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An exalted gathering of our chassidim: celebration of the siyum on Maseches Menachos as part of the "Toras'cha Shashuai" program, and the beginning of the writing of a Sefer Torah, in our holy kehilla in Yerushalayim, the holy city. Headed by HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its surroundings, shlit"a

With the participation of the Mara d'Atra of the holy land, the posek of the generation, the Rav of Yerushalayim shlit"a, the Dushinsky Rebbe shlit"a, the Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a, the Rachmistrivka Rebbe shlit"a, members of the Badatz of the Eidah HaChareidis HaGaon HaGadol R' Avrohom Yitzchak Ullman shlit"a, HaGaon HaGadol R' Yaakov Mendel Yurovitch shlit"a, HaGaon HaGadol R' Yehuda Fisher shlit"a, HaGaon HaGadol R' Shimon Yitzchak Schlesinger shlit"a, the Skulen Rebbe of Yerushalayim shlit"a, the Kalushin Rebbe shlit"a, HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Chakova Brachfeld shlit"a, and many more rabbanim shlit"a.

Chairman of the event: Rabbi Moshe Mendel Herskowitz shlit"a, an expert melamed in our holy institutions, who among others also greeted the Yerushalayim personality Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel HaKohen Glantz, and, from afar, the members of the board of the building fund, the benefactors R' Avrohom Brach and R' Akiva Hersh Klein, and praised the holy emissaries of the Rebbe shlit"a who visited our holy kehilla in Eretz Yisroel this past month of Shevat.

Siyum on Maseches Menachos as part of the Toras'cha Shashuai group: R' Dovid Meir Weiss, one of the esteemed members of the group.

Keynote address of the evening: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Dayan of our kehilla in Yerushalayim shlit"a.

Word of Hashem from Yerushalayim: The Mara d'Atra of the holy land, the posek of the generation, the Rav of Yerushalayim shlit"a.
With song and melody, the great gaon, the Rav shlit"a, was welcomed. He spoke words of holiness and expressed the tremendous excitement that the construction work on the new, huge building for the kehilla and institutions is now beginning, and the tremendous joy at completing a masechta within the "Toras'cha Shashuai" group, which was founded by the Rebbe shlit"a, in whose merit all of Klal Yisroel has a daily shiur in Gemara, "he is in America and his net is spread in Yerushalayim." He concluded with abundant blessings for his dear friend, our master the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, and for the entire assembly.

Then the crowd broke out in a spirited dance, and afterwards together escorted the posek hador with the singing of "Orech Yamim Asbiyehu."

Honored speaker with words of chizuk and inspiration: The distinguished guest, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its surroundings, shlit"a.

In praise of our holy kehilla and its institutions - chizuk for our chassidim after the terrible fire, may Hashem protect us - the strong bond of the Rebbe shlit"a with our institutions in Eretz Yisroel - in praise of the kehilla's administration and its institutions - in praise of the board of the new building fund, the esteemed benefactors in the United States - the obligation of our chassidim to daven specifically in the Rebbe's beis medrash throughout Eretz Yisroel - words of preparation for the coming united Shabbos - blessing from the Rebbe shlit"a.

Beginning the writing of a Sefer Torah: HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its surroundings, shlit"a, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Dayan of our kehilla in Yerushalayim shlit"a, the Rachmistrivka Rebbe shlit"a.

Holy dancing with song and voices of thanks, with joy and gladness of heart: Our chassidim, men of deeds, elders and youths together.

Fortunate is the people for whom this is so; fortunate is the people whose God is Hashem.

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Thursday, Parshas Korach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yoel Herskowitz, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Chaim Meir Weiss.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went to hagbah, and after davening he delivered a shiur on a sugya in the yeshiva's shiurim. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the talmidim of Yeshivas Beis Shimon Belz of Boro Park entered the Kodesh Penimah. The Rebbe farmed the bochurim for a lengthy time, the bochurim sang several niggunim, and the Rebbe distributed a prize to each bochur and wished them a blessing of kedusha.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Shmuel Yuda Felberbaum (Williamsburg) - R' Avrohom Yaakov Cohen (Antwerp), in the halls of Kinor David.
R' Shalom Zick (London) - R' Yoel Bar"sha Gandel, at the Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

The times for entering the Kodesh Penimah were from around 8:20 until 1:10 at night, in the Rebbe's home at Ohel Court.
The Rebbe davened Mincha at 8:20.

During the entry times, the talmidim of Yeshiva Ketana Kedushas Yaakov of Shikun Skvira entered the Kodesh Penimah. The Rebbe farmed the bochurim for a lengthy time, and the bochurim passed by to receive the Rebbe's blessing.

At around 9:45, the Rosh HaMatzilim and emissary of the Beis Din, HaRav Shimon Sisha shlit"a, chairman of Merkaz Ezra V'Yeutz, entered the Kodesh Penimah together with the rabbonim of the Vaad Mishmeres Chomosayich Yerushalayim. A lengthy conversation took place about the many activities of the Merkaz and plans for the future to expand the Merkaz's scope.

Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his home, for the following mechutanim:
R' Yitzchak Gruber (Monsey) - R' Avrohom Hershka.
R' Eliyahu Yuda Rotta - HaRav Asher Anshel Weiss shlit"a.

After the tenaim, at around 10:30, a reception was held in the beis medrash adjacent to the Rebbe's home in honor of the Rosh HaMatzilim, HaRav Shimon Sisha, in the presence of the rabbonim and dayanim of our holy kehilla from throughout greater New York. First to speak was the Rebbe's grandson, HaRav Yehoshua Lavin shlit"a, who described the problems he had faced with the military and how the Merkaz helped him. HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din of Kiryas Joel shlit"a, welcomed the distinguished guest and spoke about the activities of the Merkaz, in which the dayan shlit"a himself took part. Then HaGaon Rabbi Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and one of the rabbonim of the Vaad Mishmeres Chomosayich, spoke.

Afterwards, the heartfelt words of R' Shimon Sisha were heard about his emotion at the tremendous help of the many askanim, and he presented various plans through which he hopes to expand the activities, and he thanked all the askanim who stand with him, especially the rabbonim of the Vaad Mishmeres Chomosayich.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and delivered divrei Torah, expressing the greatness of saving Jews from the military, and recounted the efforts of his grandfather, the Yetev Lev zy"a, to free bochurim from the army, all the more so to rescue them from the impure Zionist army, where there is no possibility of remaining a Jew. The Rebbe said that the only active means against the decree of the draft is solely through Merkaz Ezra V'Yeutz, which helps Jews on a daily basis. He emphasized the obligation upon our community to support the Merkaz with a generous spirit so that the activities can continue with even greater strength, and concluded with abundant blessings to all the askanim, especially to the Rosh HaMatzilim, that the Hashem's will should succeed in their hands. It ended at around 11:10.

Later, HaGaon Rabbi Feivel Soffer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Buenos Aires, paid a visit. A pleasant conversation took place about the state of Yiddishkeit in Argentina and the rav's many efforts to elevate the glory of Torah and Chassidus in Argentina. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30, and afterwards continued to receive the public.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yitzchak Dovid Landau.
After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 17, verse 1. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the talmidim of the ninth grade of Talmud Torah Karlin Stolin Boro Park entered the Rebbe's room. The Rebbe tested the bochurim on their studies, and the bochurim then went over to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe bestowed upon them his holy blessings.

In the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Yoel Moshe branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim HaRav R' Yonah Gutman shlit"a and R' Yoel Halpert, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Fishel Goldstein (of Williamsburg) and R' Yisroel Dovid Rottner, at Beis Rochel Paradise hall.

After the chuppah at Kinor Dovid, the Rebbe shlit"a visited the construction work beneath the Talmud Torah building, where the Yeshiva Ketana building, Yismach Moshe branch, was demolished to make room for the new majestic fortress for the Talmud Torah of the mosdos of Kiryas Joel, which construction will begin in the coming weeks.

Entry times to the Rebbe's room were from around 8:30 until 12:00 at night, in his home on Ohel Court.
The Rebbe davened Mincha at 8:30, and Maariv at 12:00.

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The HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Vomsabag shlit"a, together with the leaders and administration of our holy kehilla in Yerushalayim, on a visit to the posek hador, Mara d'Ara Kadisha, the Rav Av Beis Din of Yerushalayim shlit"a, where the Rav shlit"a conveyed to the posek hador greetings of peace from his great father, the dear friend of his soul, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.
A pleasant conversation developed, and the Av Beis Din honored them with a lechayim and gave them his newly reprinted sefarim Moadim U'Zmanim. The Rav then invited the posek hador to take part in the gathering of our chassidim today in Yerushalayim. The Av Beis Din shlit"a bestowed his holy blessings upon the Rebbe shlit"a, that he should lead his kingdom for long days, as the head of the exile of Ariel, with physical and spiritual health and light, until the coming of the Redeemer.
In addition, the Av Beis Din shlit"a bestowed his blessings upon the distinguished Jew of Yerushalayim, R' Avrohom Yehoshua HaKohen Glantz shlit"a.

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