Watch: "All the Tzaddikim are in Uman with Rebbe Nachman"

On Motzaei Shabbat Parshat Ki Teitzei, the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrived in the city of Ashdod, where he held a public reception. The Admor of Shklov shlit"a arrived to meet with the Rav in private. In addition, the Rav conducted the Melaveh Malkah songs with great majesty and also delivered his holy words there.

The Rav during the Melaveh Malkah songs with the holy public

These are the holy words of the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a.

"All the tzaddikim are in Uman by Rebbe Nachman"

"Rabbi Baruch said that for many years he could no longer find the Baal Shem Tov at his gravesite in Medzhybizh. Feiga, the daughter of the Baal Shem Tov, traveled to the grave and said to him, 'He is here - he is here,' but Rabbi Baruch did not merit to speak with the Baal Shem Tov. So he asked the Baal Shem Tov: Where are you? He said: I am only found by Rebbe Nachman; the Baal Shem Tov is now found at the grave of Rebbe Nachman. People travel to our Rebbe; that is where the Baal Shem Tov is found. Those who travel to the Baal Shem Tov—he is found by the Rebbe. He is not there at all—in Medzhybizh; he is in Uman. Everyone has moved to Uman, all the tzaddikim have moved to Uman, to enjoy the Rebbe, all the souls have moved to Uman. And even the Patriarchs—everyone has moved to Uman, everyone, King David—everyone has moved to Uman."

"In the Heavenly Court, they will ask him, 'Do you know what your name is?'"

"In Uman, the Rebbe saw a wedding, because every name hints at something. The names that everyone has hint at the supernal Sefirot; it is not for nothing that a person has a certain name—everything hints at the supernal Sefirot. And every person must live according to their name. When a person stands before the Heavenly Court, they will ask him: Do you know what your name is? Did you live according to your name? Did you strengthen yourself?"

"Moses does not consider his personal redemption before the redemption of Israel"

"For Moses gave the name Eliezer after Gershom. It should have been the opposite: first Eliezer, that Hashem helped him and saved him from the sword of Pharaoh, for he had been on the gallows—he was on the gallows and afterwards fled from Egypt. And for the second son, he should have called him Gershom, because he was a stranger in a foreign land. But until Moses redeemed the people of Israel, he did not consider his own personal redemption. Therefore, he called his son Gershom, and only called the other Eliezer after he had taken Israel out of Egypt."

"All of this we are saying, that everyone has their own name and is obligated to live according to that name. Everyone must walk [that path], so there is no need to sleep at all. This night, we are no longer sleeping; we are finished, now we will say Eliyahu HaNavi..."

Edited from the Shevilei Ohr newsletter

Photo gallery from the public reception in Ashdod

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Photography courtesy of Shachar Eliyahu