The Secret of "Throughout His Kingdom, For It Is Great

Before you is the full daily lesson as delivered by our teacher, the Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a—yesterday after the Maariv (evening) prayer on the night following Shushan Purim, Parshas Tzav, the night of the 16th of Adar II:

"So, Deborah the Prophetess broke her Xiaomi (smartphone), and thus she merited the 'pillar of fire,' being surrounded by flames of fire, as it is written, 'a woman of flames' (Eishet Lapidot), for she was surrounded by flames of fire all day long. Jael also broke her Xiaomi, and so she merited to be surrounded by flames of fire. And she stabbed Sisera, crushing his temple; she extracted the soul of Rabbi Akiva. She knew where the soul was; she was a prophetess. Once, every girl was a prophetess; girls at the age of thirteen were prophetesses. Like Serach the daughter of Asher, who said, 'Joseph is alive! Joseph is alive!' They wanted to eliminate her, a targeted assassination, they called Hamas (metaphor for enemies). 'What are you revealing to father [Jacob], such things?! He will kill us all!' They had to think, to send some Cushi (stranger/mercenary), someone. 'What are you saying?!' For twenty-two years, father sat in mourning, with sackcloth and ashes on the floor. If he knows Joseph is alive, then he will kill everyone here. What, then who kidnapped him?! Because he thought the Jihad kidnapped him, Hamas kidnapped him, he was kidnapped to Khan Yunis, in Rafah, who knows where he was. One cannot say: 'Father, Joseph is alive.' They made a cherem (excommunication) that whoever says Joseph is alive is under the ban, he is liable for death. Because he endangers all the brothers, for if Jacob knew the brothers kidnapped him—woe to them, not one brother would remain alive.

Even Rachel, who was the most righteous in the generation, stole the teraphim (idols). He [Laban] said, 'Why are you stealing teraphim?' He [Laban] would make new teraphim; he would slaughter someone. He was like Rabbah who slaughtered Rabbi Zeira (a Talmudic reference), so Laban would also slaughter someone and make teraphim from him. So says the Midrash Tanchuma and the Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer in chapter thirty-six: they slaughtered someone and made teraphim; it would speak. They would place a golden plate under the tongue, and it would tell stories, and it would say where [Jacob] fled—to Mount Gilead. No one knows; maybe he fled to India, maybe he fled to Buddha, who knows where he fled—north, south, maybe to Moscow. It’s impossible to know where he fled. But there were teraphim [and they] would speak [through sorcery]. So it took seven days until he knew where he fled, and after seven days, he traveled a seven-day journey in one day.

But they don't say that Serach the daughter of Asher was not okay at all—'What are you telling father, that Joseph is alive?' For twenty-two years, father sits and cries, and they don't reveal it to him. One strictness (hakpada), one strictness against Rachel and she died. And that was just stealing teraphim; here they stole the brother—everyone would die, all the ten brothers who were involved in the sale, not a trace would remain of any of them. 'What are you bringing such things, who are you? What do you think, that you are allowed to reveal it?' Woe to you! So, 'Blessed among sons is Asher'—Asher is the most important name of all names. 'Blessed among sons is Asher' (Baruch mibanim Asher) is the numerical value (Gematria) of Chochmah, Binah, and Da'at (Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge). Along with the Gematria of Da'at and fear of Hashem, the Gematria of counsel and might. Everything comes out exactly, the Gematria of 'Blessed among sons is Asher.' So Asher merited a daughter, 'In my happiness, for daughters have called me happy' (Be'oshri ki isheruni banot), because the daughters are all the Name of Havayah (the four-letter Name of God); daughters are all the Name of Havayah, and from this, Asher merited that all the daughters were the Name of Havayah. Therefore, High Priests (Kohanim Gedolim) only took [wives] from the tribe of Asher, daughters from the tribe of Asher.

Because every daughter is the Name of Havayah. Therefore, 'for daughters have called me happy,' because the daughters are the Name of Havayah, as it is written, 'And the king’s decree shall be heard, which is great' (asher rabbah hi)—'Hi' (she/it) is the letter 'Heh.' 'And all the women shall give honor' (Vechol hanashim yitnu yakar)—'Vechol' (and all) starts with 'Vav,' 'Hanashim yitnu' (the women shall give) starts with 'Heh' and 'Yod,' 'Yakar' (honor) starts with 'Yod'—that's another 'Heh' and two 'Yods,' twice the Name of Havayah; every woman is twice the Name of Havayah.

In any case, therefore, the Geulah (Redemption) will only be through the women who, in the merit of modesty (tzniut), in the merit of breaking the Xiaomi, the complete Geulah (Redemption) will come speedily in our days, Amen!"‏.