The Devotion of Rav Pinto and Rav Kook to Rav Berland is Beyond Comprehension - The Story of R' Don Alberto's Connection

We continue to bring you strengthening facts about the connection of R' Don Alberto with the esteemed tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a.

"The story of my acquaintance with the esteemed tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a is beautiful and interesting. About 32 years ago, when I was only three months into teshuvah (repentance), I was constantly dreaming about Rav Berland. One day, there was a brit in Meah Shearim with the Rav shlit"a, and Shmuel Filos, one of the veterans of the yeshiva, called and told me to come see Rav Berland. I arrived there with cameras to photograph the Rav, at that time I had never seen the Rav before."

"As soon as I saw the Rav, I lost direction, they told me to take my hands off the Rav, but I couldn't. The Rav sat on the chair and I was behind him, suddenly the mohel arrived, Rav Frank zt"l. Rav Frank placed the baby and I rushed to stand behind Rav Frank. Immediately after the brit, the baby started crying in an unusual way until Rav Berland held his legs and pulled them, and in an instant, the baby was silent. As I watched how the baby looked at the Rav, I got the chills of my life."

"I left with the Rav, there were some who argued with the Rav's attendants, and meanwhile, I went with the Rav alone to a corner that was there. I asked the Rav for a blessing, and the Rav said to me, 'Do not think of any other woman,' I didn't understand at all what the Rav was talking about. Later, there was another incident in Uman where the Rav was pleased with something I did and said, 'From today, this young man is attached to me.' Since then, I was indeed attached to Rav Berland for five whole years, traveling with him to Los Angeles, Switzerland, and many other places. Every day the Rav would call me, and I would come down from Eilat and join the Rav to bring merit to the many."

"On one occasion, someone came to the Rav and said, 'Rav, they want to kill me because I owe a million dollars to the gray market.' He looked frightened, the Rav asked him, 'Who are they?' He replied, 'I don't know, I only know that in conversations with them they mentioned Rav Yeshayahu Pinto.' We traveled with Rav Berland to Ashdod to Rav Pinto. Mordechai the attendant opens the door and gets excited, he goes to Rav Pinto and says to him, 'Rav, good news, Rav Berland is here.' Rav Pinto comes out joyfully and immediately they start hugging and kissing."

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"Rav Berland started telling the story to Rav Pinto, who understood who was involved, called them, and asked them to come to him. Around 2:00 AM, they arrived and didn't understand what was happening, on one side was Rav Pinto and on the other was Rav Berland. Rav Berland said to them, 'Listen guys, you have two options in this case of debt collection. 1. I promise you abundance like you've never seen before, or the debt is transferred to me, and I owe you.' The lenders were confused, kissed the Rav's hand, and approached the debtor and said to him - you owe us nothing."

"Not two weeks passed, and I come to Rav Berland and see these two entering the Rav. Rav Berland tells me, sit, stay inside, and I see the two giving the Rav an envelope full of money. They said, 'Rav, what abundance has come to us.' Additionally, I heard from the Rav's attendant that for months afterward, they came to the Rav every week."

"I saw at that moment the devotion that Rav Yeshayahu Pinto shlit"a had for Rav Berland, no less than the devotion that Rav Dov Kook of Tiberias had for Rav Berland. I was with Rav Berland several times at Rav Kook's in Tiberias and saw that the devotion Rav Kook has for Rav Berland is beyond comprehension. I have never seen redemptions like those Rav Kook gives to Rav Berland - it's a devotion that simply cannot be understood."