Shiur for the “Shuvu Banim Dimona” Community at the Home of the Gaon HaTzaddik

The Shuvu Banim Dimona community was privileged to enter for a lesson in the inner sanctum ○ The community's activity in the southern city ○ A summary of the lesson in the home of our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a

The residents of Dimona, congregants of the 'Shuvu Banim Dimona' synagogue led by R' Shachar Ben Zikri, may he be well, were privileged to enter for a special lesson in the inner sanctum, for the 'Shuvu Banim Dimona' community.

The community was established over fifteen years ago, and there is a 'Shuvu Banim' synagogue in the place. The establishment of the synagogue four years ago in Dimona is a wondrous story in itself; a story of Divine Providence, interwoven with the far-sighted vision of the tzaddik from twelve years ago. The synagogue is located on a spacious plot, and it hosts ongoing activity throughout the week with Torah lessons and prayers filled with melodies and vitality. The peak of the minyan is on Friday night, when about sixty to eighty congregants, thank God, arrive for Kabbalat Shabbat and Arvit prayers with joyful melodies.

Beyond the lessons delivered on-site, great students of our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, arrive from time to time to deliver Torah lessons, such as Rabbi Meir Malka, Rabbi Moshe Tzanani, Rabbi Ofer Erez, Rabbi Yosef Gal, Rabbi Meir Saada, and many others. The gabbai, R' Shachar Ben Zikri, notes that the great students of our teacher who arrived at the place expressed their amazement at this holy place, in which a special awakening is felt. Our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, has arrived at the place twice and delivered strengthening and inspiring Torah lessons for over two hours each time.

About forty students of our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, entered for the special lesson for the "Shuvu Banim Dimona" community. In the lesson, our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, spoke about matters of the Torah portion regarding the blessing and the curse given on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, and afterwards spoke about the techelet and the differences between the types. At the end of the lesson, our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, strengthened the community on the matter of shalom bayit (domestic harmony).

Before you is a short excerpt from the lesson in which our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, read a short passage from the Zohar on how a man must honor his wife and say beautiful and strengthening words to her:

A man must say to his wife: "This one shall be called Woman" (Genesis 2:23), the only woman in the world, there is no other woman besides you. Do not say, 'You are the worst, you are worse than my mother, than my sister.' No! "This one shall be called Woman"—you! You are the only woman! There is no one like you! 'None was found like her...' The Zohar says these words, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai taught his students that in every generation, in every generation anew. A man is angry at his wife because he has a problem in the kollel, he has no money... Just do not let his wife be broken! Just lift her up! There is no one like you! There is no one like you in the world! None, none! You are the only woman in the world! All the women in the world are like monkeys compared to you! What are they at all... all the women are nothing compared to you! You are the most perfect woman, "This one shall be called Woman," you are perfection. 'And no other,' only you are the perfect one. And tell her, 'Many daughters have done valiantly, but you excel them all' (Proverbs 31:29), to tell her this verse every time.