Prayer for the New Moon of Iyar by the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

A wonderful prayer for the new moon of Iyar composed by our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a in 1948

The new moon of Iyar this year, 2020, will be on Thursday night at 11:37 and 12 parts

Please Hashem, the month of Iyar, the initials "My enemies will return, they will be ashamed in a moment." In which falls Lag BaOmer, the yahrzeit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who is truly the neshamah (soul) of Moshe Rabbeinu, peace be upon him, who descended a second time to the world to rectify it, and was thirteen years in sand and dust, until his entire body and the body of his son Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon were completely purified, and not even a drop of physicality remained.

For it is brought in the book Karnayim in the commentary 'Dan Yadin', that Yaakov was supposed to live 210 years, the number "Radu Shama", but since he said "Few and bad have been the days of the years of my life", they deducted 63 years, leaving 147, the count of 'Nachman'. For indeed, the neshamah (soul) of Rebbe Nachman is the one that governs all the worlds, the lower world and the upper world, the lower chariot and the upper chariot, direct light and returning light, which is the secret of the counting of the Omer, that the month of Iyar begins with Gevurah in Tiferet, and ends on the 29th of Iyar, 44 days of the Omer, Gevurah in Malchut. The main thing is Gevurah in Tiferet, which is the secret of sweetening the judgments that is done in the month of Iyar through "My enemies will return, they will be ashamed in a moment", for then the manna began to descend on the 15th of Iyar "bread from heaven". For in the entire month of Iyar, everything eaten is "bread from heaven", in the secret of the light of Abba that shines in Binah, and everything eaten in the month of Iyar is from the light of Abba, in the secret of "A woman of valor is the crown of her husband", for the month of Nissan corresponds to the upper forehead, and Iyar is the secret of the inner knowledge. For "A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand this, when the wicked spring up like grass and all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed forever." For the month of Iyar is in the secret of the crown "A woman of valor is the crown of her husband". And above this crown is the crown of Adam Kadmon, as it is said "And Mordechai went out in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold", the secret of the crown of Adam Kadmon, in the secret of "And the children of Israel went out with a high hand", the high hand is the secret of Adam Kadmon = 245. And this is the secret that is said about Devorah "And she sat under the palm tree of Devorah between Ramah [= 245 = Adam Kadmon] and Bethel", for Devorah the prophetess merited the secret of Adam Kadmon, for they always saw when she prophesied sparks of fire truly coming out of her eyes, and in Devorah flames of fire came out of her mouth, just as when the Rabbi spoke words of Torah with Rav, flames of fire came out of their mouths on every word they uttered [Chullin 137:].

For "Radu Shama" that Yaakov said hinted that he could live 210 years, for Ehyeh in the secret of Keter, for ten names of Ehyeh begin in all ten sefirot of the Keter. Therefore it is said "Blessed is Asher above sons; let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil", for oil is the secret of wisdom, the name Havayah in the opening, which shines to the feet, in the secret of "Gad, a troop shall overcome him, but he shall overcome at last". And this is what Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said that his yahrzeit is always on the 18th of Iyar, to Rabbi Elazar [Chukat] 'Arise, stand in your standing', and therefore he was together with Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in the cave for 13 years.

And this is what Elihu said "Behold, all these things works God twice, three times, with a man", in the secret of "And the night said, a man-child is conceived", for the mother of Job was the neshamah (soul) of a man, and therefore Job endured all the terrible sufferings. And this is what is said "And from there to Be'erah" is the well that Moshe said "Shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?". This is the secret of the intention of 'Retzeh and bring us relief', the secret of removal, that they remove from the angel Matat the shoes, in the secret of 'Chanokh was a cobbler', in the secret of 'Retzeh and bring us relief', that after they remove the shoes from the angel Matat, they must immediately sew him new shoes, and this was the secret of Chanokh's work for 365 years, and therefore in the Zohar Chukat 81. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says that his yahrzeit is on the 18th of Iyar to Rabbi Elazar 'Arise, stand in your standing', for Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai did not need to reach the mitzvah of removal, for he himself was impregnated by the angel Matat, and therefore 'Arise, stand in your standing', and therefore he merited to be buried together with Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, whose yahrzeit falls on the 18th of Iyar. And now the year 5778 - the year of redemption, in gematria with the coming of 415 the Mashiach 363 = 778.

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