Purim Katan in Eilat with the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a - "The Light of Purim Begins to Shine"

Purim Katan in Eilat, the esteemed tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrives once again in the city of teshuvah, Eilat, and engages in amazing holy work for 48 consecutive hours. Rav Berland conducted the Shacharit prayer with incredible renewal and holy awakening at the separate beach of Eilat facing the Red Sea. The Rav shlit"a delivered lessons, held home gatherings, and received the public, visiting, among other addresses, 28 Nevatim Street, the home of David Elkayam, 1 Mishol HaKramim Street, and more.

At 167 Sheshet HaYamim Street, Eilat, with Rabbeinu Tam's tefillin, the Rav shlit"a delivered his holy words. The Mincha and Maariv prayers of the conclusion of Purim Katan were conducted by our teacher Rav Berland with a large crowd at the Breslov Shuvu Banim synagogue in Eilat at 3 Eshlel Alley, Eilat.

The Light of Purim Begins to Shine

"And he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first" (Genesis 28:19), the esteemed tzaddik Rabbi opened his holy words in the city of Eilat. "Rabbeinu says that all beginnings are from Purim. Now we are in Adar Aleph, which according to Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yossi (Babylonian Talmud, Megillah 6b) requires reading the Megillah, though it was not established as halacha, but the light of Purim begins to shine."

There is No Time, the Nations Have Already Started to Attack the Jews

"Go, gather all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law, and if I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:16). Esther merited the secret of the primordial, "and if I perish, I perish," initially she told Mordechai there is time until the 14th of Adar next year, but Mordechai answered her there is not even a second to wait. They have already started killing Jews in the streets, every non-Jew who saw a Jew said he would strangle him and tomorrow the Jew's house would be his. (The Rav explained in lessons that Mordechai told Esther, true the decree is for another year, but the moment the nations heard about the decree, the blood of the Jews was permitted, and they already started harming Jews)."

To Sweeten the Decree, You Must Ascend to the Primordial

"The couriers went out, hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed" (Esther 3:15), they have already started killing Jews in the streets, throughout Poland and Ukraine. Mordechai told her, there is no permission to wait even a second, enter the king. Esther said, "and if I perish, I perish." "For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this" (Esther 4:14). Mordechai knew the decree was only external and could be sweetened, not like the decree during Hitler's time which was also internal. Mordechai told Esther that first of all, she must be primordial, to be, "and if I perish, I perish." (The Rav shlit"a hints here at the tzaddik who ascends to the primordial, the secret of the crown, the secret of absolute nullification to Hashem's guidance in the world, which only he can sweeten the judgments over the people of Israel and thus redeem Israel. And this, through absolute nullification in the aspect of "and if I perish, I perish").

The People of Israel Despaired of Redemption and This is the Time of "It Was Turned Around"

"Purim is the secret of the resurrection of the dead, the first Purim according to Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yossi, one does not delay mitzvot, the zealous advance, and when Adar enters, joy increases, when Adar Aleph enters, the Megillah must be read, it is forbidden to wait for Adar Bet. Today it is already truly Purim, it is truly "and it was turned around, that the Jews ruled over those who hated them" (Esther 9:1). At these moments when everything is truly turning around, the intifada will cease, everything will stop, all the decrees on the people of Israel, especially on the charedim, will be annulled. Because the people of Israel have already despaired of redemption, they have already married non-Jews, as is happening today where half of the members of the Knesset are already married to non-Jews, this was exactly the situation during Purim three thousand years ago."

The Exciting Holy Journey in Eilat

A Comprehensive Photo Gallery from the Holy Journey in Eilat

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