The Convert in Israel is Above Place and Time
The Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a in Bnei Brak

The Tree of Life Must Overcome the Tree of Knowledge
"On Tu B'Shvat, the Tree of Life was revealed, because Adam HaRishon connected the Tree of Life to the Tree of Knowledge; now the task is to separate between them, so that the Tree of Life will be distinct from the Tree of Knowledge - through this, the Tree of Life will overcome the Tree of Knowledge. A person who is included in the Tree of Life is above space and time and above measure, just like the Torah, which is above measure."
Yeshivat Shuvu Banim is Above Space and Time
"The Ben Ish Chai brings in Parashat Lech Lecha that the closer a person lives to the Foundation Stone (Even HaShetiya), the greater the holiness. Yeshivat Shuvu Banim is 180 meters from the Foundation Stone; this is ten times 'Chai' (life), and from Yeshivat Shuvu Banim, all things in the world are rectified - therefore, Yeshivat Shuvu Banim is above space and time, and above measure."
All of the People of Israel Entered Between the Poles
"The groom and the bride are also above space and time, which is why the laws of Sukkah are learned from the Cherubim, ten handbreadths, which are above space and above time. A person who enters the Sukkah is found to be above space and time, which is why he should not enter a Sukkah that is higher than 40 cubits, which is above space and time. And this is the matter of the poles of the Ark, for Shuvu Banim corresponds to the Ark of the Covenant, where the two poles of the Ark are located. It is written (Joshua 3:9), 'And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither (Gishu Henah) and hear the words of Hashem your God.' Regarding this, it is written in Bereishit Rabbah, 'Gishu Henah,' that all of the people of Israel entered between the poles. Whoever is called Joshua is above space and time."
Jerusalem is the 'Little That Holds the Much'"All of the people of Israel were 'standing crowded and bowing spacious' (Avot 5:5) in the Holy Temple; likewise, they are 'standing crowded and bowing spacious' in Shuvu Banim, where a thousand people can enter, 'standing crowded and bowing spacious.' Only in Jerusalem is there the 'little that holds the much.' Shuvu Banim was once in Bnei Brak and moved to Jerusalem, because all of Jerusalem is above space and time. A person who lives in the Land of Israel is above space and above time, for it is the Land of the Gazelle. The little that holds the much: the meat is more than the skin, the holiness is greater than the physicality."
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