The True Tzaddik Bestows All Goodness Upon the World, But People Do Not Want to Believe in Him - The Words of Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

The reality in the world is changing, and one does not need to be a great sage to understand this. Our teacher, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, has taken upon himself such sufferings that no human can comprehend with reason—all to bring about the redemption with mercy, so that no Jew will be harmed and another neshamah (soul) will enter the sack of our Rebbe. What can we do to avoid being, God forbid, among those who reject and hinder the process of revelation? Here are the holy words of our teacher, Rabbi Berland shlit"a, from the 27th of Cheshvan, 5766, indicating what Hashem desires from us in every generation, especially in this crucial time.
"Rabbi Natan explains that the true tzaddik can bestow all abundance in the world, he bestows all wealth, he bestows the clouds of glory, he bestows everything—says the Ramban, that in this true tzaddik, no one wants to believe. The Ramban brings here, that when Moshe Rabbeinu came, no one wanted to believe in him—no one wanted to believe in Moshe Rabbeinu, no one wanted to believe in the tzaddik."
"It is written that Moshe said: 'And they will not believe me,' no one wanted to believe in Moshe, why? Because they said to him, who are you anyway? Can you perform wonders? Can you perform signs? Can you take us out of Egypt? How is it possible? They asked him, to what level have you reached? They began to question and investigate him."
"Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuzh asked the Rebbe to what level he had reached, if he had reached the level of the Baal Shem Tov, our Rebbe answered: that he reached the level of the Baal Shem Tov at the age of 13, then he pushed him from all the steps."
"Because you are greater than the Patriarchs, therefore Pharaoh did not listen to him, he says, if they had believed in Moshe immediately. If the people of Israel had believed in Moshe, they would have immediately left Egypt, and they would not have made the calf, and the Holy Temple would have been built. And there would have been the complete redemption. And there would have been the resurrection of the dead. Because everything that Hashem wants in every generation, so we are prepared for the resurrection of the dead."
"In every generation, a king Mashiach must come, every generation, every generation is worthy of redemption—says the Ramban, only everything depends on emunah (faith) in Moshe—in the Moshe of that generation, in the tzaddik of that generation. The tzaddik who can bring redemption to everyone, to reveal the treasures to everyone, to reveal to everyone that they are essentially sitting on a treasure."
The true tzaddik can bring each and every one to their true rectification, and this is what is written in the Midrash Rabbah, that King Hezekiah was supposed to be Mashiach. King Hezekiah had already brought Egypt to teshuvah (repentance), he brought the entire people to teshuvah. It is written that all the Egyptians did teshuvah, and they began to swear by the name of Hashem, everyone swore by the name of Hashem. King Hezekiah showed Egypt, showed Babylon such miracles and wonders that everyone returned to teshuvah, everyone came to visit the Holy Temple.
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