R’ Eliyahu Sukkot shlit"a

The Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliyahu Sukkot shlit"a, a member of the Rabbinical Council of the holy Shuvu Banim community and one of the oldest students of our teacher, the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, in a holy call.

"We, who have merited, thank Hashem, that our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a has returned home and returned to us in truth, receiving the public with prayers and endless other good things that the Rav does for us..."

"It is known among all the tzaddikim, they never go to collect donations themselves. I was by the Rebbe of Amshinov shlit"a, and the Rebbe of Amshinov does not take even a penny for himself."

"Everyone who donates now are people who want to give money to the community, for the Yeshiva, for the synagogue. Those donors sign checks or give money for the institutions - and this is what we need to do so that our teacher Rav Berland will be free and able to deal with spiritual matters that only he can do."

"When I first met our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a 52 years ago, I would go with him to all sorts of places; I didn't even know what a Gemach was at all. I would go to Rav Neuberg... to all sorts of places. The Rav looked at me and said, 'In truth, there is no money in the world, it is only souls, but if there were no money, a person would not move from his chair.'"

"The Rav shlit"a would repay all sorts of debts he had, and in retrospect, it became clear to me that almost all the debts that our teacher the Rav was repaying were not his own. There were simply people in Bnei Brak whom no one would agree to lend money to, so our teacher Rav Berland took it for them, as if it were a loan for himself, and would give the money to those unfortunate people."

"And not only that - our teacher Rav Berland shlit"a made a condition with them that if they did not return the money, he would pay the lenders from his own pocket."

"This is Rav Berland shlit"a - we have no grasp of him at all."

"We need to help so that there will be no obstacles for our holy community, so that it will continue to burn with the height of splendor and honor.."

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