"The Main Thing is to Pray with Kavannah" - The Words of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

The holy words of our teacher, the holy Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a (may he live long and good days), from Wednesday, Parshas Masei, 28th of Tammuz, 5779.

"With the help of Hashem (God), Afula is the holiest place in the world; it was the first conquest of Yehoshua bin Nun after Jericho."

"Anyone who travels this Shabbos (Parshas Masei) to Afula will see the revelation of the Shechinah (Divine Presence) there; he will see Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet). The main thing is to pray with kavannah (intention)."

"One must utilize every minute and every second in order to finish the Parsha (weekly Torah portion). Whoever is holding at Parshas Bereishis (Genesis) should start with Bereishis; whoever is holding at Shemos (Exodus) should start with Shemos; whoever is holding at Vayikra (Leviticus) should start with Vayikra."

"Everyone should complete his Parsha. And this Shabbos is a Shabbos of 14 hours—from 6:00 AM until 8:00 PM is 14 hours—everyone should see to it to complete all the Parshiyos (Torah portions)."

"One needs to finish the tractates of Arachin and Temurah; these are the two easiest tractates there are, it's all stories. Everyone should finish two tractates."

"In Tractate Arachin, there are 34 pages, of which 32 pages speak about the holiday of Succos—that everyone sat in Succos even from the time of Yehoshua bin Nun—to understand the Pshat (plain meaning)..."

The words of the Rav shlit"a were brought courtesy of "HaSikur HaYomi" (The Daily Report)