The Righteous Kabbalist Rabbi Y.M. Salmenovitz: "Rav Berland is Holy of Holies and Nothing Will Help Anyone"

The esteemed Kabbalist, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Salmenovitz, speaks out strongly in response to the intense persecution that only continues to grow. A whole community, the holy community of Shuvu Banim, has been under siege for more than seven years, with persecution only intensifying day by day. As Rabbi Salmenovitz himself testifies, "Many rabbis and tzaddikim stand behind the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, but many of them are gentle and fear to speak openly against the persecutors."

At the beginning of his words, Rabbi Salmenovitz laments having waited to respond, "I wanted to honor our dear beloved ones, the tzaddikim, the people of Shuvu Banim, and all the thousands of supporters of Rav Berland in Israel and around the world."

"Who am I, it's truly a shame and disgrace that I stand here and speak, it's very difficult for me, I know who I am and what I am, and I should not be thought of at all, and how can I even speak? But I wanted to speak as soon as we heard they started doing things again, I wanted to speak before this."

"But, I always say that such things can be postponed, there's no need to speak, but I was wrong, I should have spoken a bit earlier, so they would know it doesn't move even a hair's breadth."

Rabbi Salmenovitz goes on to explain why all the persecution is essentially an empty vessel, without any real substance, but rather all vanity

"But, did rabbis and great ones sign? Indeed, they are tzaddikim, they have the power of the Torah, we believe in all the rabbis, in all the chassidim, in all the tzaddikim. Whoever is a kosher rabbi, we believe in him, only that, throughout the generations, even the highest holy tzaddikim had great rabbis come out against them, so we know this is one of the ways of divine providence."

"One of the hidden things is that even the highest holy tzaddikim have rabbis come against them. This is not a contradiction at all, throughout the generations, they knew this, there is nothing new under the sun. Let's say the intention was for the sake of Heaven, what if God forbid rabbis sign, what will happen?"

"They will say that Rabbi Eliezer ben Atia is such and such, and naturally, everyone will go away from him, no one will come close to him, but if all that I am small in my eyes I can promise, we have a promise. What is the promise? Why am I speaking so excitedly? The promise is - the divine spirit cries out, as they afflicted him, so he will multiply and spread. Just as for 9-7 years they have been persecuting Shuvu Banim, in this persecution, not in the previous ones."

"The previous persecutions, Baruch Hashem, have already passed, this persecution has been ongoing for about seven years, they have carried out all their thoughts, and from now on what will be? It's over, Rabbi Eliezer ben Atia sat in prison and everyone will go home."

"I can bring you the best news in the world, as much as Shuvu has strengthened since the dispute - it will now strengthen a hundredfold, a thousandfold, until our righteous Mashiach very soon. Because it is written (Obadiah 1:4), if you soar like an eagle and if you set your nest among the stars. I don't want to finish the verse because we have compassion for everyone, we pray and love everyone. This has nothing to do with hatred, not like the hundreds of people who since the dispute cannot speak with people due to the great hatred."

"It's frightening to look, it doesn't suit Breslov at all and not Jews, but, with us, Baruch Hashem, there is no such thing, everyone is beloved and there is no hatred for anyone. Therefore, I can announce that from now on you will have no occupation, because you have already done everything. The employment office in the new government that has arisen will help the unfortunate ones who spoke and engaged in the holy work for years, and now it will be truly frightening - because when a person exhausts all his desires, then he feels very unfortunate."

"And we, in the name of Hashem, will remind, as they afflicted him, so he will multiply and spread. It doesn't suit me to speak like this because I am a very compassionate person, Baruch Hashem, this is the only trait I have, but since there are tens of thousands of people in the whole world who might think God forbid - no - no one has won, the eternity of Israel will not lie."

"Baruch Hashem, Rav Berland has students and students of students, yeshivas, yeshivas of yeshivas and yeshivas of yeshivas, he has Baruch Hashem a quintet. Yeshivas of yeshivas of yeshivas, I don't want to mention names, some are afraid to be mentioned and some are not afraid, but Rav Berland has, Baruch Hashem, thousands and tens of thousands of students, God-fearing and complete people, holy righteous kabbalists, all beloved, all clear."

"It won't move a bit, what you did, all of Judaism today is hanging by a thread, the whole world is hanging by a thread, if you had done this 40 years ago maybe it would have had an impact, today the world is already fragmented."

"Everyone listens to the rabbis, but because they know what is written about the footsteps of Mashiach, it doesn't matter - because there are more with us than with the persecutors, there are hundreds of rabbis who love Rav Berland but are afraid. But, with Hashem's help, nothing will change, Shuvu Banim - as they afflicted him, so he will multiply and spread."

"I call upon all Shuvu Banim, since I am truly nothing - not to break. I am nothing and it's very unbecoming that I speak, it pains me greatly that I have to speak, but. In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man, Hashem chose me, and many other people are speaking."

"It's not appropriate for me to harm anyone and here I am harming many people on the other side, it's very unpleasant for me that I have to speak and Hashem knows how much I will cry over having to harm one side, just as I cried over what I spoke until now. It's impossible to describe my sorrow, Baruch Hashem who gave me this good trait. Baruch Hashem my home behaves according to this and it has taken many years of life from me, and I have suffered all my life from the open house and every moment of mine is only for this."

"I want there to be no sorrow for anyone in the world, nevertheless since there is sorrow for many people here, I am also sure that those who hear me from the other side know that I am not doing this maliciously and I do not want to cause them sorrow - I am only speaking out of pain and I pray for them much more than they think."

"I want them to receive such enlightenment right now, that they will know it's all nonsense. There are many more delightful things to do in the world, as Rabbi Moshe Binenstock says, that in Breslov years ago there were such servants of Hashem, tzaddikim. Today there are people waiting for prey, waiting for the other to fall, oh how can it be? How can it be that in the footsteps of Mashiach people are waiting for the other, poor thing, to have something happen - how can it be that a Jew is waiting for something to happen to another? It doesn't suit a beast."

"In the footsteps of Mashiach it is written, and the wolf shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard with the kid..., they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. The closer we get to the days of Mashiach, the compassion needs to grow. Baruch Hashem, in Shuvu Banim as much as their line works it is full of compassion, that they return in teshuvah. The rabbi is in prison and Baruch Hashem they hear his voice, certainly we need to pray every moment that he will be released - Rav Berland with his greatness overcomes everything, may Hashem give him strength until our righteous Mashiach, and may everyone merit until our righteous Mashiach and everyone will have all good more than me."

"I am truly happy in the simcha of each one, but I am amazed - how can a person want Rabbi Eliezer Berland to be wicked? How can a person enjoy if it is revealed that Rabbi Eliezer is wicked? "The tzaddikim" all rejoice that the other is not okay, if I saw they were distressed by it I would kiss their heads, even if they spit on me."

"Everyone who distances themselves from me on the street I am happy, because I don't need anyone to be with me, but I would kiss all those on the head who care so much about the sins of the entire Israel. Around Bnei Brak and in Bnei Brak itself you care about the sins of the entire Israel - oh, "what zealots, Baruch Hashem you are such good people, such good people that if someone comes to you, you treat them and have compassion on them." - oh oh, if I saw how you fight and wait for Rabbi Eliezer to be a tzaddik."

"And all Shuvu Banim should not do and should not permit severe transgressions. I did not see the note and God forbid I do not want to see the note, as I heard about it, I understood that the work of all the years bore fruit. I "wish" everyone to make fruits of fruits, even for the nations."

"Everyone says I am good therefore I defend Rav Berland, that they will always praise me, Bigtan and Teresh and the rabbi, but Baruch Hashem from this trait I did not lose - Rav Berland is holy of holies and nothing will help anyone."

"Everyone knows, those who understand understand, I spoke today with very great rabbis - everyone knows that Rav Berland is holy of holies. Whatever they say is exactly [what is described in the books...], Rav Berland is exactly [what is described in the books...]. I cannot elaborate, Rav Berland is exactly, those who know know, those who do not want to know, only want it to come out differently, it is truly compassion. Because, the world is not ownerless, may it be His will that from now on we have reached the end - to the dust."

"From now on we will merit to rise like the stars and not be like the nations among the stars you set your nest, they cause us all the troubles in the world, Corona, G5 and little coronas and troubles. Money and honor and all the troubles in the world, only compassion and good heart, prayer and fields and forests."

"Baruch Hashem, Shuvu Banim, thousands upon thousands, just today I met with some, what humility and modesty. Not insulting anyone, everyone has their own virtue, without the evil eye. I don't want to mention the students of Rav Berland who have students of students without the evil eye - all of Breslov together cannot reach them, without the evil eye, pure Torah scholars, holy righteous ones."

"I will walk down the street and receive from both sides, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe how beautifully you spoke. I don't need the honor, Baruch Hashem, I only want our righteous Mashiach. Will this bring me disgrace? Baruch Hashem, from Rav Berland I learned that disgrace is a good thing. So I don't care about disgrace, let them say what they will about me, I only bring good news - as they afflicted him, so he will multiply and spread, no one will leave Shuvu Banim."

"With Hashem's help, this is only a merit for Rav Berland that his whole life is only disgrace and suffering. This is his entire matter, for this he came to the world, this is how they bring our righteous Mashiach - this is how the tzaddikim, they take all the influences that should come to them, distribute them to Israel and take suffering upon themselves. This is the conduct of all the great tzaddikim throughout all generations, they fear nothing."

"We do not belittle the rabbis, they are holy tzaddikim, not to think about what was done with them, they hurried them, what they did a year ago exploded, now they did something new. Also for you the divine spirit cries out, so you will multiply and spread, just saying, this will remain and this will remain, everyone is good, just restrain a bit. Nothing will happen like what happens in a dispute, because Rav Berland prays, and all Shuvu Banim prays that nothing will happen to anyone."

"All the tzaddikim who oppose did what they did, do not fear just return in teshuvah. There is teshuvah, just know that with Hashem's help Shuvu Banim continues - throughout the entire world and in every city in Israel there is Shuvu Banim and no one will separate from Rav Berland."

"Because we know there are rabbis, I don't want to mention their names because they are gentle - and they are all with Rav Berland. And they know that the rabbis who are not with Rav Berland are surrounded by many, day and night. No one will leave Rav Berland and no one will separate, there will be no such thing. From the dispute over Rav Berland many new ones have come closer."

"It's a pity for this whole story, I don't give anyone the crown that he distanced the Mashiach. If you want to bring people back in teshuvah you have enough to bring back in teshuvah - you don't need to bring us back in teshuvah, we Baruch Hashem are concerned with returning in teshuvah."