Who is Greater, Moshe or David? The Daily Inspiration from the Holy Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a
The Daily Inspiration from Our Teacher, the Holy Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a – The More Years Given to the Tzaddik, the More We Merit to Sit Beside Him
Monday, 11 Kislev 5786 – David is the Tzaddik Who Sits in the Middle
‘The rain is Sh’ M’ G – בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר (Genesis 6:3), Moshe is "בְּשַׁגַּם". Moshe is Shem”G lights, the 7*7*7 is Shem”G (343), this is the greatest light.
Therefore, Lamech, the father of Noah, lived 777 years, because 777 is exactly 343, multiplied.
Methuselah lived 969 years, he gave 31 years to David, therefore he sits next to David. It is written in the Gemara (Megillah 52b) that Methuselah sits next to David. The seven shepherds are: Adam, Seth, Methuselah who gave 31 years to David. Whoever gave years to David sits next to David – David is in the middle.
The tzaddik is in the middle, even Moshe is on the left side. People do not know this Gemara (Megillah 52b), who is greater, David or Moshe? It is explicitly written, Moshe is on the left side, Methuselah on the right, and David in the middle – David is the tzaddik, he is the one who returns the captives, everything the tzaddik does.
The Gemara (Megillah 52b) reveals that the seven shepherds are, "וַהֲקֵמֹנוּ עָלָיו שִׁבְעָה רֹעִים וּשְׁמֹנָה נְסִיכֵי אָדָם..., וְהִצִּיל מֵאַשּׁוּר כִּי יָבוֹא בְאַרְצֵנוּ" (Micah 5:4-5). All this appears in Micah, seven shepherds, what are the seven shepherds? David in the middle! Adam HaRishon, Seth, and Methuselah on the right side, Methuselah stands right next to David.
Everything David has comes from Methuselah, with Methuselah the sun went backward. Thirty students move the sun (Sukkah 28) – it is written in the Gemara Sukkah 28, that thirty students from the students of Hillel move the sun, so Moshe certainly moves the sun.
There were 80 students of Hillel, 30 of them move the sun, like Joshua and Moshe who moved the sun at the giving of the Torah. At the giving of the Torah, the day was 72 hours, there were the Ten Commandments in which each commandment the Israelites flew 12 mil which are three parasangs.