Tragedy in Meron: Rabbi Nachman Meoded zt"l passed on to his eternal home on the eve of Shabbat Kodesh
Rabbi Nachman Meoded zt"l, the household intimate of the mekubal Rabbi Chaim Cohen “HaChalban (the Milkman)” zt"l and a disseminator of the path of the tzaddik our teacher the Rav Rav Berland shlit"a — passed away suddenly at the age of 49 on the eve of Shabbat Kodesh, 21 Iyar, when he arrived in Meron to pray near the gravesite of the Rashbi
The passing of the tzaddik Rabbi Nachman Meoded zt"l — the household intimate of “HaChalban (the Milkman)” and a disseminator of the light of our teacher the Rav Rav Berland shlit"a
A heavy mourning has descended upon the world of Breslov Chassidut and Shuvu Banim, and upon the entire chareidi public: Rabbi Nachman Meoded zt"l, only 49 years old, passed away suddenly on the eve of Shabbat Kodesh, Parashat Behar-Bechukotai, Friday, 21 Iyar 5786, as he arrived in Meron to stay near the gravesite of the G-dly Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai zy"a. He set up a tent near the synagogue in the community, and while his daughters went out to offer prayer at the holy gravesite — he collapsed to the ground as a result of cardiac arrest, and his pure soul ascended heavenward.
Rabbi Meoded zt"l was a truly unique figure in the courts of the tzaddikim. For decades he served as the close household intimate and personal assistant of his primary teacher, the mekubal the holy Rabbi Chaim Cohen zt"l zy"a — “HaChalban (the Milkman)” of Givatayim, and merited to be the central conduit through which multitudes of anash (his followers) were exposed to the tzaddik’s Torah, conduct, and counsel. Rabbi Nachman stood behind the tremendous enterprise “Hitorerut Yisrael,” a digital and telephone network through which lessons of strengthening in faith and in matters of redemption from a range of the great ones of Israel are preserved and disseminated.
Stories of wonders about our teacher the tzaddik Rav Berland shlit"a
Rabbi Meoded zt"l was among those deeply connected to our teacher the HaGaon HaTzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, and merited to testify many times about the wonders he saw in his presence and about the greatness of the tzaddik. In a rare filmed shiur he delivered a short time before his passing, Rabbi Meoded zt"l related chilling stories of wonders about our teacher the Rav shlit"a and about “HaChalban (the Milkman)” and his connection with him — how the tzaddik Rav Berland was revealed in the eyes of the great mekubalim as one of the tzaddikim of the generation, and how Rabbi Meoded mediated between the tzaddikim. Watch the full shiur:
“The tzaddik Rav Berland came in a dream so that I would come to him for Ma’ariv”
In another short video filmed in the last days of his life, Rabbi Meoded zt"l recounted a wondrous incident that happened to him: our teacher the Rav Rav Berland shlit"a appeared to him in a dream and sent him to enter a Ma’ariv minyan in a certain place. He testified that he does not remember a dream that was fulfilled so clearly and immediately in all his days:
May his memory be blessed
The pure soul of Rabbi Nachman Meoded zt"l ascended heavenward on the eve of Shabbat Kodesh, in the holy place of the Rashbi, on a day when we are engaged in the avodah of the Omer counting and the rectification of character traits. Thousands participated in the funeral that departed on Sunday from Bnei Brak, and many of those accompanying offered prayer that his merit stand for us to soon see the joy of the Beit HaMikdash and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The public is invited to elevate itself through learning the Torah of his primary teacher Rabbi Chaim Cohen zt"l and through cleaving to the true tzaddik our teacher the Rav Rav Berland shlit"a — continuing the path of Rabbi Nachman Meoded zt"l. May his soul be bound in the bond of life.