Special Revelation: “In 25 Years of Work and Specialization in This Field

Many years ago, Dr. Yehuda Leib Shupak visited the Shuvu Banim yeshiva in Jerusalem and left with immense amazement > He wrote the reason later in a special letter of appreciation to our teacher, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, accompanied by a donation to the yeshiva > "Through the power of faith, self-sacrifice, and love for others, one can overcome even the impossible"

Extracting the precious from the vile

For over half a century, Rav Berland has dedicated his entire being to the noble goal of the teshuvah (repentance) revolution. Rav Berland, a graduate of the Kfar Chassidim yeshiva and later an avrech in the Volozhin kollel in Bnei Brak, discovered the light of Breslov. It was only a matter of a few years until the Breslov path of drawing the distant closer and strengthening them led him onto the long path of the teshuvah (repentance) revolution, which he began more than fifty years ago. Tens of thousands of Torah-observant Jews throughout the country and abroad are the sweet fruits of this great revolution.

One of the greatest wonders is the success and immense influence of Rav Berland on those returning to teshuvah (repentance), especially those who drew close in the early years of the revolution, when he was with them all day, influencing them with his light, and who in later days became outstanding servants of Hashem and disseminators of Torah to the masses.

There are no wicked people in the Jewish nation!!!

The great cry 'There are no wicked people in the Jewish nation'—which Rav Berland shouted from the depths of his pure heart at a gathering in Yad Eliyahu on the eve of the holiday of Shavuot 5760, presided over by the Maran Rishon LeZion Rabbi Ovadia Yosef—symbolizes more than anything his path of drawing the distant closer and his loving view of every Jew wherever they may be. With such a special gaze and his unique way, he succeeded in creating a transformation in the hearts of the most distant. Rav Berland did not despair of any Jew, even those who were addicted to forbidden substances in the most severe way. Even when they tried to rehabilitate and went to doctors and experts for this purpose, these professionals threw up their hands and gave them no chance. That was until they arrived at Shuvu Banim, where Rav Berland, the lover of Israel, succeeded in weaning them off those dangerous and forbidden substances, set them on the king's highway, and helped them subsequently establish faithful homes in Israel.

Dr. Yehuda Leib Shupak encountered this immense wonder when he visited the Shuvu Banim yeshiva and found patients who had been addicted to drugs and whose future he had despaired of, only to suddenly find them in a state he described as 'reborn.' His great amazement led him to send a special letter to our teacher, Rav Berland, and we are now revealing its contents to you:

A letter of appreciation and amazement

To the honorable Rabbi Eliezer Berland

"Shuvu Banim"

Jerusalem.

I am writing to you in this letter to express my deep amazement and impression from my visit to your institution this week. I personally treated three people for a long period who suffered from severe drug addiction and all the phenomena associated with such an addiction. Various institutions that treated these people had despaired of the chance to rehabilitate them, and I, too, did not hold much hope regarding their future.

To my great astonishment, I met these people this week during my visit to you and realized that these people were reborn and are studying, functioning, and working in a way that evokes admiration. Two of them have even married and established families.

In my 25 years of work and specialization in this field in France and Israel, I have never encountered such a phenomenon, which proves that through the power of faith, self-sacrifice, and love for others, one can overcome even the impossible.

I wish you much success in the continuation of your blessed activity.

With great respect,

Dr. Aryeh Leib Shupak.

P.S.

I am also enclosing a modest personal donation of 2,000 shekels; please confirm receipt.