Terrifying: Why Does Rav Berland shlit"a Have to Endure All These Sufferings?

A saga of hardships, sufferings, and humiliations that our teacher, the holy Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, takes upon himself for the sake of the people of Israel, to sweeten the judgments and bring our righteous Mashiach and the Geulah with mercy.
It is not only the students of our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, who know in their hearts that behind the actions of the tzaddik lie great and fateful movements connected to the future of us all; many others who are guided by the path of truth are also aware that there are immense secrets and mysteries behind the entire story with the Rav shlit"a.
No one truly understands the full picture except for the tzaddik himself, but holy hints and introductions regarding the movements of our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, are received from the rabbis who have watched the sublime actions of the Rav for years. In a video produced by 'Netzach Netzachim,' HaGaon Rav Ofer Erez shlit"a and the Kabbalist HaGaon Rav Aharon Stern shlit"a reveal a small glimpse of the actions of our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a.
Words of Rav Ofer Erez shlit"a
"We see now that terrible things are happening with our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, which, from the perspective of the state, the law, and the judiciary, are things that have never happened before—that a Jew of the Rav's age (today 84) and in his medical condition should be kept in detention like this, when they themselves do not even know exactly for what."
"They are still looking for what to accuse the Rav of, but we know and believe that our teacher, Rav Berland, intentionally entered the throat of the Sitra Achra in order to break it."
"There is a very profound book by Rebbe Moshe David Valle called Sefer HaLikutim, and he writes there that Mashiach will intentionally descend into the 'Ilan d'Muta' (Tree of Death)—into the depths of the Sitra Achra and the shells (kelipot), and with his great power, he will break them from within his descent, from within this reality."
"On the very day they arrested the Rav, the coronavirus disease was discovered in the country, and we heard that our teacher, Rav Berland, said: 'When the tzaddik is in quarantine, the whole world is in quarantine.' Everything that happens in the world is connected to the movement of the Rav; he is performing wonderful tikkunim (rectifications) in the world."
"Also, from what we hear from his conversations, our teacher, Rav Berland, is not confused by anything, not even by tens of hours of interrogation or the terrible abuse. The Rav continues in vitality, in the study of Torah in holiness, in prayers, as if nothing touches him or is related to him."
"All that we do know is that the Rav is now performing immense and wonderful tikkunim in the world. Fortunate is he who is saved from the controversy regarding Rav Berland shlit"a, and on the contrary, to hold onto Rav Berland, to connect with him, to be in contact with him."
"There is also no doubt that all the actions of the Rav now are the final clarifications leading up to the Geulah."
"May it be the will that we merit to greet our righteous Mashiach with mercy and kindness."
HaGaon Rav Aharon Stern shlit"a, head of the Ziv Yehuda institutions, son of the Kabbalist Rav David Chaim Stern shlit"a, arrived in place of his ailing father to speak at the strengthening assembly at the residence of HaGaon Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a. These are his holy words.
For the full conversation of Rav Aharon Stern shlit"a, click the link.
"We see a tzaddik performing an action, but we do not understand the picture of the tzaddik at all; we have no grasp of his actions. However, all the actions of the tzaddik are to sweeten judgments for the sake of the people of Israel. The Rav said to me, 'If you saw what I see, your mind would be shattered.' I tell you, dear public, that Hashem places me at all sorts of crossroads; Jews tell me of their troubles, and the heart cries."
"Our teacher and master, Rav Berland, is fighting the head of the serpent in a direct war. Rav Berland is 'casting arrows in your eyes,' and he takes upon himself all the suffering. I heard from my teacher and father shlit"a, who said to me, 'I am afraid, how does Rav Berland do this? There is no Rebbe in the country, there is no Rosh Yeshiva in the country, there is no Admor in the country who knows and can wage the war that Rav Berland shlit"a is waging, to fight the head of the serpent.' 'Surely he has borne our griefs... and with his stripes we are healed' (Isaiah 53)."
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