Secrets of the Month of Elul - The Righteous Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

During the month of Elul, the people of Israel fought against Sichon, King of the Amorites, and after Sukkot, they fought against Og, King of Bashan, in whom the soul of the Tanna Shimon ben Netanel was gestating.

Since Yael killed Sisera and extracted from him the soul of Rabbi Akiva, and later came in a reincarnation as Abaye, the mother of Sisera wept one hundred tears; therefore, one must blow one hundred blasts on Rosh Hashanah to sweeten the weeping.

A letter written by our teacher, the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, with which we can understand, with the help of Hashem, a few of the secrets surrounding the month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah, and Sukkot.

"Between her feet he knelt, he fell, 'shadud' (devastated) – gematria 'Metatron' – 314.

Then the horse hoofs hammered, curse Meroz, said the angel of Hashem, curse its inhabitants, the ancient stream, the stream of Kishon, my soul, you shall tread with strength.

I acknowledge my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not covered; blessed above women is Yael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, he asked for water, she gave milk, in a lordly bowl she brought cream, between her feet he knelt, he fell, he lay, between her feet he knelt, he fell, devastated, she sent her hand to the tent pin and her right hand to the workmen's hammer, and she hammered Sisera, she crushed his head, and she shattered and pierced his temple."

For Yael, who extracted from Sisera the soul of Rabbi Akiva, the open towns in Israel ceased, they ceased, until I, Deborah, arose, I arose, a mother in Israel, and Sisera said to Yael, stand at the entrance of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' you shall say, 'No.'

And Yael, the wife of Heber, took the 'yatad' (tent pin), in 'yatad' gematria is 'Shuvu Banim', 416, gematria 'teyevev' (she will wail), 'teyevev' gematria is 'yatad' 414, the secret of 'and the mother of Sisera wailed', the secret of 'and she wailed' one hundred cries, and therefore one must blow one hundred times to nullify the one hundred cries of the mother of Sisera.

And therefore, a person should study Torah and afterwards take a wife, and she will say, 'I will go with you,' but your glory will not be on the path, for into the hand of a woman will Hashem sell Sisera.

Second letter written by our teacher, the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a

You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do like Your deeds and Your mighty acts.

A shield if it is seen, and a spear among 40,000 in Israel; if there are 40,000 Sabbath observers, the people of Israel are protected, and no nation, people, or tongue can prevail against them.

For Yael (701) wife (210) of Heber (175) the Kenite = Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah = 1086.

Hashem is the God (86) Sichon, King of the Amorites and Og, King of Bashan = 1086.

That Yael subdued all the kelipot (shells), even Sichon and Og, the hardest kelipot.

Yael was reincarnated in Eli the High Priest, afterwards in Abaye, who walked like him in 'Ya'el Kag"m', Kag"m = in gematria 'Ehyeh' in the filling of 'alfin' (Aleph-He-Yud-He) = 143.

Yael comes in every generation in a new reincarnation and subdues all the wicked, especially Sichon, King of the Amorites and Og, King of Bashan = 1000, of which it is said, 'The thousand (1000) are for you, Solomon.'