Rabbi Moshe Binenstock shlit"a, one of the great transmitters of the Breslov tradition, stands firmly against the dispute in Breslov and the many deaths that have resulted from it. These are his words.

"I am in shock from the great loss we have suffered - Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Carmel, who was a soul friend of mine. We would meet, he would see me from a distance in halls and approach with humility, with self-nullification, even though he knew how to learn much better than I did. He mastered all areas, his books were full and packed with material, he truly sanctified the name of our Rebbe."

"His prayers, without shouting, could be heard throughout the synagogue, his outpouring of the soul, he was truly a magnificent vessel - we lost a cherished vessel."

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"If I had said the night before what I am saying now, you would say I am a prophet. My dear friend R' Aharon Kliger shlit"a asked me why I am holding back, indeed I held back, I was so furious the night before. I was furious about what was happening, I spoke with many about the grandson of R' Shmuel Shapira, Rabbi Pesach Shapira zt"l, a beloved child who was also with me in groups. He passed away in 5732, and after him, Rabbi Yaankele Tefilinsky a"h passed away, this was a short period after the lessons resumed with R' Levi Yitzchak Bender, after there was a break of several years because R' Yitzchak signed for the elections, they expelled him from the shul, and then the lesson stopped, anyway, we were a few."

"When Yaankele passed away, it was a terrible blow to everyone - he was the pride of Breslov, the heart of Breslov. He was truly a role model, a person who understood this world and also in spirituality, a sociable and sincere person, clever, all together, a complete person, mainly a heart. When he passed away, it was a terrible blow to Breslov, and R' Levi Yitzchak for weeks on end did not stop talking, there was a dispute between two of the elders of Anash about managing the shul. There were those who sided here and there, and Yaankele Tefilinsky tried to make peace."

"On that day, he still had the towel in his hand from the midnight immersion and all day. In the end, he collapsed on Tzefania Street, R' Levi Yitzchak cried terribly despite being a tough person, and of course, he was at the funeral, I remember the elders climbing on foot to the Mount of Olives."

" R' Levi Yitzchak Bender did not stop talking about one topic - the Rebbe is willing to forgo everything except for dispute."

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"He said: with Korach, a needle from the end of the world entered the pit, I remember R' Levi Yitzchak said: even infants in the cradle passed away - all because of the dispute. The Rebbe forgives everything except for dispute."

Have mercy, gentlemen, stop looking for faults. Read prayer 38 where R' Natan speaks - stop pursuing people, it causes destruction."

"I wanted to say this then at night, but I held back, it's good I held back otherwise they would say it happened because of me, God forbid. But - "Behold, I give him My covenant of peace", this is the great work of Pinchas, this is Elijah riding on fiery horses in a storm. As our Rebbe says in Torah 9, part two, to calm and find good in the other, the pleasant and pure air."

"Although it is a marginal group, it is very destructive - destroying 700 sets of "Conversations of the Holy Seraphim", Breslov chassidut books - the Rebbe cannot remain silent about this It is shocking, because you don't like that they wrote the name of so-and-so. Such things never happened! Is this the example we are leaving for the next generation of Breslov?"

"Did R' Natan do this? Did R' Avraham b'R' Nachman do this? Did R' Nachman of Tulchin? - I don't want to go into more shocking details... a change must be made! Don't forget they said to Agrippas "our brother you are", at that moment a decree of destruction was issued for Israel. The flattery and fear of speaking up is our downfall. God forbid this should end, but Moshe Golasevsky who suddenly passed away, and R' Natan Shapira who suddenly passed away, and now R' Yitzchak Carmel - suddenly. I am not talking about those who fell, not talking about those who suffered from illnesses, but we have lost in the last two years the best people that Breslov chassidim had, Moshe Anshin, Motta Turitz, Chaim Borshtein, etc. one after another and I am not focused enough to mention all the names."

"Do the math, the cream of the crop, the pride of the elders of Breslov chassidim who were supposed to be the elders of the generation - gone, R' Yisrael Neirash, all of them! - it is shocking! Something must be done to end this matter."

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"For these I weep, my eye, my eye runs with water because the comforter is far from my soul" - 66 from Breslov chassidim have passed away in the last year and a half, truly a harsh decree that is hard to comprehend. We do not know the calculations of Heaven, but everyone is aware of the severe dispute raging among the camp of Breslov chassidim - may their memory be blessed.

Photo: Uman Shalom