Watch: The Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a in Deveykus during the delivery of the Lag BaOmer class
Lag BaOmer 5777 in Meron, the site of the Butzina Kadisha (Holy Lamp), the light of Israel. Hundreds of thousands of Your people, the House of Israel, are sacrificing themselves [making great efforts] to merit participating in the holy Hillula (celebration of the passing) of the head of the Children of Israel, Rashbi, the holy Tanna from whom Torah goes forth. The Breslov Shuvu Banim compound is also teeming with people; the time is dawn, and everyone is waiting to hear the holy words of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a.
The Rav shlit"a began the class; everyone was moved to hear his holy voice and connected with him in their hearts. However, everyone also wished the Rav could be present with them in Meron. With Siyata Dishmaya (the help of Heaven), we are happy to present to you the holy sights that stood behind the holy voice of The Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a. Before you is the recording of the event where the Rav delivered the class from his room in the hotel where he was staying at that time.
By the way, while you are watching the Rav shlit"a, pay attention to the mysterious aura that suddenly envelops the room toward the end of the class. The class was filmed with a high-quality camera, and no editing or special effects were added. At the end, one can even see the cameraman entering to check why everything turned white.
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Rabbi Berland surrounded by white light during the delivery of the Lag BaOmer 5777 class[/caption]
In a special and sweeping class, The Rav, Rabbi Berland shlit”a, said, “Esau cried a very great cry, more than Mordechai, more than all the exiles. If a person blemishes [their soul], they need to scream and wail endlessly, because two tears fell from Esau, and thus the two Holy Temples were destroyed. And if the third tear on Esau’s cheek had not dried up, there would not have remained a remnant or survivor of the ‘haters of Israel’ (a euphemism for the Jewish people), because of the evil thoughts, the bad reflections, and certainly the evil deeds.”
“Therefore, the Third Temple will be built, and this is the concept of Rashbi, who saw the Third Temple; Rabbi Shimon is the Third Temple. When one arrives in Meron, one arrives at the Third Temple, in the secret of the letter Yud—Primordial Wisdom. The Yud of the Tetragrammaton (Hashem's name) that only Rashbi merited.”
“The Gevurah (Severity/Strength) descended into the Klipot (husks of impurity); a person runs after lusts instead of running after holiness. Jump into the fire like Avraham Avinu, like Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah—this is the tikkun (rectification) of the attribute of Gevurah. Therefore, Cain needs to rectify the attribute of Gevurah, for Adam HaRishon said to Cain, ‘Rectify the attribute of Gevurah; you are Gevurot, you are five parts Gevurot and five of Chesed (Kindness).’”
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Crowds listened to the class of Rabbi Berland shlit"a, which was broadcast over loudspeakers at the Shuvu Banim compound in Meron[/caption]
“One must use the Gevurot to pierce through the screens [spiritual barriers], not to win wars. But Cain was jealous of Abel and therefore lost the entire attribute of Gevurah. So Abel decided that he would rectify the world, but Hashem told Moses—who is actually the soul of Rabbi Akiva—that he would return in a generation of Shmad (religious persecution), and then they would comb his flesh with iron combs. And Rabbi Akiva, who was in the prison [pit], revealed the secret of the two letter Shins of the Tefillin.”
Sights of the Holy Hillula in Meron – The Breslov Shuvu Banim Compound“All those who travel seven hours to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, half a million people traveling with mesirus nefesh (self-sacrifice) with all the babies. This is like Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah jumping into the fire, where this person begs Cain, ‘Come, rectify the attribute of Gevurah.’ But Cain was full of jealousy, and therefore he brought the flax that darkens the ground for seven years.”
“Cain, instead of rectifying the worlds, only increased the attribute of Gevurah. Adam HaRishon had a terrible difficulty: ‘Is it not enough that I sinned? Now Cain has also increased the sin?’ He used the attribute of Gevurah for jealousy, for destruction and ruin. Then Hashem revealed to Adam HaRishon ‘A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath Day’—that no person can attain the level of those who went up to the stake and died as holy martyrs for Kiddush Hashem (Sanctification of God's Name). How many died for Kiddush Hashem? They are the ones who ascended to Adam Kadmon, which is [the secret of the verse], ‘When the wicked spring up like grass.’”
“Rashbi, like David, is not [just] a man; he is Adam Kadmon. Anyone who comes to Rashbi receives the power to resurrect the dead.”
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