The Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a Serves as Sandek at the Bris in the Shul for the Grandson of Rabbi Frank zt"l

Yesterday, Thursday of Parshat Ki Tavo 5778, August 30, 2018, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrived at a brit milah at the Breslov shul in Meah Shearim. Rav Berland shlit"a walked on foot after the prayer in his Beit Midrash to the shul, where he served as the sandek at the bris for the grandson of Rabbi Frank zt"l, one of the esteemed tzaddikim of Jerusalem and Breslov.

The holy words of the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. "There is a great question as to why the entire ceremony of the blessing and the curse is not written in Parshat Re'eh, but only in Ki Tavo? 'Are they not beyond the Jordan' is the third sign, 'after the way of the coming of the sun' is the fourth sign, 'in the land of the Canaanites' is the fifth sign, 'opposite Gilgal' is the sixth sign, 'near the oaks of Moreh' is the seventh sign. There are seven signs, and yet we do not know where it is, and in the Holy Temple it is written 'in the place that He will choose' (Deuteronomy 12:14), why is it not written where?"

"The Rambam provides two answers, the first, that if they knew where it was, they would have done there all the idolatries in the world, therefore it is written only 'in the place that He will choose.' Another answer, that no one would agree to give up Jerusalem, and it would not be possible to divide the land, because no one is willing to give up Jerusalem."

Thus are the holy words of the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a as edited from the "Shevavi Or" bulletin.

Photo Gallery of the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a at the Bris in the Shul

[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="13555,13556,13557,13558,13559,13560,13561,13562,13563"] The photos courtesy of Shachar Eliyahu