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

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissim took place:
- The son born to R' Aharon Zaldan, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
- The son born to R' Mordechai Yeruchem Miller, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
- The son born to R' Leibush Kraus, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Nachman Klein.
- The bochur Moshe Mordechai Greenfeld.
- The bochur Yitzchak Hirsch.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 25, verse 5. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 8:00 in his holy home on Ohel Court.

After Mincha, a preparatory gathering and lechayim took place in the halls of his holy home in advance of the trip to the holy places in Europe, headed by the chossid R' Yosef Chaim Greenwald shlit"a. Songs of inspiration were sung, and HaRav Hershel Kohn shlit"a addressed the gathering. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and spoke words of his holy tongue about the privilege of traveling to such holy tzaddikim, of whom it is said that tzaddikim are greater in their death than in their lifetime, and about the awe that grips a person when he considers who these tzaddikim were. He concluded with abundant blessings for all the participants, after which all the participants went over to receive a blessing from the Rebbe. It concluded at around 8:30.

Yechidus hours at his holy home ran from 8:30 until 12:20 at night.

During the yechidus hours, a letter-writing ceremony took place in a Sefer Torah being written by the chossid R' Meir Yehuda Malach, which will go into the beis medrash Beis Chaim Dovid in the Pri Megadim neighborhood. The Rebbe wrote a letter in the Sefer Torah, drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.
The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim of the mechutanim, the chossid R' Yechezkel Shraga Landau and the chossid R' Alexander Yisroel Miller.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:20.

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Tuesday, Parshas Emor — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Sniff Eitz Chaim - Shiur Gimmel. After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim portion, on chapter 25, verse 8.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe paid a shiva call to the Stuhl family, on the passing of their father, HaRav HaChassid R' Berel a"h.


In the afternoon hours, at around 7:00, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly reception times.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at 8:15 in his holy home on Hewes St. Afterwards, the reception times took place in the Kodesh Pnimah until around 12:45 after midnight.

During the reception times, the students of the Talmud Torah, 9th grade, entered the Kodesh Pnimah. They brought in significant sums for the benefit of our holy mosdos this past Purim, and the Rebbe distributed blessed coins to the children.

Also entering the Kodesh Pnimah were the leaders and askanim of our holy Linden kehilla, headed by HaGaon HaRav, Rav of our Linden kehilla shlit"a, and HaRav HaGaon R' Hersh Leib Bernstein shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Beis Menachem Tzvi and chairman of the kashrus committee of our kehilla, to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the start of construction of the mikvah tahara for our holy kehilla, after receiving the necessary permits this week. The Rebbe studied the magnificent sketches and plans of the mikvah. A conversation developed about expanding the boundaries of kedusha of our kehilla and mosdos in the city, where preparations are being made, among other things, to open a 6th grade class within our holy mosdos for the coming school year. The Rebbe shlit"a also heard a report on the progress of the construction work on the new beis medrash of our holy kehilla in the city, and on the growth and flourishing of the members of the kehilla in the city. The Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing.

Also entering was HaGaon HaRav of Glogov shlit"a with his son, the bar mitzvah boy, to receive the Rebbe's blessing. The Rebbe blessed the bar mitzvah bochur and bestowed from his holy blessing on the Rav of Glogov, and gave him as a gift the sefer Lev Aharon on Pesachim.

Also entering the Kodesh Pnimah was Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, one of the leaders of Agudath Israel of America, together with the askan Shmuel (Sam) Sutton, who is running for the State Senate seat in Boro Park to replace the former State Senator R' Simcha Felder, to receive the Rebbe's blessing in honor of the elections next Tuesday. On this occasion, the askan R' Chaim Dovid expressed his deep gratitude to the Rebbe shlit"a for standing at the forefront of the battle to save chinuch in New York, and for bringing about the new law for the benefit of the future of chinuch, which was passed in Albany.
A longer conversation took place on numerous matters for the benefit of the klal that are currently being worked on for the chareidi community. The Rebbe discussed all the details, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:15, and afterwards continued receiving the public.

Upon arriving in Kiryas Joel at around 1:45, the Rebbe fulfilled the mitzvah of shiluach hakein in the courtyard of R' Shimshon Mittelman.

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Monday, Parshas Emor — Pesach Sheini — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissin took place:
- For the newborn son of R' Lipa Maskowitz, where the Rebbe was the sandek.
- For the newborn son of R' Shalom Greenwald, where the Rebbe was the sandek.
- For the newborn son of R' Shalom Frankel, where the Rebbe was the sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, the Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Avrohom Yaakov Tzvi Drummer.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went to be Hagbah, and after davening he recited the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 25, verse 4. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

In the afternoon, the elevated ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone took place, by the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, for the new magnificent and splendid building, Tel Talpiot, of our kehilla and holy mosdos in Yerushalayim, the holy city. It was held together with the pure table in honor of Pesach Sheini, in a splendid setting at the new home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Zalman Leib Kappel, where all the philanthropists, builders of Yerushalayim, who had donated one million dollars toward the construction of the majestic building, were invited.

Upon arriving at around 4:45, the Rebbe greeted the distinguished philanthropists and davened Mincha.
After Mincha, the Rebbe washed for the seudah. For the soup, matzah and knaidlach were served, and after the meat, matzah crumbs as is customary, and the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the entire gathering. During the seudah, several Yom Tov Pesach niggunim and others were sung.

The distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach, of Williamsburg, the driving force of the building fund, spoke and greeted all the esteemed guests and opened the gathering. He called upon the distinguished philanthropist R' Akiva Hersh Klein, a member of the building fund committee who heads the entire project, who among other things presented to the donors a report of everything done until now and all the plans for the future. He thanked several philanthropists and askanim who invested great efforts so that the project could come to be, first and foremost the driving force of the project, the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach, the distinguished philanthropist R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, and the Yerushalayim resident, the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Yehoshua HaKohen Glanz, and last but beloved, the esteemed R' Chaim Shlomo Fischer.

Afterwards the host, the distinguished philanthropist R' Zalman Leib Kappel, spoke, expressing the privilege of hosting such a holy gathering, and spoke about the importance of helping such an enormous project.

Then, beautiful verses were sung with heartfelt emotion by the guest from Eretz Yisroel, R' Yisroel Adler, who with good taste and sensitivity conveyed the greatness of the holy occasion.

With holy awe, the assembled had the privilege of hearing words of holy address from the Rebbe shlit"a, who explained in the words of Aggadah the greatness of the holiness of the day, and then spoke of the tremendous merit of all the philanthropists who are privileged to take part in such a holy building from which Torah and halacha will go forth to the entire world. The building will house a talmud torah, yeshiva ketana, kollel, mikvah, small shuls, and a beis medrash, for young and old. He also mentioned in praise the host, the distinguished philanthropist R' Zalman Leib Kappel.

Then the Rebbe shlit"a used the opportunity to thank and praise the Creator of all worlds for His abundant mercy and kindness with the new law in New York, which will, b'ezras Hashem, save pure chinuch. He presented all the details of the bitter decree: several years ago, when preparations were being made for the gubernatorial elections, a quiet meeting was held with the governor, and she was asked to try to halt the decree. The Rebbe explained at length how the process of making a law in New York works, and that it is very easy for a politician to promise, but one needed to make sure to request something that she can actually arrange.
The Rebbe praised the architect of the plan, the esteemed R' Yaakov Zusman Soifer, who over the past few years invested difficult work and much money. He also praised the esteemed R' Yoshe Oestreicher, who is well versed in Albany and had a large part in this, and the esteemed R' Gedalya Segedin, who used his political connections in Albany to bring it about. He particularly emphasized how the opponents of our chinuch fought tooth and nail against the law, but with Heavenly help the law was changed in our favor. Although one cannot know what will be, since the government will try to find loopholes and interpret the law the opposite way, and it may still end up in court, we must thank Hashem for the past and ask Hashem for the future. He also particularly praised the esteemed R' Simcha Eichenstein and the esteemed R' Aharon Bentzion Wieder, the local assemblymen, who helped greatly.

At the conclusion of the words of holy address, the Rebbe shlit"a wished abundant blessings to all the philanthropists, that they merit all the blessings mentioned in the Torah.

For bentching, the Rebbe honored the distinguished philanthropist R' Yisroel Zev Weinstock.

After bentching, the gathering proceeded to the highlight of the event, when the Rebbe shlit"a laid the cornerstone for the great and holy building, as warm niggunim were sung with holy fiery emotion. Among other things, the Rebbe shlit"a placed inside several coins from the holy Rebbes zy"a, and a piece of wood from the holy ground on which the Divrei Yoel zy"a stood in the Beis Medrash HaGadol of Kiryas Joel, which the host, the esteemed R' Zalman Leib, had in his possession. Then he honored his sons, HaGaon HaRav the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a and HaGaon HaRav the Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, as well as the donors and askanim, to pour in the cornerstone. The gathering continued with joyous niggunim. It concluded at around 8:00.

Entry times to the Rebbe in Kiryas Joel were from 8:20 until 12:15 at night, at his holy residence on Ohel Ct.

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

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Dovid Yechezkel Meshulam Teller.
- The bochur Aharon Yuda Strulovitch.
- The bochur Yoel Amram Gruber.
- The bochur Yisroel Efraim Fishel Schlesinger.
- The bochur Avrohom Shmuel Brach.

After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 25, verse 2. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon hours, the Rebbe went up to Heichal HaYeshiva, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from the talmidei hayeshiva in his private room.

The reception hours in the Kodesh were from 8:10 until 12:40 at night, in his holy home on Uhel Court.

During the reception hours, the distinguished askan R' Simcha Eichenstein, Assemblyman from Boro Park, entered the Kodesh together with members of the Kiryas Joel administration, to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the passage of the new law to save the future of pure chinuch in New York. R' Simcha thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for giving him the privilege and trust to be the proper emissary for the efforts to rescue the chinuch. He gave and discussed a firsthand report from the inside on the entire course of events of the last few days before the law passed, and all the last-minute attempts by the enemies of religion to disrupt it. He also explained how, Baruch Hashem, the victory was achieved thanks to the proper connections our holy kehilla has built with the elected officials, through well-thought-out and correct decisions and endorsements, both for Governor Hochul and for the other political officials, without being dragged along by the wild rhetoric of the street.
The Rebbe warmly thanked R' Simcha from the depths of his pure heart, on behalf of all of Klal Yisroel, residents of New York, for standing at the head of the legislative work to pass the critical law to save chinuch, and bestowed from his holy blessing abundant blessings upon his continued askanus.

Also entering the Kodesh was HaGaon Rabbi Nachman Klein shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Washerheli and Rav of Kiryat Matersdorf, Yerushalayim, and he presented to the Rebbe shlit"a the new sefer of the Maharam Schick that he reprinted. A nice conversation developed about the Maharam Schick zy"a, and the Rebbe bestowed his blessing upon him.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tnaim for the mechutanim HaRav HaChassid R' Yehoshua Wolf Mittelman and HaGaon Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Lax shlit"a, a moreh tzedek.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:40.

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

Friday night at around 8:30 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Avrohom Shmuel Eckstein (Monsey). The davening concluded at around 10:10. The congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:35 the Rebbe entered the holy tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidei hamesivta, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yissachar Ber Teitelbaum, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Hagbahas HaKos (raising the cup): the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Meir Yuda Ashkenazi shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Shalom Klein (Yerushalayim). Menucha V'Simcha: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Meisels shlit"a (Boro Park), son of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi Meisels, rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "After the death of the two sons of Aharon," and explained in the manner of derush the concept of "the Torah spoke in the language of man."

Kah Echsof: HaRav R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Chaim Elazar Rabinowitz shlit"a, dayan and rosh yeshiva of Dinov, son of the Dinov Rebbe shlit"a.

Stories and accounts: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy Noda BiYehuda zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Thursday, 17 Iyar.

Kah Ribon Olam: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Yisroel Dushinsky shlit"a (Boro Park), son of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi Dushinsky, rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a. The new chasanim went over to take fruit. Az B'Yom HaShevii: R' Yudel Steinmetz. They continued with niggunim in honor of Lag B'Omer. It ended at around 1:20.

On the day of Shabbos Kodesh

The Rebbe entered for davening at around 9:40. Berachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Elchanan Taub. For Shacharis the Rebbe sent his son, HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Baruch shlit"a, to the amud.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Meir Yaakov Indig. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Mendel Frankel.

Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Avrohom Yuda Weinfeld.
- Levi: R' Fishel Landau; the Rebbe named him for the aliyah on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Baruch Teitelbaum shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Baruch shlit"a; the Rebbe named him for the aliyah on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov, and she was named in Yisroel 'Gitel' after the grandmother, the Rebbetzin of Gorlitz a"h.
- Revii: HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Baruch shlit"a.
- Chamishi: HaRav R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Shevii: R' Nechemya Shlomo Indig; the Rebbe named him for the aliyah on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Acharon: R' Avrohom Shalom Landau.
- Maftir: R' Isaac Silberstein.
- Hagbah: R' Yehoshua Hersh Freund (Williamsburg).
- Gelilah: R' Binyamin son of R' Hirsch.

Mussaf: HaRav R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Teitelbaum, rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a. Pesicha for Anim Zemiros: R' Dovid Friedman (Williamsburg).

A few minutes later the Rebbe entered the Kiddush Rabba simcha in the Heichal of the Beis Medrash HaGadol, north side. The Rebbe made Kiddush and tasted mezonos and fish, niggunei simcha were sung, and the baal simcha spoke words of Torah.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly wished the baal simcha, the grandfathers and the entire congregation well, and delivered a Torah thought on the verse "With this shall Aharon come into the Kodesh," explaining that in order to daven properly one must come with the tears of the ezras nashim, and that the tefillos should be accepted with mercy and favor, and he concluded with abundant berachos. It ended at around 12:40.

Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:30.
- Mincha: R' Yoel son of R' Chaim Pekete.
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Mordechai Ber Moskowitz.
- Kohen: HaRav R' Akiva Yosef Kahana shlit"a (Williamsburg), son-in-law of the Beis Yitzchak Spinka Rebbe shlit"a.
- Levi: R' Moshe Meir Gottlieb.
- Shlishi: R' Chaim Friedman (Williamsburg).
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yoel Dovid Schwartz.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a spoke on the verse "You shall be holy," and explained that by extending the kedusha of Shabbos through Shalosh Seudos into the weekdays, one receives the strength to sanctify oneself in what is permitted to you throughout the entire week.

Yedid Nefesh: HaRav R' Shlomo Zabel shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Beis Dov. Kel Mistater: R' Chaim Friedman. The Rebbe made a berachah over the cup.

Maariv Motzei Shabbos: R' Shimshon Shraga Feigel. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. It ended at around 10:40.

After Havdalah the Rebbe visited the ill R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz, who was ill since Shabbos.

A group of talmidei yeshiva gedola of Bobov in Boro Park, who were spending Shabbos b'tzeil hakodesh, came into his holy home. The Rebbe inquired about their studies and bestowed upon them from his holy blessing.

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