The Hiloula of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

Wednesday night, the eve of the 18th of Tishrei, the central Hiloula (anniversary of passing) of Rebbe Nachman will take place in the large Sukkah (temporary dwelling) of our teacher, the holy Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a (may he live long and good days).

The massive event will be held in the central Sukkah on HaChoma HaShlishit Street in Jerusalem, in the presence of our teacher, Rabbi Berland shlit"a.

As in recent years, the event will be accompanied by well-known, first-rate musicians, and we will also merit to hear the holy words of the Rav shlit"a.

Yesterday, our teacher Rabbi Berland shlit"a spoke about the great significance of the yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of Rebbe Nachman, but at the beginning of his words, he spoke about the greatness of his Sukkah. These are his words:

"Now it will be Parshas Bereshit (the Torah portion of Genesis), and tomorrow night is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of Rebbe Nachman. Rebbe Nachman is the secret of Bereshit (the Beginning); Rebbe Nachman existed before the creation of the world. Rebbe Nachman is impregnated within all the Tzaddikim (righteous ones). Rebbe Nachman is the 'Bereshit'—the 'Rosh Bayit' (Head of the House). Now a new beginning starts; now a new creation is being created."

"Now, with every prayer, the sun and the moon are created; Rebbe Nachman created the sun and the moon."

"For Nimrod said that he created the sun, so Avraham (Abraham) told him to move it just a bit, and he didn't succeed. Avraham told Nimrod to move the sun by just one millimeter."

"Avraham was humble, but he was immediately thrown into the fiery furnace. Yiscah (Sarah) moved the sun for 10 hours, as did Nakdimon ben Gurion. This is what is called a true Tzaddik (righteous person); he said, 'I am ready for everything for free.' For free, just so that rain would fall—the rain started and then stopped."

"There is no flood in the merit of one Sukkah in Jerusalem. They said there would be such storms that people would fly to the moon. It reached Jerusalem and stopped—in Zikim, in Ashkelon, Yeshiva students."

Later in his talk, our teacher Rabbi Berland shlit"a spoke about the greatness of the day of Rebbe Nachman's Hiloula (anniversary of passing), which falls on Wednesday night. "We are now 20 hours before the start of the yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing). This is a new creation, this is a new sun, this is a new moon, everything is new—everyone receives a completely new soul."

"Rebbe Nachman is the souls of everyone; everyone has a spark of Rebbe Nachman within them. Rebbe Nachman renews things so that everyone will receive completely new souls, with health, with abundance, and wealth."

"Everyone [will receive] a million dollars."