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The Hilula of the Ben Ish Chai - A Special Lesson by Rabbi Eliezer Berland

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The Hilula of the Ben Ish Chai - A Special Lesson by Rabbi Eliezer Berland

Today, Friday of Parshat 'Ki Teitzei', marks the holy hilula of the Ben Ish Chai zy"a, Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad zt"l, who lived between the years 27th of Av 5595, August 2, 1835, and 13th of Elul 5669, August 30, 1909.

These are the holy words of our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, delivered on the 13th of Elul 5780 in honor of the holy hilula of the esteemed Ben Ish Chai.

Our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, once expressed in one of his lessons: "If not for Rebbe Nachman and we were Breslov chassidim, then we would be chassidim of the Ben Ish Chai."

Pearls from the holy words of our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, as delivered from Ayalon Ramla in honor of the holy hilula.

The prisoners in the background sing with simcha (joy): "The Torah of Hashem is perfect, restoring the soul!"

"Pure! Pure! Pure!, the main thing is to be pure! .."Do not steal"."

"A person comes to live a thousand years, a person is born to live a thousand years! For this, he was born at least a thousand years! 1300 years, 3 thousand... - Serach bat Asher lived forever."

"Aharon is buried on Mount Hor."

"..all those with blemishes. To heal all those with blemishes like at the giving of the Torah, everyone saw, everyone heard in one moment, to heal all the blind."

"A person comes to the world just to live 3 thousand years, if not then 700 400." "The Baal HaTurim writes that once every daughter was a prophetess, every daughter, there were 600,000 prophetesses! 7 houses received prophecy, like Chana." ""Seventy hired themselves for bread", seventy sons of Haman. Where did all these come from?! Some from India, some from Nepal.., they heard they were going to hang Mordechai, they all came, suddenly 70 sons of Haman land, all land to attend the ceremony, 70 million people for the ceremony, all wearing turbans, splendor and glory, beds of silver and gold, such a ceremony has not been since the creation of the world. Everyone claps now they are going to hang (Mordechai supposedly) suddenly boom! What? They see Haman! They were shocked, ran to Mordechai to apologize, lay on the ground, step on me, trample me! Like Antoninus to Rabbi! Like Nebuchadnezzar to Daniel! What cries.. what screams! An ocean of tears! From this became the Pacific Ocean.. from 70 sons of Haman."

"I was at sea on my yacht, suddenly a hundred-meter wave came, we crashed on the spot, the yacht broke apart, the whale came with a straw hook, a cannon is straw. Once all cannons were made of straw, they fired stones.. straw! Straw is like a cannon. The whole matter is that the cannon turns to straw, turns to straw from where? Sound of a cannon."

"In Amsterdam, there is a sect, there the Chida and the genius sent endless money, millions, billions... they hid it, the Sadducees were deceiving, thought it was permissible to deceive, there are indictments, now they are uncovering everything."

The rabbi sings with Anash "Odem Pitda Bareket.., Miriam was adorned with all 12 stones of the breastplate, shone like the sun at noon! "Like the essence of the heavens for purity". Shone like Tzila (the beautiful wife of Tuval Cain who had a wife for beauty and a wife for children) and Naamah (sister of Tuval Cain whom the angels mistook for her beauty), they shone like the sun at noon."

"..because she was always hidden from her husband, Naamah every second had the sorrow of death, from the day she was born there was a taste of death, Tzila came and took everything from her, so Tzila tasted the taste of death, and Naamah "How beautiful upon the mountains" the initials "Naamah". A person comes to the world to be Naamah, for this he was born that the syndicate (union) would be his, therefore he was born. Syndicate... brought to Tzila and Tzila to Ada and Ada brought to Tuval Cain he is Job Tuval Cain is Job."

"Only scorpions! In the morning you will eat scorpions, at noon scorpions, at night scorpions! If you choose me as king you will get scorpions, not whips scorpions! "My little finger is thicker than my father's loins"- my tiny finger my pinky is thicker than my father's loins! Who is his father? King Solomon! Who received murderous beatings!! He had a very hard childhood, only beatings he received.., if he got up after 4 in the morning.., they broke all his bones! Galoshes slippers whatever you want.. "What my son what the son of my womb"."

"Miriam says to Amram her father "Pharaoh does not exist! There is no Pharaoh! Pharaoh is dead! There is no Pharaoh. Pharaoh is finished! Pharaoh is dead. Pharaoh is vapor, evaporated! The Egyptians all melted away! Melted away!"

From the union of Rachel and Leah, the gematria of Balak Balaam, union of Rachel and Leah, when there is a union of Rachel and Leah, everyone eats scorpions only scorpions! Dinner scorpions, morning scorpions fried in crab juice.., scorpions only scorpions you will get from me! Scorpions. Say "tractors we will bring you, a bank.. what suddenly scorpions?! Rehoboam wanted to bring down a Holy Temple of fire! All burning with fire! Because they thought that already in David's time there would be a Holy Temple of fire! Fire all fire. What did Ahuya say? "What is this you came to burn my house?" "No, we learned "Va'etchanan" suddenly it became fire!" There was a short circuit on the Shabbat plate.., everything went up in flames.., the whole building ashes.. but white ashes! Everything went up in flames but white ashes.. ashes of kedushah (holiness)! Of Torah! Ashes.. (and Ahuya wanted fire to come out of his son Elisha, so he sent him to learn Torah not for its own sake, and therefore he denied in the end)."

"Scorpions you will get from me scorpions! Ketzot HaChoshen is called scorpions! A person must learn Torah day and night! That is the interpretation! Scorpions also by day also by night learn Torah day and night! "In his Torah he meditates day and night", ...he came from scorpions, the sign of Scorpio. Scorpio has the most settled mind. A person is born under the sign of Scorpio, the sign of Scorpio. A person is born from Scorpio! Who circumcised our father Abraham? Scorpio! A scorpion will come and circumcise us like Moses our teacher. We came to the world for the sign of Scorpio. For this, we were born! The sign of Scorpio. And then a Holy Temple of fire will descend! The sign of Scorpio, Solomon did not succeed in bringing down a Holy Temple of fire! He brought down fire, consumed the offering, the sacrifices, the burnt offerings.. but a Holy Temple of fire did not descend. We did not succeed in having a Holy Temple of fire. How much we cried.. "By the rivers of Babylon there we sat also we cried".. we only cried day and night we only cried.."

"Mordechai and Esther brought the redemption, ..Rivka Leah is the most important name, Rachel and Leah will bring the redemption! Only they! Rachel and Leah, therefore Jacob married Rachel and Leah. As soon as he married Leah he brought Mashiach ben David! Yehuda- Mashiach ben David! Vizata gematria "Mashiach ben David", Vizata at the peak and slid down, If he had done teshuvah (repentance) he would have been Mashiach ben David! Ask forgiveness from Mordechai he will be Mashiach ben David.., Mordechai they came to ask forgiveness all became heads of yeshivas ("From the descendants of Haman's sons learned Torah in Bnei Brak" Chazal)."

""Oil on your head will not be lacking", oil brought salvation, "a leaf of olive plucked in her mouth" Mashiach ben David rose. Mashiach ben David "a leaf of olive plucked in her mouth!" Olive leaf!"

"515 prayers Moses our teacher prayed to enter the land, do you even know how to plead? "Va'etchanan" gematria 515. Do you even know how to plead, have you ever pleaded at all? Did you ask at all? Ask for free gifts let's see you! Without reward! Free gift! Come ask with mercy. "For he will increase supplications to you!" Where is he going to the Leviathan. Do you know what supplications are at all? Do you know what "Va'etchanan" is at all? ..to learn the entire Shas in one night, start speaking in supplications, "for he will increase supplications to you he will speak to you softly" speak softly. Soft.. softly.. don't forget what happened "he will speak to you in supplications. As straw they are considered a cannon" the cannon is considered straw! Where did the cannon come from? Where did they even have it a hundred years ago? They had it! Already 3 thousand years ago "as straw they are considered a cannon".,

"A person comes to the world! Syndicate cannon! Where will he have a cannon from, where will he bring the cannon from? From Nepal? From Tibet? He traveled to Nepal to bring a cannon. There are deep springs there hundreds of meters pits 2000 degrees! The foot is immediately roasted.., "Bless my soul", to sing there in Nepal every day "Bless my soul", whoever comes to Nepal says "Bless my soul", mountains 8 thousand meters."

"And then suddenly Miriam appeared with stones of Tarshish and Yashpeh "Odem Pitda Bareket.."." The rabbi again sings with Anash. Miriam the prophetess wore, all the Shoham stones all the gates in Uman will be of Shoham stones! "Kadkod stones", "Kadkod your windows".,

"...Poor thing why did you laugh, what was funny? On the spot he had a question, what is the question here at all? What is Ketzot HaChoshen a lesson in Rambam what is difficult for you? What question do you have? Drowned in the sea. Okay drowned in the sea! He had a good yacht it crashed.. go out with simcha in dances! Poor thing what did King Solomon do already? Broke his bones, puddles of blood.. ambulances, it was in the newspapers, he claimed he defended his wife the daughter of the king of Norway and she did not really convert. Solomon's daughter "Tafat" was all drops, the cave of drops dripping prophecy and kedushah (holiness)! "Tafat daughter of Solomon" was all prophecy from head to toe, born in the month of Shevat initials ShBT "Tafat daughter of Solomon" all precise intentions. Won her in a lottery! Motzaei Shabbat, "Shabbos Kodesh", there was a draw and he got "Tafat daughter of Solomon" was three years old "Tafat"."

"After the lesson we are traveling to Dubai."

"Miriam wore the stones of the breastplate, banged on the table, said "Enough! Enough!" Screams to the heart of the heavens! Turned over chairs tables.. "I do not agree, that father should return mother immediately!" She was already married to Elitzafan ben Parnach.., "I do not agree! I do not agree!" Everything broke, she broke everything for them, "I want father to return mother!" They made a canopy, chariot, angels came... Lior wanted angels took him, "Go go quickly quickly to escape!" Hid in the end like Miriam the prophetess, and then she came (Batia daughter of Pharaoh) with 7 maidens.. feared they would kill her slaughter her (for saving a Jew)."

"..because of this there is no budget in this country! Now Corona 4 billion dollars a year.."

"..the most delicious in the world the daughter of the Baal Shem Tov! They tied her to trees with ropes and already sharpened the swords, she already saw the sword! "This is the most delicious meat in the world!" And then Elijah the prophet arrived in a chariot all gold. Jumped from the chariot untied the ropes the "Aydimakes" cannibals fled, ..they reached Uman, they did not manage to say Tikkun HaKlali and already the police arrived, they did not manage poor things."

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