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The Level of the 16 Holy Soldiers who were Killed for the Sanctification of God's Name -- R' Berland Shlit"a

THE HOLY WORDS WHICH MOREINU HARAV ELIEZER BERLAND SHLIT"A SAID AFTER THE DEATH OF 16 MARTYRS IN THE HOLY WAR IN GAZA: Everyone say: "Yehei Shmei Raba Mevarach L'Alam UL'Almei Almaya -- May His great Name be blessed forever and ever [in Kaddish]" with all their strength, that they make it heard all the way to Uman, and all the "Amen's" need to be made heard all the way to Uman. In the merit that the girls are careful with modesty, burned all the short dresses; they [the soldiers] are already holding on for five days [in the ground invasion to Gaza]. REALLY, THE 16 KILLED IS OPPOSITE THE TWO TABLETS OF THE COVENANT.  BEREISHIT IS [AN ALLUSION TO] THE TWO STONE TABLETS, EVERY TABLET IS 6 BY 6 [HANDBREADTHS]; [WITH] THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, THIS IS 16 [6 PLUS 10=16].  ALL THIS WE LEARNED IN [LIKUTEY MOHARAN] LESSON 38.  THE NUMBER 16 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER IN ALL GENERATIONS -- THEREFORE, EXACTLY 16 [WERE KILLED]. If all the girls would burn all the [immodest] dresses, all the tight-fitting shirts with the inscriptions, no soldier would be killed.  Like it was in the war with Midian, "A thousand for every tribe" (Bamidbar 31:4), no soldier was killed; there were millions like the sand of the sea there who came out against 12,000 Jews, so no soldier needs to be killed. This is dependent only on the modesty of the girls and that the boys will smash their Xiaomi, because on every Xiaomi abominable pictures appear, horrible immorality.  The seven levels of Gehinom will not atone for each picture that a person sees on some Xiamo.  Seven levels of Gehinom will not help and not during the revival of the dead.  They'll never leave Gehinom, also not during the revival of the dead. Anyone who still has a Xiaomi, break it immediately, now within five minutes; take a hammer and smash it.  Because this is a Torah prohibition; this is the Satan himself.  The moment that they break all the Xiaomi's and the girls go in long dresses until the ankle, the complete redemption will come, and Mashiach ben David will come speedily in our days, Amen.