To Uman We Must Travel, There Is No Excuse - The Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Shall we travel to our Rebbe on Rosh Hashanah or, God forbid, not? This question occupies tens of thousands in Israel. As is known, the journey to Uman on Rosh Hashanah is no longer a matter for one particular community or another. Tens of thousands from all corners of the globe come to the holy gathering in Uman every year on Rosh Hashanah, but this year, due to the special situation where all countries have closed their borders, a burning question has arisen regarding the journey to Uman.

On Thursday, the 35th day of the Omer count, our teacher, the righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, delivered a special lesson from Tzalmon, addressing this question. Thus he began his holy words:

"Today is Malchut shebeHod, today is the counting of Hod, today we complete the counting of Hod, leg upon leg, smallness within smallness, (this is expressed in) that a person cannot learn and cannot pray. Let him say Tehillim, let him travel to Meron, let him travel to Hebron, let him travel to the grave of Nabi Yitro, I was there. Can we travel there or is it now locked with locks? They have no right to close any graves of tzaddikim, it's against the law, it's against the Geneva Convention and the Oslo Agreement!"

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"Today we finished the counting of Hod, leg upon leg, smallness within smallness. Now it is a long bein hazmanim, they said it would last until Tisha B'Av, Tisha B'Av is Thursday, July 30th, by July the coronavirus will end, meanwhile there is severe lockdown in England and Britain, Queen Elizabeth has entered a bunker to hide from people, and they said it will continue until after Tishrei, but - to Uman we must travel, there is no excuse, Shuvu Banim must be in Uman, there is no such thing."

"Now we begin to count the Sefirah of Yesod shebeYesod, everyone will be with Yosef the tzaddik without exception. Hod shebeHod is with Rabbi Shimon, Netzach shebeNetzach is to be with our Rebbe, next year in Netzach shebeNetzach all Shuvu Banim, ten thousand students, will be with our Rebbe in Netzach shebeNetzach, and after that they will be again on Rosh Hashanah."

"Now we are in Malchut shebeHod, Hod shebeHod was leg upon leg, smallness within smallness, when a person can no longer learn, can no longer pray, can do nothing, so let him say Tehillim, go to the field, look for a forest, a grove, we were at the Givat HaMivtar on Sheshet HaYamim Street, there are wonderful groves there."