Rav Daniel Pariente shlit"a - No One Can Speak About Rav Berland shlit"a, All of Corona is Because of This

Rav Daniel Pariente shlit"a, the rabbi of the "Or Shimon" synagogue on Yehuda HaNasi Street in Elad, delivers a sharp message about the disrespect towards Rav Berland shlit"a and the reason for the Corona pandemic.

"Rabbi, what do you say about people speaking about Rav Berland? And in general, what do you say about Rav Berland?" Rav Daniel Pariente shlit"a was asked.

No person can speak about Rav Berland, all his actions that he does and all that he has already done. He has brought hundreds of thousands to complete teshuvah. Who are we to speak about him?

"The Gemara says, "Adorn yourself first, and then adorn others" (Bava Batra 60b), who are we to speak about a great person, we are not even his shoes."

"The kindnesses he has done, the teshuvah he has achieved, his deeds, who are we to speak about such a person?"

"All of Corona came from people who are not afraid to speak about Rav Berland! Why do we need these things?"

"We need love, grace, and kindness. It is written, "And they journeyed from Rephidim and came to the Sinai desert and encamped in the desert, and Israel encamped there opposite the mountain" (Exodus 19:2). Why did the Children of Israel go to Rephidim? Because their hands were weak, they fled from there, the rectification was, "and Israel encamped there opposite the mountain." As Rashi explains there, "as one person with one heart."

"How do we overcome this? Only by yielding, giving in, and not speaking lashon hara."

"Who are we to speak, this one said, that one said, this is Gog and Magog, this is throwing atomic bombs at each other. What do you care, sit quietly, live your life, we want the love without cause."