer me speedily, I have become like a pelican of the wilderness, I have become like an owl of the ruins, I have watched and become like a lonely bird on a roof, all day my enemies reproach me, those who praise me swear by me, no one who practices deceit will dwell in my house, he who speaks lies will not be established before my eyes, every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off from the city of Hashem all workers of iniquity, God of vengeance, Hashem, God of vengeance, appear, rise up, judge of the earth, render recompense to the proud, how long will the wicked, Hashem, how long will the wicked exult, they pour forth, they speak arrogantly, all workers of iniquity boast, Your people, Hashem, they crush, and Your inheritance they afflict, widow and stranger they kill, and orphans they murder. Shepherd of Israel, listen, who leads Joseph like a flock, who dwells between the cherubim, appear, before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your strength and come to save us, God, restore us and cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved. For behold, Your enemies are in uproar, and those who hate You have lifted up their head, against Your people they plot secretly, and they consult against Your treasured ones, they have said, come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more, for they have consulted together with one heart, against You they make a covenant, the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre, Assyria also has joined with them, they have helped the children of Lot, Selah, do to them as to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the brook Kishon, who perished at Endor, they became as dung for the earth, make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, let us take for ourselves the pastures of God, my God, make them like a wheel, as stubble before the wind, as fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm, fill their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, Hashem, let them be confounded and dismayed forever, let them be ashamed and perish. God of hosts, restore us and cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved, You brought a vine out of Egypt, You drove out the nations and planted it, You cleared the ground for it, and it took deep root and filled the land, the mountains were covered with its shadow, and the mighty cedars with its boughs, it sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the river, why have You broken down its hedges, so that all who pass by the way pluck its fruit, the boar out of the forest ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it, God of hosts, return, we beseech You, look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine, and the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, and the branch that You made strong for Yourself, it is burned with fire, it is cut down, they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance, let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself, and we will not turn back from You, revive us, and we will call upon Your name, and they will know that You, Your name alone is Hashem, Most High over all the earth".

The Prayer for Download and Distribution

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For the merit and success of the esteemed groom R' Avraham Yehuda Leib ben Chana and the esteemed bride Adel bat Miriam

May they merit to build a faithful house in Israel in the way of our holy and awesome Rebbe and in the way of our teacher the Rav shlit"a

with expanded understanding

and may they merit to see children and grandchildren engaged in Torah and mitzvot, Amen.

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