Rav Lior Glazer in Fiery Words for Anyone Who Might Have Had a Doubt Against the
Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Rabbi Lior Glazer with fiery words for anyone who might have mistakenly had a thought against the tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. "They are teaching us a lesson. A Jew asked me this week, 'Rabbeinu, who says that Rav Berland is a tzaddik?' I told him, a tzaddik, there is a rule that Mohorosh brings in the book Divrei HaMohorosh, where he writes, 'Who says that this tree produces tangerines? Wait a few years and you will see tangerines! By the students, you see who the Rav is!'"
"Gentlemen, show me students like those Rav Berland has. Whoever knows Rabbi Tzanani, Rabbi Malka, Rabbi Ofer Erez, Rabbi Shalom Arush. Gentlemen, have you ever prayed at the Shuvu Banim yeshiva? You feel that the Shechinah comes from the Western Wall and stops to rest at Shuvu Banim. What prayers, what fire, what a community. Rav Berland says, 'Gentlemen, there are decrees in the world, one must sweeten the judgments and dance all night.' People in other places stand on Simchat Torah and just clap their hands, and they at Shuvu Banim are dancing there all night."
"Rav Berland inspires his students to pray and work during the molad of Rosh Chodesh, while in other places they dance at Christmas. What are you talking about?! They study all night and dance for hours on end. Prayers upon prayers, traveling to Hebron and practicing hitbodedut. You want to know who Rav Berland is? Look at who the students are!"
"A Jew who studied at Shuvu Banim told me that he has known Rabbi Moshe Tzanani for 11 years, and he said that he never saw him in any movement other than studying. Sometimes you see avreichim at the coffee corner, sometimes they take a breath, but Rabbi Tzanani, for the 11 years he has known him, he never saw him get up from the table."
"Rabbi Meir Malka, I would hear lessons from him, I would study at the yeshiva of Rabbi Chaim Rabi in Holon and we would invite Breslov rabbis there in secret, no one knew. Thursday, Rabbi Shalom Arush would arrive and on Wednesday, Rabbi Meir Malka. Gentlemen, what abstinence, what righteousness, something special; they call Rabbi Malka the Baba Sali of Breslov. Guarding the eyes, gentlemen, what prayers, what knowledge, a walking Torah."
"You want to know who the person is?! Look at who his students are!"
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