What Should Be Done After Sleeping? • The Daily Lesson from Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Here is a summary of the topics from the daily lesson as delivered by our teacher, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a – yesterday after the Maariv prayer on Wednesday night, the 11th of Shevat 5786, Parashat Beshalach: 1. Today, Shechem is open from 10 to 8. Anyone can travel. 2. Rashi says "we are all dead," but it can be explained that all the children who died in the Plague of the Firstborn (and it was revealed they were firstborn) came from legitimate marriages - from ten weddings. But in truth, it was from relationships outside of marriage. 3. The Gemara in Bava Kamma 117 says that the Persians are murderers and do not care about bloodshed. 4. The story of Rav Kahana who ascended to Eretz Yisrael from Babylon and all the answers he gave during the lesson until he thought he was being smiled upon, he took offense and died. 5. The Rebbe said that sleep should be preserved, it is easy. The challenge is knowing how to learn - after sleeping. 6. The Chida says that the wheat remained after the hail only for the locusts. 7. "Not one of them remained": The Baal HaTurim says "except one" - that Pharaoh did not die, he became king over Nineveh. 8. "When kings spread in it, it will snow in Zalmon" - whoever was in Zalmon merits to become a king. 9. I was in prison in Johannesburg, it was like paradise for me, I did not want to leave at all. 10. Sanhedrin 102 that Jeroboam left Jerusalem - he left the precinct of Jerusalem, it is forbidden to leave Jerusalem, whoever leaves Jerusalem, their children die. 11. When David Zini was appointed, they made a hundred petitions about how it is possible to be the head of the Shin Bet with twelve children. But the Prime Minister did not consider this and appointed him because all the previous chiefs of staff sold the country to the Arabs. 12. R' Menachem Mendel of Rimanov says that one should say the Parashat HaMan and then there are billions upon billions. 13. It is written "And He called to Moses" which the Ari writes is above all. 14. Isaac thought Esau was David and Samuel thought David was Esau, except for the righteous, no one really knows. 15. Chanukah is Chana 26, all of Chanukah is thanks to Chana.