5779 is shaping up to be the biggest Rosh Hashana ever
Rosh Chodesh Elul is here, and the smell of the annual gathering in Uman for Rosh Hashana is in the air, next to the tziyon of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the Tzaddik Yesod Olam (Tzaddik, the foundation of the world.)
Recently, Rav Eliezer Berland, shlita, spoke about the forthcoming gathering for Rosh Hashana, 5779, as follows:
“A Rosh Hashana like this hasn’t been seen since the creation of the world. It’s [a year] of Yerushaliyim, Tsfat and Brachfeld [a neighborhood in the chareidi city of Kiryat Sefer], which spells out the acronym ‘TZVI’.
This is the loftiest Rosh Hashana there has ever been, that Tsfat and Jerusalem are united, after everything that’s occurred over the last 70 years, from the year 5696.
Now, we are going to perform a new unification, to reunite all of Breslov Chassidut – every different group of Breslov – to reunite in a way that has never, ever been seen….
All of Breslov will be united
“So, we’re requesting that Shuvu Banim, the holy congregation…shouldn’t clap their hands during the ‘Ha kEl hakadosh’ blessing, or during the ‘shomeya tefillah’ blessing, and not at the end of any other blessing, either.
“Rabbi Levi Yitzhak said that this is the true minhag (custom) of Breslov…
“Because we don’t know who will live and who will die [after Rosh Hashana]. Even people who were with us for last Rosh Hashana, just a few months ago, didn’t merit to come this year. No-one knows who will live, and who will die.
“So, we’re requesting that Shuvu Banim should include themselves [along with everyone else], and shouldn’t do their own thing.
A gathering like this hasn’t been seen since the creation of the world
“It’s going to be such a kibbutz (gathering), that hasn’t occurred since the creation of the world, of holy tzaddikim, the sons of God, each one a soul from the world of Atzilut. Only souls from the world of Atzilut will be allowed to come to this kibbutz. Whoever doesn’t come from the world of Atzilut, he should find a different minyan.
“All this will occur automatically, [the decision about] whoever is fit to join the kibbutz, and who isn’t. And here, it’s going to be a gathering of the souls from the world of Atzilut mamash. All the souls who were in Uman from before, they are going to be brought back at the pinnacle of kedusha (holiness).
“Only these souls will be allowed to join the holy kibbutz.
“From today on, we will remind ourselves about this in every shiur (Torah class), that we shouldn’t sing ‘emet ve’emuna’, and that we shouldn’t sing ‘or zarua letzaddik’, nothing. Only to pray. The whole inyan (purpose) of the kibbutz is be included amongst everyone else, and not to make our voice heard.”
Translated and adapted from the Sparks of Light Newsletter.
