"There is no greater mitzvah than the redemption of captives" – The Fund for the Rescue of Our Teacher, the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

"And charity saves from death" (Proverbs 10:2)

Words of Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman shlit"a, Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek and Head of Migdal Or Institutions: "Our Sages tell us 'he who opens a door for his fellow, his soul is indebted to him.' How many hearts has our teacher the Rabbi shlit"a opened to bring them to teshuvah (repentance) and draw Jews closer to Hashem. He has given his life for every Jew. I have known the Rabbi for 40 years and know how much self-sacrifice he has to help the people of Israel. So when he is now in distress, we are obligated to remember 'his soul is indebted.' Anyone who can help influence others to donate, there is no greater mitzvah than this.

And with Hashem's help, the Rabbi will return to lead the community, give lessons, magnify and glorify the Torah, and with Hashem's help, prepare us all to soon merit the complete redemption, that is the goal."

Words of Rabbi Shalom Arush shlit"a, Head of Chut Shel Chessed Institutions: "Even if it were the simplest Jew in the world, the mitzvah of redeeming captives is very, very great. All the more so when it concerns my master, my teacher, Rabbi Eliezer ben Attia shlit"a, thanks to whom anyone who has traveled or will ever travel to Uman, it is all because of him. I can testify to this unequivocally, he opened the way to Uman clearly, truly with self-sacrifice. One day I will tell of things I truly saw with my own eyes, self-sacrifice. Therefore, we need to help with donations for the redemption of captives, for here we are dealing with a great tzaddik who took upon himself suffering for us, and there is also gratitude for reaching Uman thanks to him. And not only that, but he opened all the matters of our Rebbe with self-sacrifice."

Words of Rabbi Ofer Erez shlit"a: "When King David fled from Absalom, all the people who were with him helped him simply and with self-sacrifice. Even though King David was on spiritual levels that he could seemingly manage on his own, our work is that we must help.

Everyone feels that the entire reality of the Rabbi and everything he is going through is in a very, very spiritual and high place, and this is true. Beyond that, we must simply 'know your way on earth,' do everything in our power to help the Rabbi, this is certainly our obligation.

It is true that the Rabbi is enduring with supreme heroism, which is almost difficult to grasp with human intellect how the Rabbi withstands all these terrible sufferings, but our obligation is to help him, there is no question about it.

There is a story that once they tried to harm our Rebbe, and at a certain time, his loyal followers left the place and relied on the merit of our Rebbe. Even though there were miracles and our Rebbe was saved, our Rebbe later rebuked them and explicitly said 'you need to do your part and not rely on my merits,' you should have stayed and protected me.' Our obligation is simply to help the Rabbi."

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