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Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Ki Seitzei — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Shabbos afternoon, HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Meir Brief shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ibran, paid a visit to the Rebbe shlit"a in his holy home.

On Friday night at around 8:15, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos: HaGaon Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Efraim Sofer shlit"a, Rav of our holy kehilla in Linden.

After davening, an appeal was held for Kollel Eitz Chaim in Bnei Brak. It concluded at around 9:45, the crowd went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:15, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and, as is his holy custom, began Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the grandson of the Rebbe, the bochur Meir Eliezer, may he be well, son of HaGaon Rabbi Berach Moshe shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash; Hagbahas HaKos: HaGaon, the Rav of our kehilla in Linden shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Eliezer Low (London); Menucha V'Simcha: R' Avrohom Neuschloss shlit"a (Beit Shemesh).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Lo silbash shaatnez" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the sugya of "aseh docheh lo saaseh."

Kah Echsof: R' Hershel Engel (Bnei Brak); Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Yehuda Neuschloss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sardahely, Beit Shemesh.

Stories and accounts: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories about his ancestor, the holy Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel of Cherkas zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Wednesday, 13 Elul.

Kah Ribon Olam: R' Shneur Yuda Engel (Bnei Brak); the new chasanim went over to take fruit, as "Bayom Hashevii": HaGaon R' Yisroel Shlomo Lichtenstein shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Boro Park. It ended at around 1:10.

On Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:40. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Shmuel Yitzchak Berkowitz; the Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasa: R' Eliezer Low; Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Dovid Glick shlit"a.

Aliyos. Kohen: Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Friedman shlit"a. Levi: the chasan, the bochur Moshe Shmuel Rubinfeld. Shlishi: HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Sardahely, Beit Shemesh, shlit"a. Revii: HaGaon R' Moshe Meir Brief shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ibran. Chamishi: HaGaon, the Rav of our kehilla in Linden, shlit"a. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya, the Rebbe recited a name for the birth of a daughter for:
R' Yoel Avrohom Schwartz.
R' Berl Schwartz.
R' Pinchas Aharon Kahn.
R' Lipa Moskowitz.
R' Moshe Aryeh Meisels.

Shevii: the chasan, the bochur Mendel Offenheim. Acharon: the chasan, son of Rabbi Hershel Goldberger shlit"a. Maftir: R' Shmuel Zanvil Palatchek. Hagbah: R' Shmuel Yuda Felberbaum (Williamsburg). Gelilah: R' Yoel Brief.

Musaf: R' Pinchas Shapira; Peticha for Anim Zemiros: Rabbi Avrohom Neuschloss shlit"a.

After davening, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Berish Wertheimer, where the Rebbe was sandek. It ended at around 12:40.

Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:15. Mincha: R' Mendel Knapfler; Hotzaah and Hachnasa: R' Hersh Elimelech Glick (Montreal); Kohen: HaGaon R' Yehoshua Gelb shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg; Levi: R' Yisroel Simcha Landau; Shlishi: HaGaon R' Baruch Tambor shlit"a (London); Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Lipa Wechter (Linden).

The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Mordechai Landau; Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Ki seitzei lamilchama al oyevecha" and explained that through giving tzedakah and chesed, one arouses the mercies of Hashem Yisbarach, so that when one does teshuva for his sins, He forgives even the sins for which one does not do teshuva because he does not remember them. He continued with powerful words of inspiration regarding the days of mercy and Selichos, that one must make use of the days of Elul for this. There is much to accomplish in this month, and then the Ribbono Shel Olam is "Chanun HaMarbeh Lisloach."

Yedid Nefesh: R' Shaul Friedman (Boro Park); Kel Mistatter: R' Pinchas Brizel (Yerushalayim). The Rebbe made a bracha on the cup and recited Sheva Brachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Moshe Meir Gottlieb.
After Havdalah, the crowd went over to wish a good week. Afterwards, the Rebbe recited Kiddush Levana in front of the Beis Medrash HaGadol and wished the entire crowd "a good week and a good month." It ended at around 10:50.

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

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Elimelech Shimshon Schwartz, in the home of his grandfather, R' Shmuel Yuda Klein, 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 helped the bar mitzvah bochurim put on tefillin.
The bochur Menachem Moshe Stein.
The bochur Yoel Yisroel Menachem Wagschal.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening the shofar was blown. The Rebbe then delivered a shiur, in which he spoke words of preparation for the days of mercy and favor. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe shlit"a comforted the mourner R' Avrohom Wieder, the Rav and mayor of Kiryas Joel, on the passing of his wife a"h.
The Rebbe also comforted the family of R' Shmuel Markowitz a"h.

Entry hours into the inner sanctum were from approximately 6:15 in the afternoon until 12:40 at night, at his holy home on Uhel Court.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Mendel Oppenheim – R' Yekusiel Shimshon Gefen, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yoel Meisels – R' Hersh Leib Fischer, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
R' Lipa Spielman – HaRav R' Yosef Shlomo Feuerstein shlit"a.
R' Chaim Leib Markowitz – R' Yisroel Mordechai Wanhatzker.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 8:20, and Maariv at around 12:40.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the hall of the Yeshiva Ketana, Yitav Panim branch, under the direction of HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Leib Zilberstein shlit"a.
The Rebbe lit 5 candles and led the davening as the chazan in honor of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the Heitev Lev zy"a, and after davening the shofar was blown.

Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash. Several nigunim were sung, and the menahel, HaRav Chaim Leib shlit"a, spoke. The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the rebbeim of the yeshiva and all the bochurim, and then shared words of Torah about the importance of engaging in Torah study to prepare for the holy days, and spoke about the teachings of the one whose hilula it is, which obligate every person, and concluded with abundant blessings.

In the afternoon at around 4:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our great beis medrash in Monsey, where there were times of entry to the Rebbe's private room, in preparation for the days of mercy and favor, for hundreds of men of the Monsey community, who entered the inner sanctum to be remembered for salvation and mercy.

During the entry times, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a also entered together with the rabbonim of the Va'ad HaChinuch of our holy kehilla. The Rebbe went over the new takanos and safeguards that were established at the gathering of righteous women of our holy kehilla several months ago. The Rebbe reviewed them with great seriousness, then signed the takanos with his holy hand and gave them to the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a to sign.

At around 8:10 the Rebbe davened Mincha. The Rebbe lit 5 candles and approached the amud.

After Mincha, at around 8:30, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the hall of the beis medrash for the pure shulchan in honor of the holy hilula. After the fish course, the Rebbe made a siyum on Shas, which had been learned by members of the kehilla, and then recited Kaddish.

During the seudah, stirring nigunim were sung. With "Michtam L'Dovid," the Rebbe honored HaRav R' Aharon Teitelbaum shlit"a, rav of the Etz Chaim Sigut beis medrash in Monsey.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered lengthy holy words and guidance about the teachings of the one whose hilula it is, along with words of preparation for the Yamim Noraim, may they come upon us for good. He then spoke in praise of our kehilla and our holy mosdos in Monsey, which, Baruch Hashem, is part of "Monsey above," and is growing in quantity and quality under the guidance of the esteemed rav shlit"a, together with distinguished and devoted people engaged in the holy work, who toil hard to elevate the honor of the kehilla and the mosdos and to build magnificent buildings with wondrous self-sacrifice, both batei medrash and the buildings of the mosdos, which are being built at a pace beyond the natural order. In this connection the Rebbe urged not to send bochurim to outside yeshivos, since this leads to ending up in Eretz Yisroel, and to keep the safeguards and fences that were instituted in matters of tznius after the large gathering in the kehilla for all righteous women. He concluded with abundant blessings for the entire public.

The Rebbe honored the Gaon Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a with leading Birkas Hamazon. It ended at around 10:00.

After the shulchan, the Rebbe continued receiving the public until around 12:30 at night, when the Rebbe davened Maariv. He then traveled home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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