"And it shall come to pass, because you listen... the covenant", you want to guard the covenant? You will merit through "and it shall come to pass"

On Tuesday night of Shabbat Re'eh 5778, August 7, 2018, the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrived in the city of Holon.

Rav Berland shlit"a held a reception at Yoel Salomon's. In addition to the gallery of photos from the reception, we bring the holy words of Rav Berland shlit"a that he delivered on Thursday of Shabbat Eikev.

"We need to know that now we are revisiting all of history, the sin of Nadav and Avihu and what happened with Korach, Moshe reminds them of all these things. The flaw was that they thought they had already drawn close to Hashem, the flaw was "when they drew near before Hashem" (Leviticus 16:1), if a person thinks he is close to Hashem then he becomes distant, then he immediately falls into despair."

"A person thinks he is close to Hashem and sees that he is not close, then he falls into despair, but if he knows he is distant - he knows he deserves nothing – he knows that I have not even begun to see Hashem, he has nothing to despair about."

"If a person knows he is distant from Hashem then he also does not sin, he does not stumble in breaches of the covenant, because "anyone who is haughty stumbles with a married woman" (Sotah 4b) - pride brings the flaws."

"The innovation of the Rebbe in Torah 169 - "And it shall come to pass, because you listen... the covenant", you want to guard the covenant? You will merit through "and it shall come to pass". You want Hashem to guard your covenant, then be "and it shall come to pass", that the simcha (joy) reaches down to the heels – that it makes the heels leap. The whole wedding is to make the heels leap - then Hashem guards your covenant, then you have no suspicion."

The words of Rav Berland shlit"a are edited from the bulletin Shevavi Or

Gallery of Photos from the Home Gathering in Holon

[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="12968,12967,12966,12965,12964,12963,12962,12961,12960,12959"] Photos courtesy of Natan Salomon