For the occasion of the start of the winter session and as chizzuk ahead of the Million-Man Rally, on Wednesday, the night of 8 Cheshvan, a shiur was held at the home of Moreinu HaRav Eliezer Berland shlit”a for bachurim of Yeshivat “Breslov Chochmah V’Daat.”

Below is a summary of the course of the shiur that was given:

Adah and Tzilah wanted a get (divorce document) from Lemech because he murdered his grandfather Kain and his son Tuval-Kain. “Chayav Lehachzir (must return)” is the numerical value of Rabbi Nachman – only the Tzaddik returns all the lost objects. Zimri ben Salu was a reincarnation of Shechem ben Chamor. King David chose the plague: “From the morning until the appointed time” – from the slaughter of the Tamid offering until the sprinkling; in two seconds, 70,000 were killed.  According to another opinion, it was Avishai ben Tz’ruya who passed away and he was the equivalent of 70,000 of Israel. All the sons of Tz’ruya would fly in the air, because their mother was holy and felt no desire, like a rock.  Shaar HaGilgulim writes that this was literally  true, that they would fly in the air in the merit of the holiness. The story of the Baal Shem Tov who was saved from the Haidamaks on the way to the Land of Israel in the merit of his attendant, R’ Hirsch, screaming the Alef-Bet.  Likewise, how he reached Istanbul and nullified the decree against the Jews. “How can one pursue a thousand?”  This is about King David, who would kill a thousand men with one arrow.  After the sin with Bat Sheva, it went down to 800 with one arrow, and about this, he prayed. The nations of the world heard “Anochi – I.”  They said, “This is a god like all the gods.”  However, when they reached, “Honor your father and your mother,” they said, “A God Who says to honor someone else – this is truth!” Before the Flood, six hours of rain fell – Hashem waited for them to do teshuvah. On Lag BaOmer, Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered.  On the Hilulah of his son, Rabbi Elazar bar Rashbi, Japan surrendered. If a person says “Yotam ben Uziyahu,” he is immediately saved from all troubles. One must go tomorrow to the Million-Man Rally, but instead of listening to the speeches, it is preferable to say ten Tikkun HaKlali’s The Hilonim (secular Jews) agree that a person’s profession can be Torah (“Torato Umanuto”), but they discover that this one works in a carpentry shop and doesn’t exactly learn…  One needs to learn all day long to show them that we truly are “Torato Umanuto” Esav said, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching.”  I’ll get married to Machalat, and then Abba will die, and then I can kill Yaakov.