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Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Shoftim — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, the Rebbe went over to the halls where the brissin took place:
Twins born to R' Yoel the son of Wolf Schnitzer, where the Rebbe served as sandek.
A son born to R' Yoel the son of Moshe Mendel Wertheimer, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the hall of Yeshiva Ketana, Divrei Chaim branch, headed by HaGaon Rabbi Shlomo Elimelech Stein shlit"a, in the Talmud Torah building, 'Goldstein Building'. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin with the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Lipa Ackerman.
The bochur Moshe Herskowitz.
The bochur Yekusiel Yechezkel Shraga Frankel.

After davening, the Rebbe blew shofar and recited the ten chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul.

After Shacharis, a lechayim gathering took place in the beis medrash hall. The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to the rebbeim of the yeshiva, to the bar mitzvah bochurim, and to all the talmidim of the yeshiva, and delivered a brief holy address of guidance to the bochurim in preparation for the days of mercy and favor, concluding with his holy blessing.

Afterwards, the Rebbe walked over to the adjacent Talmud Torah building, the 'Wieder Palatchek Building', where the 'Berinah Yiktzoru' event was held by the fifth-grade talmidim of all the branches of Mosdos Kiryas Yoel. Several songs and rhymes were sung in honor of the occasion, after which the head administrator, Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, tested the children on their studies while the Rebbe watched with great nachas.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to the administration of the mosdos and to all the children, and delivered a brief holy address of guidance to the children in preparation for the days of mercy and favor, concluding with his holy blessing.
Then the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the grandchildren. The event concluded at around 12:30.

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

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissim took place:
The son born to R' Yoel Mordechai Scher, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
The son born to R' Yechezkel Shraga Herskowitz, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Mordechai Kohn.
The bochur Shlomo Yitzchak Yaakov Welz.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah. After davening, the shofar was blown, and the Rebbe reviewed the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 23, verse 1. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

A group of bochurim from the yeshiva also entered the Rebbe's kodesh, together with the yeshiva's rebbeim, to receive a holy blessing in honor of their trip to the holy places in Europe. The Rebbe inquired about the details of the trip and distributed shlichei mitzvah money to the bochurim.

Yechidus hours were from 6:45 until 11:45 at night, in the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Court.
Around 7:15 the Rebbe went over to the kabbolas panim of the chosson, son of HaRav R' Yoel Weider, one of the Rebbe's close attendants, whose bride is the daughter of HaRav R' Shabsi Yitzchak Rosenberg, in the halls of Kinor David. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the chosson, the mechutanim, and the grandfathers. Before the chuppah the Rebbe blessed the chosson, and then went down to Beis Medrash Beis Mordechai, where the Rebbe davened Mincha.
After Mincha the Rebbe went out to the chuppah, where the Rebbe served as mesader kiddushin, and then the Rebbe returned to his holy home and continued the yechidus hours.

During the yechidus hours, the young man Avrohom Shlomo, son of Yoel Weinstock, whose mohel is HaRav R' Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel HaKohen Glantz, was brought for an examination with the Rebbe shlit"a on Shulchan Aruch, Hilchos Shabbos.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim of the mechutanim, HaRav R' Daniel Reuven Dana a"h and HaRav R' Tzion Jabra.

After the yechidus hours, around 11:50, the Rebbe returned to the wedding celebration of the chosson, son of HaRav R' Yoel Weider. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the chosson, the mechutanim, and the grandfathers. After bentching, the badchan, the avreich R' Yechezkel Shraga Filaf, called up the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tantz with rhymed verses, and the Rebbe danced the holy dances before the kallah, and then danced with the chosson, the mechutanim, and the grandfathers, and especially with HaRav R' Yoel.

Afterwards, around 12:30, the Rebbe went down to Beis Medrash Beis Mordechai, where the Rebbe davened Maariv.

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Wednesday, Parshas Shoftim, 2nd Day of Rosh Chodesh Elul — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissen took place:
The son born to HaRav Binyamin Ber Berkowitz shlit"a, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
The son born to R' Moshe Ber Neustadt, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the heichal of Yeshiva Ketana, Even Tzedek branch, under the direction of HaRav HaGaon R' Chaim Eliezer Davidovitz shlit"a. Upon arriving at the yeshiva, the Rebbe first went into the beis medrash and looked over the learning schedule. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The son of HaRav Shlomo Noach Heilbrunn shlit"a.
The bochur Yaakov Berish Friedman.
The bochur Yitzchak Yechezkel Dovid Kraus.
The bochur Yoel Kleinberger.

The Rebbe went up to Hallel, and during the Torah reading Hagbah was performed. "LeDavid Hashem Ori" was recited after "Barchi Nafshi."
After davening the Rebbe blew the shofar and recited ten chapters of Tehillim, as is customary in the month of Elul.

A few minutes later a lechayim gathering took place in the heichal of the beis medrash. Several nigunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to the bar mitzvah bochurim, to the rebbeim of the yeshiva, and to all the talmidim of the yeshiva. He delivered a dvar Torah and hachana for the Yamim Noraim, b'ezras Hashem, and concluded with his holy blessing.

During the morning hours the Rebbe visited the matzah bakery of Kiryas Joel, where this week they have already begun baking matzos for Pesach 5785, b'ezras Hashem, to meet the great demand for the highly mehudar "Kiryas Joel matzos," with their many chumros and hiddurim. The Rebbe walked around the bakery for an extended time together with the bakery manager, the Rav R' Yoel Shlomo Zaldan, and heard a report on the many chumros that were added this year. He then separated challah, and afterwards left his holy blessing for the workers. He also repeated from the holy Shinover Rav zy"a on the verse "Today you are going out, in the month of springtime" — that "today" refers to Rosh Hashana, when one goes out innocent in judgment in the merit of the mitzvah of matzah, which is eaten in the month of springtime — and he explained that "baking matzos in the month of Elul is a proper preparation for Rosh Hashana."

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

The yechidus hours in the kodesh were from 6:15 until 11:20 at night, at his holy home on Ohel Court.

Around 6:50 the Rebbe davened Mincha at his holy home.

After Mincha the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
HaRav Shraga Gandel shlit"a - the Rav R' Aharon Hersh Taub, at Kinor Dovid hall.
The Rav R' Wolf Baruch Wertzberger - the Rav R' Avrohom Shmuel Friedlander, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.
The Rav R' Moshe Strulovitz - the Rav R' Wolf, son of R' Boruch, Glick, at Ginas Klein hall.

After the chuppahs the Rebbe paid a condolence call to the Rav R' Mordechai Yitzchak Samet, who is sitting shiva for his mother a"h.

During the yechidus hours, talmidim of Yeshiva Ketana Kedushas Yaakov of Shikun Skvira, who are visiting Kiryas Joel this week, entered the kodesh. The Rebbe tested their learning in Perek HaMavreh in Maseches Bava Kamma, and afterwards all the bochurim went over to receive his holy blessing.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim of the mechutanim, the Rav R' Hersh Yosef Levi - the Rav R' Wolf Farkash.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 11:20.

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