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

In the morning, before Shacharis, the brisos took place:
For the son born to R' Eliezer Meir Samet, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
For the son born to R' Shmuel Bri"y Goldstein, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Avrohom Meyer.
After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

On the way out after Shacharis, the Rebbe went down to the new Chadar Beis Horaah in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. The Rebbe looked around, heard a report from HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a about the further plans, and gave his holy blessing.

Around 8:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

Yechidus hours (kabbalas kahal) were from about 8:25 until 10:20 at night, in the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home, for the mechutanim R' Nosson Nata Hauser and R' Sholom Eliezer Berger.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 9:30 and then continued receiving the public.

After the yechidus hours, around 10:40, the Rebbe arrived at Beis Medrash Beis Boruch for the central Sheva Berachos, arranged by the mispallelim of the beis medrash in honor of the Rebbe shlit"a and HaGaon Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a. The Av Beis Din of the holy community, shlit"a, continued with his address, and afterwards the badchan, the avreich R' Avrohom Mertz, performed.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly wished mazel tov to the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers and the entire assembly. He shared divrei Torah on the subject of the joy of chassan and kallah, spoke in praise of the beis medrash and of his son, HaGaon Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a, and concluded with his holy blessing.
Afterwards the Rebbe stood up and danced together with the chassan and the entire head table for an extended time. It ended around 11:20.

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Shabbos Parshas Tazria, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg

Friday night at around 8:10 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went to the amud for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Aryeh Leib the son of Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz.
During Shabbos the Rebbe said Kaddish in honor of the yahrzeit of the Babe, the Rebbetzin Bracha Sima a"h, wife of the Rebbe, the holy Baal Eitz Chaim zy"a, which fell on that day, Shabbos, 5 Nissan.

Davening ended at around 9:45; the congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:15 the Rebbe entered the Shabbos seudah in Heichal Tehillos Yehosef together with the talmidim of Yeshiva L'Tzeirim Williamsburg, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson the bochur Yechezkel Shraga may he be well, son of HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a. Raising of the cup: HaRav R' Gavriel Geshtetner shlit"a, rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tzeirim.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh Kehal of Williamsburg. Menucha V'Simcha: HaRav R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash Binyan Gelbstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "U'vayom hashemini yimol besar orlaso" and explained it in the manner of a derush in the sugya of "aseh docheh lo sa'aseh."

Kah Echsof: HaRav Gavriel Geshtetner shlit"a. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.

For the weekly stories, this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy Ohev Yisroel of Apta zy"a, whose yahrzeit was on that day, Shabbos, 5 Nissan.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon Rabbi Hershel Meizlish shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Nachum Dov, son of the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. The new chassanim went over to take fruit, and the Shalom Zachor took place at R' Mordechai Yona Wider and R' Berel Lichtman. Az Beyom Hashvi'i: HaRav R' Hershel Teller shlit"a, rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tzeirim. It ended at around 12:50.

U'vayom HaShabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:45. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Akiva Hirsch. The Rebbe went to the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Avrohom Simcha Herskowitz; the pesukim of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon Menachem Naftali Teitelbaum shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Czhenstochov.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Moshe Yosef Hoffman (of Boro Park). Levi: R' Akiva Hirsch. Shlishi: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. Revi'i: the chassan the bochur Berel Weiss – bewarfing. Chamishi: R' Mordechai Yona Wider. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Shevi'i: R' Yaakov Yochanan son of Mittelman – the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Acharon: R' Yisroel Meir son of Klein – the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Maftir: R' Mordechai Weiss (Sighet). Hagbah: R' Yoel son of R' Moshe Friedman. Gelilah: R' Yitzchak Mittelman.

The Rebbe went to the amud for Musaf in honor of the yahrzeit of the Babe, the Rebbetzin Chana a"h, wife of the holy Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, which falls on Monday, 7 Nissan. Pesichah before the singing of the zemiros: R' Moshe HaLevi Friedman. The Nasi was read as is customary. It ended at around 12:30.

B'sha'ah Shehachacham Yosheiv V'Doresh

In the afternoon at around 6:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha, in the presence of thousands of anash who filled the entire Beis Medrash HaGadol from wall to wall; a group of anash who had stayed over Shabbos afternoon from Boro Park also arrived.
The Rebbe wrapped himself in his tallis with a bracha, went up to the Aron Kodesh and said a silent tefilla, and began the derasha, first with a lengthy derush and pilpul in the sugya of "davar sheyesh lo matirin," which the Rebbe had learned in yeshiva. He continued with derush, aggada and mussar to make the proper preparation for Yom Tov Pesach and to fulfill the mitzvos of the night, and mitzvos in general, with vitality and enthusiasm, and to prepare well for the mitzvah of "v'higadta l'vincha," to instill emunah in the children, to learn the holy sefer Derech Pikudecha which discusses the mitzvos of the Yom Tov. He also spoke out on matters needing correction: walking in the way of the mesorah, tznius among women, and matters of technology. He called on the mosdos administration to strengthen the takanah that is strictly enforced in Kiryas Joel and in Boro Park when enrolling children in the mosdos, to set times for Torah by rising before dawn to learn, and urged joining the Chaburas Yesodei HaTorah, which is beginning in these days a new masechta, Maseches Gittin.
He also mentioned the decree of drafting yeshiva bochurim in Eretz Yisroel and the decrees on chinuch in New York: we must daven that the wicked should have no power, and that the Knesset members in Eretz Yisroel and various askanim in New York should not, chas v'shalom, agree to compromises. He concluded with many brachos. It ended at around 7:20; the Rebbe said Kaddish and went into his private room.

Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:05. Mincha: R' Yaakov Hersh Heiman. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Moshe Chaim Leib Gutman (of Boro Park).
Kohen: R' Yisroel Meir Rubin. Levi: R' Simcha Teitelbaum. Shlishi: R' Avrohom Yaakov Berkowitz (of Boro Park). Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Yosef Aharon Lefkowitz (of Boro Park).

The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Avrohom Yaakov Berkowitz.
Shir HaMaalos: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Gross.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Isha ki sazria" and explained that matzah is "michla d'meheimnusa" (food of faith): the Jews in Egypt ate it because of their very strong emunah, and they already saw the geulah then with their own eyes. Today too we eat the afikomen with a holy joy, because when the power of geulah will exist there will be joy in the entire creation, and through the great emunah of the Jewish children one already feels the joy now.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Moshe Yosef Mittelman. Kel Mistater: R' Yosef Aharon Lefkowitz. The Rebbe made the bracha on the cup and said Sheva Brachos.

The Rebbe went to the amud for Maariv of Motzei Shabbos in honor of the yahrzeit of the Babe. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. It ended at around 10:20.

B'Motzei Yom Gilah

On Motzei Shabbos at around 11:40 the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of R' Yudel Schlesinger, who purchased a prominent zechus in the new yeshiva building "Binyan Berkowitz" of the yeshivos ketanos in Williamsburg. A fine conversation developed on the chiddushim of the sugya of the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a and the yeshiva administration, drank a lechayim, and bestowed from his holy brachos upon the donor and his family.

From there the Rebbe went to the home of R' Meshulam Tzvi Bentzion (Hershel) Silberstein, who purchased a zechus for the gate of the new yeshiva building "Binyan Berkowitz" of the yeshivos ketanos in Williamsburg, and a prominent zechus in the building of the Beis Chinuch L'Banos Bnos Piga of our holy mosdos in Bnei Brak, may it be rebuilt. A fine conversation developed on various Belz minhagim. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a and the yeshiva administration, drank a lechayim, and bestowed from his holy brachos upon the donor and his family.

At 12:35 the Rebbe arrived at the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, chairman of the administration of our holy mosdos, to grace the Sheva Brachos celebration in honor of the marriage of his daughter, mazel tov. Also present were HaGaon R' Chaim Shlomo Miller shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra in Williamsburg, HaRav R' Zusha Oish shlit"a, dayan of Volkan, and HaRav R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Binyan Gelbstein. Upon arriving, the Rebbe danced in place for a few minutes, and afterwards a lengthy conversation took place on various complex halachos and chumros in the minhagim of Pesach and the differences between the earlier years and today. The Rebbe continued with various stories of how our holy Rebbes, the Eitz HaTemarim zy"a, dealt with the government in the old country, and more. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly blessed R' Yechezkel Dovid, especially for his many efforts for the benefit of our kehilla and holy mosdos everywhere, and blessed the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire gathering. Afterwards the Rebbe presented a derasha gift to the chassan and kallah and warmly blessed them.
At around 1:55 the Rebbe left the home on his way back to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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Thursday, Parshas Tazria — '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 Yoel Weiss, son of R' L.
The bochur Yoel Hirsch, son of R' M.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

In the afternoon at around 8:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

The times of entry for kvitelach were from around 8:30 until 12:00 at night, in the Rebbe's holy home on Uhel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
R' Wolf Perl - R' Yitzchak Yaakov Katz.
R' Yaakov Kapil Lichtenstein (of Williamsburg) - R' Yoel Weiss, son of R' A.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00.

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Wednesday, Parshas Tazria, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a - The Wedding Simcha in Our Holy Courts: the chassan R' Chaim Yechezkel Shraga Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Bertsh shlit"a; the kallah, daughter of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of our beis medrash Beis Shmuel in the Divrei Chaim neighborhood, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the main beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
the bochur Yoel Tabak.
the bochur Yoel, son of Moshe Falkovitch.
After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At around 5:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Chadar Shmuel Chaim in the main beis medrash for Mincha. After Mincha, the entire gathering, old and young, went over to receive a blessing from the Rebbe shlit"a on the day of the chuppah.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the kabbolas panim in the hall of the beis medrash at around 6:10. During the kabbolas panim, warm songs of inspiration were sung, and the badchan, the avreich R' Shimon Oestreicher, performed with words of rebuke and enumerated the great lineage of the chassan and kallah.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire gathering mazel tov. He then delivered warm words of holiness arousing the merit of the forefathers, and concluded with abundant blessings.

The kesubah was arranged, with the witnesses to the kesubah being HaRav R' Yoel Bernath and HaRav R' Chaim Meisels (of Boro Park). Afterwards, everyone proceeded to the badeken in the halls of Keren V'Yoel Moshe.

At the chuppah, the Rebbe shlit"a honored the kallah's grandfather, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, with reciting the kiddushin. The kesubah was read by HaGaon Av Beis Din of Faltichen shlit"a, the chassan's older uncle. The first blessings were recited by the chassan's grandfather, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Bertsh shlit"a. The final blessing was recited by HaRav R' Shlomo Rosenberger shlit"a, the kallah's older uncle.
The witnesses to the kiddushin were HaRav R' Mordechai Friedman shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash Yirei Hashem in the Boruch Taam neighborhood, and HaRav R' Yosef Yitzchak Eizik Fuchs shlit"a, a moreh tzedek.
After the chuppah, the Rebbe shlit"a wished blessings of holiness to the entire gathering, and broke into a dance of tzaddikim with the grandfathers and rabbonim shlit"a.

After a few minutes, at around 8:00, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in the hall 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, the Rebbe wished a lechayim to all the assembled people.
At around 9:15 the chassan entered. The Rebbe danced with the chassan for an extended time, and then honored the grandfathers and the mechutanim to dance with the chassan, and then danced with the entire head table. Afterwards, the gathering went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov. The Rebbe left the beis medrash at 9:30 and went home to his holy residence, where the Rebbe davened Maariv.

At around 11:25 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for Birkas HaMazon and the mitzvah tantz. Before bentching, the Rebbe greeted the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a.
For Birkas HaMazon, the Rebbe honored the son-in-law of the Rav of the beis medrash Avnei Tzedek Spitalfields; the first blessings were recited by HaGaon, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a; the final blessing by HaRav HaTzaddik R' Chaim Shalom Halberstam shlit"a, son of the Bobov Rebbe shlit"a and son-in-law of HaGaon Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a.

The badchan of the king, HaRav R' Mordechai Dovid Oestreicher, called the Rebbe shlit"a to the dancing before the kallah with warm rhymes and aroused the merit of the forefathers. Songs of inspiration continued, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the huge assembled gathering mazel tov.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a performed the holy dances before the kallah with fiery enthusiasm for an extended time, and then danced with the chassan, with his son HaGaon, Rav of the beis medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, and his family, and then continued with the entire royal family, the grandchildren of the holy Beirach Moshe zy"a, with holy emotion for an extended time.

Then the grandfathers were called to the mitzvah tantz: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Bertsh shlit"a, and the father of the chassan and the father of the kallah shlit"a. The Rebbe danced with each of the grandfathers and mechutanim individually.
Then the badchan recited words of humor and called up the chassan, and Eishes Chayil was danced. On his way out, the Rebbe wished the chassan and kallah mazel tov. The Rebbe left the beis medrash at 2:30.

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Tuesday, Parshas Tazria – Rosh Chodesh Nissan, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, the following brisos took place:
The son of R' Asher Yona Schonbrun, where the Rebbe served as sandek.
The son of R' Aryeh Spitzer, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The twin sons of R' Mordechai Leib Mittelman.
The son of HaRav R' Yoel Yuda Rubinfeld shlit"a.
The bochur Shlomo Yoel Berkowitz.

The Rebbe went up to Hallel, and during the Torah reading he was called up as the fourth aliyah.

After davening, a lechayim gathering was held in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash in honor of the end of the zman. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe distributed coins to the gabbaim of Avnei Chesed, who had brought in large sums for the benefit of the fund, and he cautioned them regarding the wishes of the Rebbe, to use only proper music.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and extended blessings to all the bochurim,
and delivered words of Torah praising the bochurim who had been engaged in their studies with steadfastness until the end of the zman. He spoke about guidance for the bein hazmanim days and once again encouraged learning Chassidic seforim as preparation for Yom Tov Pesach, may it come to us for good, especially the holy sefer Derech Pikudecha. He then spoke about the situation regarding the draft of yeshiva students in Eretz Yisroel, and said that, Heaven forbid, there should be no compromises and no picking out of bochurim; Klal Yisroel does not give up on any bochur, and Hashem should have mercy. The Rebbe concluded with abundant blessings. It ended at about 1:10.

At about 1:30 the Rebbe went over to the hall of Beis Rachel Paradise, where the Rebbe conducted his holy table in honor of Rosh Chodesh together with the students of the Yoel Moshe yeshiva ketana of Boro Park. The Rebbe washed for the seudah. During the seudah, Rosh Chodesh and Pesach niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe honored the singers with "Barchi Nafshi."
The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah, saying that just as we see with matzah, that it can only be fulfilled with the five types of grain that can become chametz, so too, the service of a human being who has a yetzer hara is precious to Hashem. He concluded with his holy blessing.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored the director, HaGaon R' Yitzchak Aharon Green shlit"a. It ended at about 2:30.

Afterwards the Rebbe went over for his weekly visit to the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla, where the matzos for the Rebbe's family were baked. Then the Rebbe went into the grinding room, where he ground wheat for an extended time, with personal exertion, and gave various instructions for going forward.

In the afternoon at about 5:45, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

At about 7:10 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Monsey for the mezuzah-affixing ceremony at our new beis medrash, 'Shif Building,' in the Ramapo neighborhood, the generous gift of the prominent R' Yisroel Shif of Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe first toured and looked around the entire beis medrash building, the prayer rooms, and the magnificent mikvah. Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash. A pleasant conversation developed about the expansion of the borders of holiness in Monsey. The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly blessed the esteemed benefactor, HaRav R' Yisroel, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, and the entire public, and delivered words of Torah, bringing out that the beis medrash will, IY"H, be a beacon for the entire area for Torah, avodah, and gemilus chasadim. He spoke in praise of the esteemed benefactor and concluded with abundant blessings.
Then the Rebbe affixed the mezuzah on the gate of the beis medrash and honored HaGaon HaRav, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, with affixing a mezuzah.

At about 7:40 the Rebbe left the beis medrash on the way to Williamsburg for the weekly yechidus hours.
Yechidus hours at the Kehilla's headquarters ran from 8:30 until 11:50 at night, in his holy home on Hewes St.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 11:00 and then continued receiving the public.

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Monday, Parshas Tazria — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shlomo Mendlowitz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yisroel Zelig Schreiber a"h.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he reviewed the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 14. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

After Shacharis, at around 12:20, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the kevarim of our holy Rebbes on the occasion of the wedding simcha of his grandson, the chosson, son of HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a. The Rebbe lit candles at the kevarim of our holy Rebbes, the Divrei Yoel and the Beirach Moshe zy"a, and at the kever of his mother, the Rebbetzin a"h. Then the Rebbe recited the tefilla of the Yismach Moshe zy"a, recited the fourth book of Tehillim as is customary, and said Kaddish. He then read kvitlach for an extended time, during which songs of inspiration were sung. Afterwards the Rebbe prostrated himself at the kevarim of our holy Rebbes and of his mother, the Rebbetzin a"h. They concluded at around 1:05.

In the afternoon at around 2:05, the Rebbe arrived at the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe reviewed the seventh sugya of the shiur, as preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. They concluded at around 2:55.

In the evening at around 7:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

Reception hours at the Rebbe's holy home were from 8:30 until 12:30, at night, at his holy home on Ohel Court.

During the reception hours, a delegation of heads of the kashrus organizations under the auspices of the Union of Rabbis entered the Rebbe's room, as they do every year, bringing the "Key to Kashrus" in honor of the approaching Yom Tov of Pesach. Among them was Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld of the "OK" organization, who came to review with the Rebbe the arrangements for the sale of chometz for the largest beer distributor company in New York. A fine conversation developed about the kashrus of foods, especially for Pesach, and the Rebbe went over the wording of the shtar mechiras chometz so that it be sold properly according to halacha, and bestowed his blessings.
The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy home for the mechutanim, R' Yirmiyahu Yisroel Vogel and R' Yisroel Isser Markowitz.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30.

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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The son of HaRav HaGaon R' Dovid Yitzchak Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash Divrei Yoel.
The bochur Binyomin Yaakov Wertzberger.
The bochur Avrohom Yuda Klein.

After davening, the Rebbe studied the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 14. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At about 1:55 in the afternoon, the Rebbe arrived at Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe studied the sixth sugya of the shiur as preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. It concluded at about 2:40.

In the late afternoon, at about 6:45, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

At about 8:15, the Rebbe went over to Heichal HaMesivta, Brach Moshe branch, to the Sheva Brachos celebration of the kallah, daughter of HaRav HaGaon R' Hillel Rabinowitz shlit"a, menahel of the yeshiva, and the chosson, son of HaRav HaGaon R' Lipa Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek, son of the HaGaon HaGadol, dayan and moreh tzedek of Kiryas Joel shlit"a.
R' Hershel Friedman continued with words of badchanus in honor of the simcha, and a longer Torah conversation developed with the dayan shlit"a. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the chosson, the mechutanim, the dayan shlit"a, and the entire assembly, and then stood up to dance. It concluded at about 8:35.

At about 8:40, the Rebbe read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Berel Gold - R' Yuda Weiss.
R' Moshe Tambor - R' Yoel Mermelstein.

Afterward, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg, where a gathering took place in his holy home for the benefit of the 'Keren Lev Aharon' to support the Yetev Lev institutions in Eretz Yisroel.
The Rebbe arrived at about 10:00 at his holy home. A number of philanthropists were present who joined as partners in the fund. The distinguished philanthropists had the opportunity to hand the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a the larger sums and to sign the partnership documents, and the Rebbe personally gave each one warm blessings in abundance.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 10:50 in his holy home.

After Maariv, the Rebbe comforted the mourner R' Alter Falkowitz and his family on the passing of his wife / their mother a"h. From there, the Rebbe traveled home to his holy home in Kiryas Joel.

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