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Friday, Parshas Bamidbar, Rosh Chodesh Sivan — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the hall of the Yeshiva Ketana, Or HaChaim branch, under the direction of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Farkash shlit"a.
Upon arriving, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash and looked over the learning with great satisfaction. A conversation developed with the Zablitov Rebbe shlit"a of the Shaarei Aryeh neighborhood, who had come to put tefillin on his son, the bar mitzvah bochur, may he live. The Rebbe recounted memories from days of old, from the sugya shiurim of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zt"l, in which the Rebbe used to participate together with the Zablitov Rebbe's father, who should live long, the Divrei Mishorim of Spinka zt"l.

Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The son of the Zablitov Rebbe shlit"a.
The bochur Menachem Shmuel Frankel.

The Rebbe approached the recital of Hallel with great fervor, and during the Torah reading he was called up as the fourth aliyah.
The director shlit"a led the davening for Mussaf.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash. Several songs were sung, and a general kvitel with the names of the talmidim of the yeshiva was handed to the Rebbe. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the bar mitzvah bochurim, to the rebbeim, and to all the talmidim of the yeshiva. He delivered words of divrei kibbud and chizuk to the bochurim, that everyone must and everyone can learn, spoke in praise of the esteemed yeshiva, and concluded with abundant blessings for all the bochurim and rebbeim. It ended at around 12:30.

At around 1:00 the Rebbe entered the Rosh Chodesh seudah in the hall of his holy home together with the "Chaburas Talmidei B'Yado" of the yeshivos ketanos of our holy institutions. The Rebbe washed for the seudah and opened the challah with his hands, as is the custom on Erev Shabbos. After eating a kezayis, the Rebbe discussed the custom of not using a knife on Erev Shabbos and related a story of the Shinover Rav zy"a regarding this custom. During the seudah, Rosh Chodesh niggunim and Kabbalas HaTorah niggunim were sung. For Birchas HaMazon's "Barchi Nafshi," the Rebbe honored HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, head of the directors of the Kiryas Joel institutions.

Afterwards the Rebbe delivered words of divrei kibbud and pointed out that from Avrohom Avinu we learn that although serving Hashem is not always easy, one must still serve Hashem in all situations. He spoke in praise of the bochurim of the chaburah, noting that although every bochur must toil, learn and review, it remains only a matter of will, yet these bochurim give up their free time to review and be tested. "May there be many like you in Yisroel!" The Rebbe concluded with words of blessing for the esteemed askanim and all the bochurim.
For Birchas HaMazon, the Rebbe honored the distinguished chassid R' Yitzchak Schwartz, patron of the chaburah. It ended at around 2:40.

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

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yaakov Dov Kaufman, at which 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 Yoel Oberlander.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he learned a sugya as a shiur in the yeshiva's shiurim. Afterwards, a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochur in his private room.

In the afternoon, at around 7:00, a group of talmidim of the Yeshiva Ketana, Chochmas HaTorah branch, of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg, under the leadership of HaRav HaGaon R' Elazar Panet shlit"a, entered the Rebbe's holy home in Kodesh. They brought in large sums for the yeshiva from this past Purim. The Rebbe asked about their learning, and the bochurim then went over to receive the holy blessing.

At around 8:10, the Rebbe went over to the Talmud Torah building, 'Binyan Klein,' where the Rebbe looked in on the learning within the 'Masmidim' program through the eighth-grade students of all the branches. The Rebbe walked around among the children and looked on with great nachas, and spoke a few words of blessing.

At around 8:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home, at the Ohel Kat.
Afterwards, there were yechidus hours in Kodesh until 12:30 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Yoel Levy - R' Avrohom Amram Markovitch.
R' Yoel Rosenberg (Williamsburg) - R' Elisha Yoel Rosenfeld.

After the tenaim, the Rebbe davened Maariv and counted Sefirah before the amud, and then continued receiving the public.

During the yechidus hours, the Wiznitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a visited in Kodesh. A pleasant conversation ensued about the minhagim of Wiznitz and about the Ahavas Yisroel of Wiznitz zt"l, whose yahrzeit falls on Shabbos, 2 Sivan. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and blessed him.

Also entering Kodesh Penimah was HaGaon R' Shalom Kelmer shlit"a, one of the roshei yeshiva of the Philadelphia yeshiva and son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of the Philadelphia yeshiva. A pleasant conversation ensued about the yeshiva, and the Rebbe blessed him.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch.
After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur and spoke words of preparation for Yom Tov Shavuos. He urged everyone to prepare for Matan Torah with hours of Torah learning, and called on the chassidim in every place to take part in the preparation for the receiving of the Torah, the 'Maamad Na'aseh V'Nishma': to gather in the batei medrash and learn for two consecutive hours on the second day of Yom Tov before davening, as in the past two years.

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

Entry times in Kiryas Joel were from 8:30 until 12:20 at night, at his holy home on Ohel Court.

Around 9:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home, for the mechutanim R' Chaim Menachem Lax (Williamsburg) and R' Chaim Hersh Roth.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 12:20 and counted Sefira before the amud.

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