Eliezer Berland

Rabbi Eliezer Berland
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Shuvu Bonim
Personal details
Birth name	Eliezer Berland
Born	December 26, 1937 Haifa, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Parents	Chand and Etya
Spouse	Tehilla
Alma mater	Knesses Chizkiyahu and Ponevezh Yeshiva

Rabbi Eliezer Berland (born 1937) is an Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva affiliated with the Breslov Hasidic movement in Israel. As rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Shuvu Bonim (also known as Yeshivat Nechamat Zion) in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, he has counseled and guided tens of thousands of Jews from secular backgrounds to draw closer to the Torah path. The movement is seen by some as a sect. Berland is a member of Vaad Olami D'Chasedai Breslov (World Committee of Breslov Chassidim), a supervisory council for many Breslov activities. Berland has been the subject of allegations of sexual misconduct with female followers of his, which have caused him to flee from country to country, thus avoiding extradition to Israel, where a warrant for his arrest has been issued.

Rabbi Berland was born in Haifa in 1937. While still a youth, he was recognized as a gifted student. He studied at the Knesses Chizkiyahu yeshiva in Kfar Hasidim under Rabbi Elyah Lopian and Rabbi Dov Yaffe. After his marriage to his wife, Tehilla, who is the daughter of Israeli Member of Knesset Shalom-Avraham Shaki, Rabbi Berland joined the Ponevezh Yeshiva kollel and, later, the Volozhin Kollel in Bnei Brak. He was a chavruta (study partner) with Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, known as the Steipler Gaon.

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