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

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yosef Leib Freund, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, the Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe laid tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yehuda Brill.

After davening, the Rebbe led the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 2. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

In the afternoon at around 4:40, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Sefer Hall for the Sheva Brachos celebration arranged by the Igud Yoshvei Ohel of our holy kehilla, in honor of HaRav Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a, director of Mivtzar HaKollelim in Kiryas Joel, and in honor of HaRav R' Levi Yitzchak Honig shlit"a, maggid shiur in Yoshvei Ohel. A fine conversation developed, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the chasanim, the mechutanim and the grandfathers well. The Rebbe spoke words of his holy mouth, highlighting the importance of the Igud Yoshvei Ohel, which gives young married men the opportunity to engage in halachic study, and spoke in praise of the mechutan, the esteemed philanthropist R' Yoel Landau, who had the merit of donating the guesthouse building in the city of the forefathers, Sighet, and concluded with his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 5:05, and Maariv at around 6:15 in his holy home.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Chaim Bentzion Weinfeld (of Williamsburg) - R' Moshe Fischer, at Gineth Klein hall.
HaRav R' Mendel Weiss shlit"a - R' Eliyahu Yehuda Rota, in the halls of Beis Rochel Paradise.
After the chuppos, the Rebbe shlit"a set out on the way to Williamsburg.

With the gathering of the heads of the people, the tribes of Yisroel together, the day of rescue and liberation of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, was celebrated and marked at the central, majestic and exalted gathering, the Seudas Hodaah on the Leil HaHodaah, 21 Kislev, with tens of thousands of Jews, led by dozens of rabbonim and dayanim shlit"a, headed by the leader of the kehilla, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, in the gigantic 60,000-square-foot 'Binyan HaHodaah' erected at the Waterfront Square in Williamsburg, combined with the dinner 'Binyeinu V'Doroseinu' for the benefit of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg and their thousands of children, may they live and be well.
The enormous Binyan HaHodaah was masterfully set up to accommodate the thousands of chassidim from across Greater New York and beyond.

On the occasion of the uplifting gathering, a very rich journal was issued with historical articles and photos and details of the expansion of the boundaries of holiness within our holy mosdos in Williamsburg.
Likewise, the tenth volume of the magnificent, rich sefer 'Mishulchan Melachim', holy talks of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a from the year 5777, was distributed to all the donors.

Throughout the gathering, the wonderful singer HaRav Zanvil Weinberger from Eretz Yisroel entertained with songs and melodies, accompanied by the renowned Chevra Shira choir and led by the renowned conductor R' Yoshe Koller.

HaGaon HaRav R' Pinchas Schlesinger shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of our yeshiva in London, served as chairman of the gathering. Afterwards, the esteemed R' Mordechai Elazar Hirsch read out the names of the distinguished donors who contributed larger sums for the benefit of the mosdos, and thanked the askanim who devote themselves to the mosdos in general and to this gathering in particular.

At around 9:00, the Gaon and Tzaddik, the Av Beis Din shlit"a, addressed the gathering on behalf of the mosdos. He spoke about the obligation of gratitude incumbent upon every Satmar chassid on this day, and about the wonderful fruits that emerge from our holy mosdos in Williamsburg.

At around 9:30, tens of thousands of chassidim had the privilege of receiving the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe entered the hall, and the thousands broke out in fiery dancing, thanking Hashem for the miracles He performed in those days and in our time. The Rebbe greeted the dozens of rabbonim and then danced with fiery holy dancing, in great emotion, for several minutes, to the melodies of gratitude, 'Chasdei Hashem', 'V'Hi She'amda' and more.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the pure table in honor of the day, and after the fish he wished lechayim and gave his holy blessing to the tens of thousands of Jews.
The esteemed chairman shlit"a continued on the obligation of gratitude and expressed the joy that burns in the hearts of our chassidim everywhere in the entire world. Then the Rebbe rose again and continued with a fiery dance to 'Bach Batchu' and melodies of gratitude.

Next, the esteemed R' Mordechai Elazar Hirsch, representing the mosdos administration, addressed the gathering. He highlighted the full contributions of the generous-hearted donors and leaders of our holy kehilla, through whom alone the mosdos can continue, and spoke about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness in our holy mosdos in Williamsburg.
R' Mordechai Elazar then paid respects to the government, welcoming Mayor Eric Adams, who arrived accompanied by R' Naftali Moshe Indig. The mayor spoke, saying he will always help our holy kehilla, especially regarding pure chinuch in New York, thanked the community for the support during the mayoral election, and promised to stand ready to help in the future for pure chinuch in New York.
Then the mayor approached to receive the Rebbe's blessing, and R' Mordechai Elazar continued with his address.

At around 10:45, the assembled had the privilege of hearing the fiery holy address, the word of Hashem and guidance for the year, from the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a. First the Rebbe spoke in praise of the mosdos and the obligation to support the holy mosdos, and then shared words of Torah from the teachings of the holy Rebbe, the Baal HaNes zy"a. He continued about Torah study in the Yesodei HaTorah group, which has now begun Maseches Sotah, about the importance of going to the mikvah before davening, the topic of women's attire, and the anguish caused when tznius is neglected.
The Rebbe mentioned the situation of war in Eretz Yisroel, especially the murder of a Torah scholar, a halachic authority, last week, may Hashem avenge it speedily in our days, the pain over all Jewish souls who are, sadly, lost. It is not 'us' and 'them'; we have no part in the state, their military is not our military. We share in the pain of our brethren in Eretz Yisroel, and we pray for rescue but not for the success of the Zionists. The Rebbe cried out his pain when seeing certain leaders strengthening the Zionist military, sending dancers to eaters of neveilos and treifos. He recalled a gathering after the founding of the state at which the holy Rebbe, the Baal HaNes zy"a, said that the state has no legitimacy; something that is against the Torah has no legitimacy! In particular the Rebbe mentioned the protest in Washington, where the Agudas Yisroel party officially supported participating in the gathering, which was to strengthen Zionism, with men and women mixed, most of them Shabbos desecrators who have cast off the yoke.
Then the Rebbe spoke at length about the situation in the struggle for pure chinuch in New York. The Rebbe mentioned the earlier decrees regarding religion: metzitzah b'peh, the closing of batei medrash, Torah institutions and camps during Corona, and more, when all of Klal Yisroel was resolute and the government saw that we are a stiff-necked people. Also now, when the government demands that one of seven options be chosen for the mosdos, we must stand firm and not respond to the government. "Chazak v'nischazek." He issued a call to all upright mosdos, heaven forbid, not to be swayed by those who mislead the public and not to respond to the government. The Rebbe mentioned a meeting in Monsey by government agencies, where all the mosdos in Rockland County jointly decided to ignore the meeting and no one showed up. "Yafe asisem" — and only so, b'ezras Hashem, will we succeed. The Rebbe concluded with his holy blessing to all the assembled.

After the holy words, the Rebbe recited Birkas Hamazon over a cup. The event concluded at around 11:45. On his way out, the Rebbe shlit"a thanked the askanim who helped for the success of the gathering, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

The kindnesses of Hashem never cease, His mercies never end

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On Motzei Shabbos, the magnificent dinner took place for the benefit of Mosdos Kiryas Joel and its 12,000 children, may they continue to increase, together with the festive Jubilee (Yovel HaChamishim) event marking 50 years since the founding of the holy community and Mosdos Kiryas Joel. It was held in the giant Beis Rochel auditorium and its adjoining galleries.

R' Moshe Aharon Pilaf shlit"a served as chairman of the evening. "Remember the days of old": a panel took place with R' Avrohom Shmuel Weinberger, one of the first residents of Kiryas Joel, and R' Moshe Yuda Hirsch, one of the first students of Mosdos Kiryas Joel, who reviewed the days of the holy city of Kiryas Joel. HaGaon Rabbi Meir Zwibel shlit"a served as the guest speaker, and spoke about the emotional moments of marking 50 years since the founding of the holy community and Mosdos Kiryas Joel.
An hour of thanksgiving in song and music was provided by the Malchus band together with the singer Rabbi Yaakov Dascal of Eretz Yisroel, and the thanksgiving program was led by R' Amram Acker, head of the singers in our holy courts.

At around 10:20, the master of the holy place and president of the mosdos, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, was received. Upon arriving, the Rebbe danced on the spot for several minutes, in gratitude to Hashem, and the melodies of thanksgiving, praise and gratitude continued, marking 50 years of Torah and yiras Shamayim in the holy city of Kiryas Joel.

Then a longer, masterful musical presentation took place, with rhymed verses about the days of the city, marking "Fifty Years of Kiryas Joel."
The chairman continued with memories of Kiryas Joel from his youth, and called upon the spokesman of the mosdos, R' Meir Hirsch, director of the mosdos, who gave a presentation about the financial situation and the incredible budget of Mosdos Kiryas Joel of as much as 73 million dollars a year, with its 12,000 children and 1,300 employees, may they continue to increase. He highlighted the dramatic expansion of the borders of holiness of Mosdos Kiryas Joel, which is now building two gigantic buildings, both for the Talmud Torah and for the Beis Rochel. It is already evident now that when the Beis Rochel building is completed, there will no longer be room, and a new building will immediately need to be built. He then enumerated the names of the esteemed donors who contributed larger sums for the benefit of the mosdos.

The Rebbe shlit"a drank a lechayim and blessed the entire gathering, and delivered holy words and words about the obligation of the hour. After the divrei Torah, the Rebbe discussed at length the decrees on education in New York, at a time when "the voice is the voice of Yaakov" while "the hands are the hands of Esav." Through the Torah of the children of Israel, the hands of Esav have no power; with Hashem's help we will stand guard over the purity of chinuch with mesirus nefesh. The Rebbe continued about the great success of Mosdos Kiryas Joel in all areas, which exists nowhere else in the world, and expressed his tremendous emotion that over a hundred bochurim of the mosdos have been tested on hundreds of difficult pages of Gemara by heart. He spoke of the tremendous success seen in girls' chinuch, and raised the problem of today's fashions penetrating the schools, and the need to try to maintain the high standard of tznius. He brought up a plan of the mosdos' administration to establish a factory to supply many more fine garments under the supervision of the mosdos. He also mentioned the tremendous expansion of the borders of holiness of Mosdos Kiryas Joel, with two huge, magnificent buildings under construction, and encouraged and urged the members of the community that each one should feel that this is his project and should have a share in it according to his ability.
The Rebbe continued in praise of the "Keren Melamdim," which gives respectable sums to melamdim at the time of their simchas, and thanked the askanim who are now expanding it to distribute also to the teachers of Torah in the yeshivos ketanos. He also spoke words of preparation for Yom Tov of Chanukah, to study the teachings on Chanukah from the holy Kedushas Levi.
The Rebbe continued in praise of the new framework in the mosdos in Kiryas Joel, in which the children are given broad and rich knowledge of Torah, and said, "Had I not seen it, I would not have believed it," how much and how well the children know. The Rebbe wished the askanim success going forward, and concluded with words of blessing to the administration and to the entire community. The event ended at around 12:20.

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

On Erev Shabbos afternoon, the Rebbe put on the shtreimel for the chosson Wolf, son of Moshe Yitzchak Itzkowitz.

On Friday night at around 5:00, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha.
After Mincha, HaRav R' Eliyahu Shlomo Kahn shlit"a stood up and made an appeal on behalf of the workers of the Kiryas Joel mosdos, to be held this Motzei Shabbos.
Kabbalas Shabbos: HaGaon R' Lipa Yoel Fischer shlit"a. The davening ended at around 6:40. The congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy dwelling.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe entered the Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidei hamesivta, and began, as is his custom, Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the chosson Yisroel Dushinsky, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Ohel Feiga beis medrash shlit"a. Lifting of the cup: R' Yeshaya Panet shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Yeshaya Panet shlit"a. Menucha V'Simcha: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Shlomo Kahana shlit"a of Zidichov, Yerushalayim.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah discourse on the verse "Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esav," and explained, in the manner of a derush, the sugya of the prohibition of ona'ah toward a non-Jew.

Kah Echsof: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Baruch Rokeach shlit"a, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Ohel Feiga beis medrash shlit"a. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Menachem Binyon Warfman shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Botshash, Monsey.

Stories and anecdotes: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the great maggid, the holy Rabbi R' Ber zy"a, whose yahrzeit fell on Shabbos, 19 Kislev.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The new chassanim went over to take fruit. Also held was the Shalom Zachar for the newborn son of R' Simcha Yisroel Appel, as was the bris on the eighth day: HaGaon R' Pinchas Schlesinger shlit"a, rosh yeshivah of our holy yeshiva in London, yatzliach. Afterwards they continued singing Chasdei Hashem in honor of the Yom HaHatzalah, 21 Kislev, this week. The seudah ended at around 11:15.

On the holy day of Shabbos

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:20. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Moshe Goldberger. The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis, and sent HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Shlomo Kahana shlit"a of Zidichov, Yerushalayim, to lead the chazaras hashatz.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Shmuel Zanvil Palatschek. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Dovid Sofer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Pakshi, Williamsburg.

Aliyos. Kohen: the chosson the bochur Mordechai Yitzchak Maskowitz. Levi: R' Shlomo Wertzberger. Shlishi: the chosson the bochur Mendel Weiss – bestrewing (aufruf). Revii: the chosson the bochur Yisroel Scheer. Chamishi: the chosson Rabbi Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe named the following in honor of the birth of a daughter:
HaGaon R' Avrohom Shimshon Horowitz shlit"a.
R' Yaakov Kraus.
R' Dovid Zwiebel.
R' Aharon Henoch Teitelbaum.

Shevii: the chosson the bochur Chaim Hersh Kahn. Hosafos: the chosson the bochur Mordechai Shimon Kaufman. The chosson the bochur Efraim Weiss. Acharon: the chosson the bochur Moshe Avrohom Schonbrun. Maftir: R' Lipa Gross. Hagbah: R' Akiva Weinstock. Gelilah: R' Yisroel Stern (Williamsburg).

Musaf: the Shabbos baal tefillah R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman. Opening of Anim Zemiros: HaGaon R' Yosef Yoel Cohen shlit"a. The davening ended at around 12:15.

Raava D'Raavin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 5:00. Mincha: R' Yisroel Yaakov Brach. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Avrohom Pilaf. Kohen: R' Kapil Schonbrun. Levi: R' Yaakov Eliyahu Reisman. Shlishi: HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Botshash, Monsey, shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: HaGaon R' Mordechai Shimon Kaufman shlit"a.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe honored people with the zemiros. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah discourse on the verse "And Yaakov sent messengers before him," and explained that the test of wealth is truly greater than the test of poverty, but when the blessing comes from Hashem alone, one is saved from it; with the power of Shabbos, we merit that the blessing of wealth be a pure blessing.

Yedid Nefesh: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Meir Zwiebel shlit"a. Kel Mistater: R' Pesach Ungar (Williamsburg). The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and recited Sheva Berachos.

Maariv, Motzei Shabbos: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. The davening ended at around 7:25.

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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Yoel Berkowitz.
The bochur Yeshua Kohn.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for 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 bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 5:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim HaRav R' Mordechai Shmaya Kaufman - R' Yitzchak Eisik Friedman, at Kinor Dovid hall.

The reception hours with the Rebbe shlit"a ran from about 8:00 until 11:30 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy home for the mechutanim R' Yechezkel Weingarten - R' Chaim Dovid Neustadt.
R' Yisroel Aryeh Berkowitz a"h - R' Betzalel Chaim Bosh.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:30.

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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a
davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Avrohom Yissachar Kayem.
The bochur Eliezer Dovid Glick.
The bochur Shalom Brecher.
The bochur Shalom Eliezer Brach.
The bochur Yitzchak Chananel Teitelbaum.
The bochur Levi Yitzchak Lichtenstein.
The bochur Moshe Dovid Weingarten.
After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 2. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash.

In the afternoon at around 5:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
HaRav R' Chaim Hersh Kohn shlit"a - HaRav R' Bentzion Eliyahu Zaldan shlit"a, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Mordechai Walter - R' Yoel Greenfeld, at Ginas Klein hall.

The reception hours with the Rebbe shlit"a ran from about 8:00 until 12:55 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy home for the mechutanim R' Yoel Hirsch - R' Gedalya Apfel.

During the reception hours, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Moshe Rotta shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kehal Yirei Hashem, came for a visit with the Rebbe shlit"a. A lengthy conversation developed on the halachos of sofrus (stam) and on the laws of eruvin, and went on from topic to topic regarding matters of Chanukah. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed upon him his holy blessings, and then escorted him out with honor.
Also visiting the Rebbe shlit"a was HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Meshulam Nosson Spiegel shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Tefilla L'Moshe Kalashin in Monsey. A pleasant conversation took place and the Rebbe bestowed upon him his holy blessing.
Also entering the inner sanctum was HaRav R' Yechezkel Shraga Rosenbaum shlit"a, Rav of the Kretchnif beis medrash - Sighet, who was likewise given the Rebbe's holy blessings.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:10, and then continued receiving the public.

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