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Wednesday, Parshas Vayeira — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before davening, the bris of the newborn son of R' Dovid Wolf Eckstein took place, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, V'Yoel Moshe branch, and after davening he delivered the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 15, verse 3.

During the morning hours the Rebbe shlit"a made his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse.

In the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room. At around 5:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Alter Tzvi Stessel (Williamsburg) – R' Yitzchok Eizik Miller, at Kinor Dovid Hall.
R' Avrohom Hersh, the bochur Scheer (Williamsburg) – R' Berel, the bochur Mittelman, at Beis Rachel Paradise Hall.

The reception hours in the inner sanctum were from around 8:00 until 11:40 at night, at the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel St. Afterwards the Rebbe davened Maariv.

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Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before davening, the bris of the newborn son of R' Eli, the bochur Gottlieb took place, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.
The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol.

In the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room. At around 5:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a went over to extend a mazel tov to the prominent askan R' Fishel Rispler, at the home of his mother, Mrs. Rispler shetichyeh, in Kiryas Joel, on the occasion of the wedding celebration in his family. He is the benefactor of the new magnificent wedding hall that is now being completed in the Rispler buildings of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished many brachos to the chasan, to the esteemed benefactor and to the mechutanim.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.

Upon arriving in Williamsburg, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Yaakov Chaim Moskowitz – R' Yoel, the bochur Schwartz, at Kesser Rizel Hall.

The reception hours in the inner sanctum were from around 8:45 until 11:00 at night, at the Rebbe's holy home on Hewes St.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 9:45, and afterwards continued receiving the public.

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Monday, Parshas Vayishlach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a — The wedding simcha of the Rebbe's granddaughter, the kallah, daughter of HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, to the chasan, grandson of the holy Rebbe zy"a (the Divrei Yoel), son of HaRav R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon, Rav of our kehilla, Boro Park 15 shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissim took place:
The newborn son of R' Chaim Katina, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
The newborn son of R' Zalman Leib Siman, where the Rebbe was sandek.

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Yeshiva Ketana, Divrei Chaim branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
The son of HaRav R' Shlomo Elimelech Stein shlit"a, the yeshiva's director.
The bochur Aharon Perl.
At the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah.

After davening, a lechayim took place in the Heichal of the beis medrash. The Rebbe drank lechayim, offered blessings to the rabbeim and all the bochurim, and delivered words of divrei kodesh and guidance to the bochurim.

At around 1:15, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Hunyad beis medrash for the ceremony of the pouring of the mikvah pits. The Rebbe looked over the mikvah pits, after which a lechayim gathering took place. HaGaon R' Chaim Yosef Wertzberger shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash, spoke. The Rebbe drank lechayim and delivered divrei kodesh and a blessing.

The sound of joy and salvation in the tents of the righteous

At around 5:00, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the main beis medrash, in the "Shmuel Chaim" room, for Mincha. After Mincha, the entire congregation, elders together with youth, passed by in a line to receive a blessing on the day of the chuppah.

Immediately afterwards, at 5:40, the reception ceremony took place in the Heichal of the main beis medrash. Songs of inspiration were sung, and R' Shimon Esterreicher spoke with rhymes and words of inspiration. The songs of inspiration continued, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon the chasan, the mechutanim and the grandfathers, and delivered holy words aloud with strength, arousing the merit of the forefathers on the day of the chuppah, as is customary.
After the divrei kodesh, the Rebbe arranged the kesuba. The kesuba witnesses were HaRav R' Yitzchak Pinchas Glanzer and HaRav R' Moshe Goldstein.
Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the halls of Keren V'Yoel Moshe for the badeken.

The chuppah ceremony took place in front of the main beis medrash. For the sider kiddushin, the Rebbe shlit"a honored his brother, the chasan's grandfather, HaGaon, Rav of our kehilla, Boro Park 15 shlit"a.
The kesuba was read by the chasan's uncle, HaGaon R' Yitzchak Seltenreich shlit"a, Rebbe of Kerestir Monsey. Sheva Brachos, the first blessings: the kallah's grandfather, HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Bertsh shlit"a. The final blessing: the chasan's grandfather, the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a.
The kiddushin witnesses were HaRav R' Naftali Hersh Kahn shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla, and HaRav R' Yitzchak Eizik Fuchs shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla.
The yichud witnesses were HaRav R' Yisroel Elimelech Weissman and HaRav R' Betzalel Chaim Bash.
The older uncle, the Skver Rebbe shlit"a, also took part in the chuppah.

After the chuppah, the Rebbe offered blessings to the entire holy congregation and went out to dance a mitzvah dance with the grandfathers and mechutanim.

After the chuppah, at 7:30, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv in the "Shmuel Chaim" room in the main beis medrash.

And so the righteous will see and rejoice

At around 8:00, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the wedding seudah. The Rebbe broke out in a fiery dance on the floor and then washed for the wedding seudah. After the fish, the Rebbe offered a lechayim to the entire gathering.

At around 9:00, the chasan entered. The Rebbe danced with the chasan and honored the grandfathers and mechutanim to dance, and then went out in a fiery dance with his brother, HaGaon, Rav of our kehilla, Boro Park 15 shlit"a. Afterwards, the gathering went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov.
At approximately 9:30, the Rebbe left the beis medrash and went home to his holy residence for a short break. HaGaon R' Aharon Mendel Twersky shlit"a, son of the Skver Rebbe shlit"a, entered. A nice conversation developed, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

At around 11:15, the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Birkas Hamazon and the mitzvah tantz.
For Birkas Hamazon the Rebbe honored HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its environs shlit"a. First blessings: HaGaon HaGaon R' Boruch Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nassad, Williamsburg and its environs. Final blessing: HaRav R' Elisha Jungreis shlit"a, son of the Gorlitz Rebbe.
After bentching, the royal badchan, Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Esterreicher, masterfully called out the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tantz, and the songs of inspiration continued. The Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon the chasan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers and the entire gathering, and then danced the uplifted mitzvah dances before the kallah with holy fiery fervor for an extended time. Afterwards he danced with the chasan, with HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a and his family, and with the entire royal family, the grandchildren of the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a.

Then the grandfathers were called out to the mitzvah tantz: HaGaon, Rav of our kehilla, Boro Park 15 shlit"a, the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a, HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Bertsh shlit"a, the father of the chasan shlit"a and the father of the kallah shlit"a. Then the badchan said words of badchanus and called out the chasan, and Eishes Chayil was danced. On the way out, the Rebbe wished the kallah mazel tov. The evening ended at around 2:30.

May it be Hashem's will that from this simcha abundant blessing flow upon us and upon all Israel

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Sunday, Parshas Vayishlach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Naftali Stern.
The bochur Wolf Jacobowitz (Vemasbag).
The bochur Levi Aharon Oestreicher.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 15, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At about 12:30 in the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a traveled privately with a small minyan up to the kevarim of our holy Rebbes, in honor of the simcha of the wedding of his grandson, which took place yesterday, Monday, in the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Kiryas Joel. Upon arriving at the beis hachaim, the Rebbe recited the berachah and then entered the holy ohel, where he lit 5 candles at the holy graves and at the kever of his mother, the Rebbetzin a"h. The Rebbe recited the prayer of the Yismach Moshe zy"a and the first four chapters, and then the fourth book of Tehillim as is customary. After Kaddish, the Rebbe read kvitlach, and then prostrated himself at the graves of our holy Rebbes and of his mother, the Rebbetzin a"h. They concluded at about 1:15.

In the afternoon at about 5:00, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Monsey at Heichal Yeshiva Gedolah Esek HaTorah, under the direction of HaGaon Rabbi Yisroel Mordechai Seidenfeld shlit"a, which is housed in the Beis Medrash Tefillah L'Moshe Kalashin. Upon arriving, the Rebbe looked around at the learning in the beis medrash, and after a few minutes the Rebbe davened Mincha together with the yeshiva students.
After Mincha, a lechayim gathering took place, several niggunim were sung, and the menahel shlit"a presented to the Rebbe the full answers of the bochurim to the question that the Rebbe had left for the bochurim at the lechayim for the opening of the zman in the yeshiva. The Rebbe studied them for a longer time with great nachas. The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the rabbeim and all the bochurim, and then delivered a Torah discourse with pilpul on the sugya being learned in the yeshiva in Maseches Pesachim, left several lomdish questions for the bochurim and asked them to seek answers, spoke of his nachas from the good reports he constantly hears about the yeshiva, and concluded with his holy blessings. They concluded at about 6:00.

At about 6:10, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our Beis Medrash HaGadol in Monsey for the celebration of the hachnasas sefer Torah, written by the members of the Monsey community in honor of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, l'iluy nishmas his father R' Moshe Yehuda zt"l and l'iluy nishmas his grandfather, the posek hador, the Sheivet HaLevi zt"l. The Rebbe took the Sefer Torah from the Rav shlit"a and danced with it with holy dancing, and then honored the Rav to dance. The honor of placing the Sefer Torah in the Aron Kodesh was given to the distinguished philanthropist R' Moshe Goldstein. Afterwards, the Rebbe recited L'Dovid Mizmor as is customary. They concluded at about 6:30, and the Rebbe traveled home to Kiryas Joel.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Binyamin Goldberger (Boro Park) – R' Chaim Shlomo Silberman (Montreal), at Kinor David hall.
R' Chaim Pollack – R' Moshe Hersh Klein, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

Entry times to the Rebbe's holy room were from about 8:15 until 11:45 at night, at his holy home on Ohel Street.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim of the mechutanim in his holy home, R' Asher Anshel Zin (Boro Park) – R' Avrohom Mordechai Glick.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at about 11:45 at his holy home.

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The Sound of Joy and Salvation in the Tents of the Righteous

Tonight the great wedding simcha takes place in our holy courts: the kallah is a granddaughter of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, daughter of HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, and the chosson is the son of HaGaon, the Av Beis Din of Bertsh shlit"a.
The chosson is a grandson of the holy Beirach Moshe zy"a, son of R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon, the Rav of our kehilla in Williamsburg, 15 shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a.

At 4:45 in the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a will enter for Mincha in the Great Beis Medrash in Kiryas Joel, and afterwards the public will pass through in a line to bless and be blessed on the day of the chuppah. Immediately afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a will appear at the reception in the Great Beis Medrash. The chuppah will take place in front of the Great Beis Medrash, and the Rebbe will appear immediately after the chuppah. Birkas Hamazon will be at 11:00, and afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a will lead the uplifted mitzvah tantz.

Rejoice and be glad in the simcha of the Rebbe

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