Seforim Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

  Only when he learns the ends of the breastplate can he understand what he is learning! • On the day of the Hilula of the Gaon Ba'al "Ketzot HaChoshen" Today, the 19th of Tevet marks the Hilula (celebration of the passing) of the Gaon known as "Ketzot HaChoshen" – Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben Rabbi Yosef Hacohen Heller, may his merit protect us, buried in the city of Stretin, Ukraine. Here are some excerpts from lessons in which our teacher, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, shlita, speaks about the greatness of Ba'al "Ketzot HaChoshen" and the elevated level of studying from his profound book: **The "Ketzot HaChoshen" in life did not sleep, and he did not eat like everyone else. He ate at his parents' home, and she [his wife] ate at her parents' home. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman from Brod made this arrangement. Rabbi Shlomo Kluger from Brod had no money, no food, no home, nothing. So, every day he ate at his parents' home, and every day she ate at her

  To Get Out of Debt, by   Rav Eliezer Berland, shlita During the 10 Days of Awe and Inspired from  Masechet  Rosh Hashana page 6 Master of the Universe, Omniscient One,… allow me to merit the four aspects of  Har Tavor  whose length is four  parsa.  Know that I am worse off than all of the  tzadikkim , and worse off than all of the middle men, and worse off than all of the evil ones, and worse off than even my own worth and also to get out of the neckhold that is three  parsa  and to not be haughty – not with my wisdom nor with my strength, nor by my wealth. And by this shall I merit to get out of all my debt and shall I merit an abundance of food and drink and clothing by means of me meriting the ten attributes of  MAH (Mem Heh) , which is abundance in gematria = 450. Please, Hashem, take the  Samech Mem  out of me as it is cloaking my eyes, since an eye in gematria is  Samech Mem Ayin  + 1 = Samech Mem =  131. Please, All Merciful and Compassionate One, allow me to merit all the att