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

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Yechiel Shlomo Stern, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of Mesivta Branch Kedushas Yoel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel HaKohen Weiss.
The bochur Shimshon Shmaya.
The bochur Eliezer Moshe Zafir.
The bochur Shmuel Sofer.
The bochur Meir Yaakov Palatchek.
The bochur Levi Yitzchak Weissman.
After davening, the Rebbe led the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 19, verse 10, after which a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe went on his weekly visit to the glatt kosher slaughterhouse.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 6:10, and Maariv at around 6:50, in his holy home.

At around 7:15, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Mivtzar HaKollelim building for the "Torah and Greatness" gathering, the inauguration celebration of the new, magnificent Goldstein Hall in the Mivtzar HaKollelim building, designated for the larger donors. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly extended his blessings to the entire assembly, and especially to the donor of the floor, the esteemed R' Moshe Goldstein, a member of the Mivtzar HaKollelim board. He then delivered holy words in praise of the donors and supporters of Torah and in praise of Mivtzar HaKollelim, from which such beautiful fruits emerge, and concluded with abundant blessings for the donors and the entire community. The Rebbe left the gathering at around 7:50.

At around 8:15, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Shikun Skvira for the levaya of the Rebbetzin of Skvira a"h, the sister-in-law of the Skvira Rebbe shlit"a, which took place in front of the main beis medrash of Shikun Skvira. The Rebbe then accompanied the bier to the cemetery, where he waited until after the burial. Afterward, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a comforted the mourner, the Skvira Rebbe shlit"a, and the children on their way out through the row. From there, the Rebbe went to the home of the Skvira Rebbe shlit"a with the family members for a longer time, in private. At around 10:35, the Rebbe traveled home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Terumah, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a - Shabbos Sheva Brachos in our holy courts; the kallah is the daughter of the Chassan's father-in-law (chedvan), HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a

On Friday night at around 6:05 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis, accompanied by the chassan and the mechutanim, and proceeded to Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos. The chassan is the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a, son of the chedvan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. Davening concluded at around 7:40.
An appeal was held for Kollel Ahavas Tzion Siebenbürgen in Eretz Yisroel. The congregation then went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe returned home to his holy residence.

At around 10:15 the Rebbe entered the main beis medrash for the Shabbos seudah and began, as is his holy custom, with Shalom Aleichem, with emotion and sweetness.
Eshes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the chassan Meir Eliezer (Tov), son of the chedvan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Raising of the cup: the chedvan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with leading the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: the Alesk Rebbe shlit"a. Menucha V'Simcha: the Litchik Rebbe shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Tanna D'vei Eliyahu: 'At the moment that Israel said Naaseh V'Nishma, Hakadosh Baruch Hu immediately said: "Let them take for Me a terumah"', and explained in the manner of a derush the topic of the reward for a mitzvah in this world.

Kah Echsof: HaRav R' Yoel Mendel Ashkenazi shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Maglenitz. Birkas Hamazon: the grandfather of the chassan's brother-in-law (giso), HaGaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. First Brachos: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. Final Bracha: the mechutan HaGaon Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Meisels shlit"a, Rav of our beis medrash Beis Nachum Dov.
The new chassanim went over to take fruit, and a Shalom Zachor was held at R' Yeshaya Weinberger.

The badchan Rabbi Shmuel Kraus shlit"a called the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tantz, and the Rebbe shlit"a danced the holy dance before the kallah with fiery holy fervor, then danced with the chassan, and then honored the HaGaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a and the mechutanim shlit"a to dance.
Ay Yom HaShvii: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Asher Anshel Ashkenazi shlit"a (Manchester). The Rebbe danced in a circle in the hall of the beis medrash together with the chassan, the mechutanim and the family members. It concluded at around 12:45.

And on Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:30. Pesukei D'zimra: R' Chaim Hersh Schwartz (Williamsburg). The Rebbe proceeded to Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: HaRav R' Yisroel Weiss. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaRav R' Moshe Wertzberger (Montreal).

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Moshe Aryeh Cohen - the Rebbe gave a name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Levi: the chassan, the bochur Yisroel Yuda Wertzberger - with a bombardment of candy. Shlishi: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. Revii: the chedvan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. Chamishi: the Rebbe's grandson, the chassan Rabbi Elchanan Chaim Meisels shlit"a. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah the Rebbe gave a name in honor of the birth of a daughter to:
R' Moshe Hillel Glick.
R' Chaim Yechezkel Spielman.

Shevii: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yukel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the chedvan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a - the Rebbe gave a name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov, "and her name shall be called in Israel" Bracha Sima, after the grandmother, the Rebbetzin, the righteous woman, a"h, wife of the Heitzi Chaim zy"a. Additional aliyos: the chassan, the bochur Chaim Hersh Schwartz. The chassan Shimon, son of R' Yoel Heilbrun. The chassan, the bochur Isaac Hersh Spielman. The chedvan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Acharon: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. Maftir: HaGaon Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Meisels shlit"a. Hagbah: HaRav R' Yisroel Elimelech Klein (Williamsburg). Gelilah: HaRav R' Yosef Leib Brown.

Musaf: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Efraim Shmuel Fink (Boro Park).

A few minutes after davening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the palace hall of the main beis medrash for the Kiddusha Rabba celebration in our holy courts for the newborn daughter of the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yukel Teitelbaum shlit"a.
The Rebbe made Kiddush. At the fish, the baal simcha Rabbi Yukel shlit"a spoke. Joyous melodies were sung, the Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the baal simcha and the entire congregation, and delivered divrei Torah on the verse 'And one cherub at one end, and one cherub at the other end', explaining that the two cherubim allude to yirah and ahavah: when a Jewish child is born, a son brings ahavah, and a daughter brings yirah. He concluded with an abundance of blessings. It concluded at around 1:00.
Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 6:00. Mincha: Rabbi Mendel Wolf Teitelbaum shlit"a. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: HaRav R' Chaim Yechezkel Herskowitz. Kohen: HaRav R' Yoel Kahn shlit"a, moreh tzedek. Levi: HaRav R' Yudel Wertzberger (Williamsburg). Shlishi: HaRav R' Avrohom Yehoshua Gross (Williamsburg). Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: HaRav R' Eliezer Heilbrun.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse 'And let them take for Me a terumah', explaining that in order to merit to learn Torah and understand Torah, one must first precede it with tefillah and separate oneself from the desires of this world.

Yedid Nefesh: HaRav R' Yisroel Dov Goldberger, Kel Mistaser: HaRav R' Avrohom Yehoshua Gross, Shoshanas Yaakov: HaRav R' Yudel Wertzberger.
The singing of melodies continued in honor of the simcha, and the Rebbe bentched on the cup and recited the Sheva Brachos.

Maariv Motzei Shabbos: HaRav R' Moshe Goldberger. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a good week.
The Rebbe then went out in front of the beis medrash, where he performed Kiddush Levana, and wished the entire congregation a good week and a good month. It concluded at around 8:40.

At around 12:00 the Rebbe arrived at Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek for the Sheva Brachos celebration arranged by the mispallelim of the beis medrash in honor of the Rebbe shlit"a and the HaGaon, Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a.
The HaGaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a continued with a derasha. The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the chassan, the mechutanim, and the entire congregation, delivered divrei Torah on the topic of the joy of chassan and kallah, and concluded with his holy blessing.
Rabbi Avrohom Mertz shlit"a performed with words of badchanus. It concluded at around 12:45, and the Rebbe returned home to his holy residence.

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Friday, Parshas Terumah, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning before Shacharis, a bris was held for a newborn son of R' Shmuel Itzkowitz, at which the Rebbe was sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the hall of the Yeshiva Ketana Kedushas Yom Tov branch, under the direction of HaRav R' Shmuel Meir Levy shlit"a. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel Ehrenfeld a"h.
The bochur Chaim Shlomo Yosef Wertheimer.
The bochur Shlomo Eli Weiss.
The bochur Chaim Moshe Levy.
After davening a lechayim gathering was held in the hall of the beis medrash. Several nigunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the bar mitzvah bochurim, the rebbeim and the talmidim of the yeshiva well. He also delivered words of his holy Torah on the verse "And they shall take for Me a terumah," saying that one must be separated from the gentile street and not follow its fashions, and he concluded with his holy blessing.

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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Shmuel Nosson Laub.
The bochur Avrohom Yitzchok Teitelbaum.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 6:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his beautiful home.

In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Eizik Hersh Spielman - R' Yosef Leib Brown, at Kinor David Hall.
R' Refoel Yitzchok Malach - R' Daniel Kibudi, at Beis Rochel Paradise Hall.

The yechidus hours were from around 8:00 until 11:15 at night, in his beautiful home on Uhel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his beautiful home for the following mechutanim.
R' Yoel Friedman - R' Yosef Leib Kaufman.
HaRav R' Chaim Leib Silberstein shlit"a - HaRav R' Yoel Yaakov Mordechai Teitelbaum shlit"a.

After the yechidus hours, at 11:20, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Filmer Gardens halls for the Sheva Brachos simcha in our holy courts, hosted by his brother-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. The Rebbe drank lechayim, and a beautiful conversation ensued about shidduchim involving the holy Rebbes, the Eitz HaTemarim zy"a. Those honored with Birkas HaMazon: the mechutan, the father of the kallah, the chosson's father-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a; the first brachos: the Dej Rebbe shlit"a; the middle brachos: HaGaon R' Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Tzanz in Kiryas Joel; the final bracha: the Rebbe shlit"a.
Afterwards the Rebbe stood up to dance with the chosson and the mechutanim, and then extra with the chosson. It ended at around 11:55.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00 in his beautiful home on Tzanz Court.

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Wednesday, Parshas Terumah — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a — The Wedding Simcha in Our Holy Courts: The kallah is the daughter of the mechutan HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a; the chosson is the son of HaGaon Rabbi R' Tzvi Hirsch Meisels shlit"a, Rav of our Beis Medrash Beis Nachum Dov in Williamsburg, and the grandson of HaGaon, the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Shimon Friedman.
The bochur Moshe Yehuda Rubinstein.

After davening, the Rebbe reviewed the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 10. Afterwards a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room. Several bochurim also entered to present answers to the question that the Rebbe had left in the yeshiva before he left for a restful vacation.

At around 5:25 the Rebbe shlit"a entered Cheder Shmuel Chaim in the main beis medrash for Mincha. After Mincha, the entire congregation, old and young, went over to bless and be blessed by the Rebbe shlit"a on the day of the chuppah.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the reception in the Heichal of the beis medrash at around 6:00. During the reception, warm songs of inspiration were sung, and the badchan, the avreich R' Yechezkel Shraga Berish Pilaf, spoke words of inspiration and enumerated the illustrious lineage of the chosson and kallah.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the chosson, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire assembly. He then delivered warm holy words to arouse the merit of the forefathers, and noted that his father, the holy Rebbe zy"a, used to bless the chosson and kallah before the chuppah, and now that both are grandchildren of his father, it is certain that he is present and blessing the chosson, kallah and the entire assembly. He concluded with abundant blessings.

Afterwards, everyone went to the badeken in the halls of Keren Yoel Moshe, where the kesubah was arranged.
At the chuppah, the Rebbe shlit"a honored his brother-in-law, HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, with reciting the Kiddushin. Reading of the kesubah: the Shinava Rebbe shlit"a, an older uncle of the chosson. Sheva Brachos, the first blessings: HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a. The final blessing: HaGaon R' Asher Anshel Ashkenazi shlit"a, Rav of Kehal Chavos Daas, an older uncle of the kallah.
Witnesses to the kiddushin: HaGaon R' Simcha Sholom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Divrei Chaim, and HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwibel shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Williamsburg.
Also participating in the chuppah was the brother-in-law, the Skver Rebbe shlit"a, and the Rebbe warmly wished the Skver Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov on the wedding of his first grandchild, which took place while the Rebbe was away on his restful vacation.
After the chuppah, the Rebbe shlit"a gave holy blessings to the entire assembly, and then began a mitzvah dance with the grandfathers and rabbonim shlit"a.

A few minutes after the chuppah, at around 8:15, the Rebbe davened Maariv in Cheder Shmuel Chaim in the main beis medrash.
Immediately after Maariv, at 8:30, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in the Heichal of the beis medrash for the wedding seudah. The Rebbe danced for a few minutes on the floor and then washed for the seudah. After the fish course, the Rebbe wished a lechayim to all the assembled people.
At around 9:30 the chosson entered. The Rebbe danced with the chosson for an extended time, and then honored the grandfathers and the mechutanim to dance with the chosson. Afterwards the assembly went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov. The Rebbe left the beis medrash at 9:50.

At around 11:10 the Rebbe shlit"a came in for Birkas Hamazon and the mitzvah dance. For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Ustila shlit"a. Sheva Brachos, the first blessings: HaGaon, the Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a. The final blessing: HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Yekusiel Teitelbaum shlit"a, an older uncle of the chosson.

The badchan of the king, HaRav R' Mordechai Dovid Oestreicher, called the Rebbe shlit"a to the dances before the kallah with warm rhymes, arousing the merit of the forefathers. The singing continued with songs of inspiration, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the chosson, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the huge assembly.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a performed the holy dances before the kallah with fiery enthusiasm for an extended time, and then danced with the chosson and with the mechutan HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, and his family. He then continued with the entire royal family, the grandchildren of the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, with holy emotion for an extended time.

The Rebbe then went out for a special dance with his brother-in-law, HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, and afterwards together with his brother, HaGaon, the Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a, and then broke out in a spirited dance separately with his brother, HaGaon shlit"a.
Then the grandfather, HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, the father of the chosson HaGaon, and the father of the kallah shlit"a were called to the mitzvah dance. During it, the Rebbe danced with each of the grandfathers and mechutanim individually, and separately with the children of HaGaon, the Dormitz of Beis Medrash Yoel Moshe zt"l.
The badchan then said words of badchanus and called up the chosson. Eshes Chayil was danced. On his way out, the Rebbe wished the chosson and kallah good wishes. The Rebbe left the beis medrash at 2:25.

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