The Night of Zichor Brit and the Last Shacharit Prayer of 5778 in Uman with the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

The night of Zichor Brit, the Selichot on the last night of the year 5778, the great gathering in the Kloiz hall in Uman is filled to capacity and the sacred atmosphere is palpable in the air. It is only 3 in the morning, yet the hearts of the worshippers throb with holy awe, soon the day of Rosh Hashanah will be sanctified and in the meantime, it is an almost last opportunity to offer prayers before the Master of all. The esteemed tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer has already taken his sacred place in the east, right to the left before the wall, and all eyes are turned to the tzaddik.

The entire congregation is joyous to unite around the tzaddik in this very important prayer, they pass to the Rav shlit"a the pidyonot nefesh as is customary in Israel before Rosh Hashanah. Immediately after, Rav Berland shlit"a continued with the Shacharit prayer with the thousands of people, while adorned with a tallit and tefillin.

The photo courtesy of Aharon Solomonovitz