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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis at Yeshiva Gedolah, the Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Chaim Hersh Weiss.
- The bochur Yoel son of the bochur Avrohom Friedman.

After davening, the Rebbe gave over the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 29, verse 3, and the Rebbe spoke about the importance of reciting Tehillim and learning Torah during the days of Shovavim. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At around 5:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Hewes St.

In the evening, the Rebbe traveled into Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.
Upon arriving in Williamsburg at around 8:20, the Rebbe first went up to a lechayim in the home of R' Yekusiel Aharon Dovid Weiss in honor of the upcoming wedding of his son, mazel tov. On that occasion he pledged a large sum toward the new mikvah of our holy kehilla that is now being built in the South Eight neighborhood of Williamsburg.
Present were the Rav of our kehilla in Linden, HaGaon Rabbi Linden shlit"a, and HaGaon R' Chaim Aharon Unger shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Lev Aharon in the South Eight neighborhood of Williamsburg. A pleasant conversation ensued about matters of marriage and about the expansion of the borders of our holy kehilla in Linden.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished mazel tov to the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire gathering.

From there, at around 8:45, the Rebbe went over to the halls of Ginas Esther for the vort of the grandson of the Rebbe, the chassan Rabbi Yoel Dushinsky shlit"a, son of the brother-in-law of the Rebbe, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a, and the kallah, daughter of HaGaon R' Yechezkel Dovid Singer shlit"a, rebbi in Yeshiva Ketana, the Ahavas HaTorah branch in Williamsburg.
The Rebbe greeted the grandfathers and rabbonim at the head table, arranged the tenaim, and honored the elder grandfather, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Pashkevitz-Chenskovitz shlit"a, to read the tenaim.
- Witnesses to the tenaim: R' Moshe Falkovitch and R' Yitzchak Hersh Mittelman.
- Guarantor on behalf of the chassan: R' Chaim Shlomo Fischer.
- Guarantor on behalf of the kallah: R' Eliyahu Leib Rosenberg.
Joyous melodies were sung and the entire gathering went over to wish mazel tov to the Rebbe shlit"a. Afterward the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished mazel tov to the chassan, the mechutanim, and the entire gathering. At around 9:15 the Rebbe left the hall, and on his way out the Rebbe wished the kallah mazel tov as is customary.

The reception hours in Kiryas Joel took place from 9:25 until 12:40 after midnight in his holy home on Hewes St.

During the reception hours, HaGaon R' Yitzchak Tzvi Sofer shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of Rachmistrivka, entered the Rebbe's room to receive his blessing, accompanied by his son, the Rav of our kehilla in Linden, shlit"a, in honor of the wedding of his son, mazel tov. A pleasant conversation ensued and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00 and then continued to receive the public.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah Sniff Eitz Chaim – Shiur Gimmel. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Berish Stern.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 29, verse 1. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the heichal of the beis medrash, during which the Rebbe distributed shlichei mitzvah money and bestowed his holy blessing upon the yeshiva students on the occasion of their departure to the holy places in Europe.

At around 5:50 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Kahana Street, Kiryas Joel.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- R' Eliezer Hersh Neiman and R' Chaim Kornbluh, in the Kinor David hall.
- R' Yoel Greenwald shlit"a and R' Shalom Yosef Samet shlit"a, in the Beis Rachel Paradise hall.
- R' Yisroel Dovid Wagschal shlit"a and HaGaon R' Yitzchak Asher Yeshaya Leifer shlit"a of the Nadvorna Chassidim in Kiryas Joel, in the Ginas Klein hall.

The Rebbe received the public from 8:20 until 1:30 at night in his holy home on Uhel Street, Kiryas Joel.

At around 10:15 the Rebbe was in the tenaim halls, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- R' Yoel Gutman and R' Moshe Yosef Dov Simon.
- R' Shalom Moshe Feldman and R' Yehuda Scher.

During the reception hours, the Bohush Rebbe shlit"a, who is presently in Kiryas Joel for the support of his institutions in Eretz Yisroel, paid a visit. A pleasant conversation ensued, and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed upon him his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00 and then continued receiving the public.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Avrohom Yosha Teller.
- The bochur Yaakov Kapel Siman.
- The bochur Meir Fisher.
- The bochur Azriel Spitzer.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 29, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

After Shacharis, a bris of the newborn son took place for R' Shalom Zaldan at the home of his grandfather, HaRav R' Avrohom Leib Brach, l'refuah shleimah, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

At around 5:50 the Rebbe davened Mincha at his lovely holy home on Zanz Street.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- HaRav R' Moshe Dovid Perl and HaRav R' Yoel Hersh Fisher in the halls of Kinor Dovid.
- HaRav R' Dovid Katz and HaRav R' Zalman Leib Apfel in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.
- HaRav R' Yoel Alexander Stern and HaRav R' Yoel Bar"h Mittelman in the halls of Ginas Klein.

Visiting hours in Kiryas Joel were from 8:00 until 11:30 at night at his lovely holy home on Uhel Street.

At around 10:15 the Rebbe went down to the tenaim halls, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- HaRav R' Hillel Herskowitz and HaRav R' Eliezer Sussman Rotta.
- HaRav R' Eliyahu Reuven Safdi and HaRav R' Rachamim Avrohom Dana.

During the visiting hours, the publishers of the 'Lachzos B'noam' bulletin, which distributes the Satmar Rebbe's shlit"a divrei Torah every week, entered the Rebbe's room. The Rebbe looked over the issues, thanked them, and bestowed his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:45 and then continued receiving the public.

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Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Yisro - Shabbos of Simcha - Shabbos Sheva Brachos of a fourth-generation granddaughter of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, daughter of his grandson R' Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. The chassan, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rottenberg shlit"a, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Chaim Tzvi shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Pintschov

In the afternoon hours the Rebbe affixed the mezuzos in the newly finished rooms in his holy home on Zanz Street.

Before candle-lighting time, the Rebbe put the shtreimel on the chasanim.
- The chasan Gedaliah, the bochur, son of Eliezer Hersh Neiman.
- The chasan Yudel, the bochur, son of Leibel Herskowitz.

Friday night at around 6:00 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis, accompanied by the chasan and the mechutanim with song and singing, and went up to daven Mincha. Kabbolas Shabbos: R' Mordechai Dovid Rottenberg shlit"a (Boro Park). They finished at around 7:30. An appeal took place for the mosdos HaTorah VehaChinuch in Argentina. The congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 10:05 the Rebbe entered the tish in the Heichal of the Beis Medrash HaGadol, and began as is his way with Shalom Aleichem, with emotion and sweetness.
- Eshes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the young Yekusiel Yuda Glantz, son of HaRav R' Yoel shlit"a.
- Raising the cup: the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros.
- Kol Mekadesh: R' Shalom Wagschal shlit"a (Bloomingburg).
- Menucha V'Simcha: R' Boruch Rottenberg shlit"a.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Vayichad Yisro" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the topic of mitzvos requiring kavana.

- Kah Echsof: R' Yeshaya Yosef Beck shlit"a (Monsey).
- Birkas Hamazon: the Mashlau Rebbe shlit"a.
- Sheva Brachos, the first blessings: the HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.
- The final blessing: the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Pintschov shlit"a.
- Kah Ribon Olam: R' Menachem Shlomo Rosenbaum shlit"a (Boro Park).
The fresh chasanim went over to take fruit.

The badchan of the king, R' Mordechai Dovid Oestreicher, called up the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tantz, and the Rebbe danced the holy dances before the kallah with great arousal for an extended time and then danced with the chasan, and then honored the zeides, the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a and the Mashlau Rebbe shlit"a, and the mechutanim to dance the mitzvah tantz.
- Az Beyom HaShevii: R' Levi Yitzchak Rosenbaum shlit"a, and the Rebbe danced in a circle in the Heichal of the beis medrash together with the chasan, the mechutanim and the members of the family. They finished at around 12:45.

On the day of Shabbos

On Shabbos Kodesh morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:25.
- Brachos: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Meir Zwibel shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Williamsburg.
- Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Aharon Spiegel shlit"a (Boro Park).
The Rebbe went up to daven Shacharis.

- Taking out and returning the Sefer Torah: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Avrohom Avish Schmidman shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Flatbush.
- The verses of Shema Yisroel: the Rebbe's grandson R' Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a.
- Carrying the Sefer Torah to the bimah: HaGaon R' Eliezer Hersh Horowitz shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Manchester shlit"a.
Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Yeshaya Yitzchak Rubin (Williamsburg).
- Levi: the Rebbe's grandson, the chasan Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rottenberg shlit"a.
- Shlishi: the chasan Gedaliah, the bochur, son of Eliezer Hersh Neiman - was showered with candy.
- Revii: the chasan, son of R' Yoel Greenwald shlit"a - was showered with candy.
- Chamishi: the chasan Yaakov Shlomo, the bochur, son of Eizik Hersh Berkowitz.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya the Rebbe named newborn daughters for:
- R' Mordechai Leib Zwibel shlit"a.
- R' Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Deutsch.
- R' Yaakov Gutman.
The Rebbe also recited a Mi Sheberach and named a newborn son for R' Hershel, son of Pinchas Schwartz (Williamsburg).

- Shevii: the chasan, son of R' Yoel Fish shlit"a.
- Acharon: the chasan Wolf, the bochur, son of Amram Yitzchak Weinstock.
- Maftir: the chasan Shimon, the bochur, son of Chaim Ephraim Weiss.
- Hagbaha: R' Yoel Greenwald shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Eliezer Hersh Neiman.

- Musaf: the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.
- Opening of Ano'im Zemiros: R' Wolf, the bochur, son of Elimelech Landau (Williamsburg).

After davening a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Bentzion Fried, where the Rebbe served as sandek.
They finished at around 12:30.

The Rebbe held the Shabbos day seudah of Sheva Brachos together with the members of the family downstairs in the hall of his holy home, and they lingered with song and singing.
The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros.
- Boruch Hashem Yom Yom: R' Yekusiel Yuda Dovid Rosenbaum shlit"a.
- Boruch Kel Elyon: R' Moshe Leifer shlit"a.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Vayichad Yisro" and explained that Yisro, already during the time of the enslavement in Egypt, saw the redemption from Egypt and rejoiced even then over what was to come.
- Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson R' Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a.
- Sheva Brachos, the first blessings: R' Menachem Shlomo Rosenbaum shlit"a.
- The final blessing: the Rebbe's grandson HaRav R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Rav Tov.
They finished at around 2:30.

Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered for Mincha at around 6:00.
- Baal tefilla: R' Moshe Falkowitz.
- Taking out and returning the Sefer Torah: R' Berel Stein.
- Kohen: R' Amram, son of Dovid Kahn.
- Levi: HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Pintschov shlit"a.
- Shlishi: HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.
- Hagbaha: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Avrohom Yishai Berkowitz (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos.
- Odeh: HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Flatbush shlit"a.
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Vayesaper Moshe L'chosno" and explained that from every mitzvah an angel is created that helps a person do more mitzvos, and the same, chas v'shalom, with an aveira. And even though we commonly say that Hashem does not combine a bad thought with an act, this applies only to ordinary aveiros; but in matters of kedusha, where the thought is also a transgression, an angel is also created from a thought. However, with every sigh and thought of regret, the evil angels are rendered powerless. He continued with words of arousal, saying that we are already in the last week of the Shovavim days, and if we make a cheshbon hanefesh of what we accomplished in the past weeks, the situation is very bitter. Still, we must remember that we need to tear ourselves free and plead that we merit true thoughts of regret, and after that Hashem will help and nullify all the angels created from one's aveiros, who do not let him do teshuva, and once they are nullified, we will merit complete teshuva.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Avrohom Yishai Berkowitz.
- Kel Mistaser: R' Mendel Meir Weiss.
Before bentching they sang joyous melodies.
The Rebbe made the blessing over the cup and recited Sheva Brachos.

- Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch.
They finished at around 8:30.

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a paid a visit in his holy residence to his mechutan, the Mashlau Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessing.

At around 10:20 the Rebbe entered the hall in his holy home for the Sheva Brachos arranged by the Rebbe shlit"a, to which were invited the bochurim, members of the Chaburas Kedushas Yom Tov of Shaarei Yeshivos Ketanos of Williamsburg, which was founded by the HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a to learn Chassidus seforim every week, and especially before the Yamim Tovim.
Upon entering, the Rebbe danced in place for several minutes and then washed for the seudah, and they sang the zemiros of Melaveh Malka, continuing with joyous melodies, and the Rebbe rose to dance for an extended time.
After the fish a question-and-answer session took place, where R' Nosson Moskowitz shlit"a, director of the Yeshiva Ketana branch Mivtzar HaTorah of Williamsburg, presented many questions that the bochurim had submitted regarding various topics concerning minhagei Yisroel, Chassidus, learning, and more, to which the Rebbe responded and spoke at length with good sense and insight.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a holy address with words of derush on the topic of marriage, and then continued with guidance for the bochurim in preparation for Yom Tov of Purim, and among other things spoke about the power of song and expressed pain over the current tunes that are danced to at weddings, urged them to distance themselves from the current tunes, and concluded with his holy blessing.

- Birkas Hamazon: the mechutan, HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Pintschov shlit"a.
- Sheva Brachos: HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.
They finished at around 12:30.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Branch Beirach Moshe. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yoel Freund.
- The bochur Moshe Yoel Green.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went for hagbah. After davening, he delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 29, verse 1. During it, the Rebbe delivered an extended eulogy for his friend, HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Harama, London, and president of the Admas Kodesh organization for the preservation of Jewish graves in Europe, who passed away on Wednesday.
Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe paid a shiva call to the family of the Rabbani, the philanthropist R' Yisroel Dov Goldberger a"h.

At around 6:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his home at Zanz 109.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim.
- R' Chaim Efraim Weiss and R' Amram Kahn, in the halls of Kinor Dovid.
- R' Yehoshua Leib Stein and R' Yaakov Yisroel Katina, in the halls of Ginas Klein.

The reception hours were from 7:40 until 12:00 at night, in his home at Ohel 109.

At around 10:15, the Rebbe went down to the tenaim hall, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- R' Lipa Weinberger and R' Yisroel Neiman.
- R' Yoel Yosef Markowitz and R' Menachem Mendy Brach.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Branch Yoel Moshe. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yoel Meir Friedman.
- The bochur Yisroel Zahler.
- The bochur Yitzchak Vogel.
- The bochur Baruch Aryeh Vogel.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 29, verse 11. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe paid a shiva call to R' Aharon Yaakov Schwartz and R' Moshe Aryeh Freund, who are sitting shiva for his mother/their mother, the widow of R' Dovid Schwartz a"h.

At around 4:50, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his home at Zanz 109.

At around 6:00, the Rebbe arrived in Shikun Skver for the chuppah at the wedding of the fourth generation granddaughter of his brother-in-law, the Skver Rebbe shlit"a. The kallah is the daughter of HaRav Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, son of the Rachmistrivka Rebbe of Monsey shlit"a, and the chosson is the son of HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky shlit"a, son of the Skver Rebbe shlit"a. After the chuppah, the Rebbe warmly wished mazel tov to his brother-in-law the Skver Rebbe shlit"a, to the chosson, to the mechutanim, and to all the grandfathers, the Rebbes shlit"a. He also warmly greeted HaGaon Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra, Monsey.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim.
- R' Yoel Wertzberger and R' Elimelech Reich, in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.
- R' Simcha Klagsbrun and R' Yechezkel Shraga Jacobowitz, in the halls of Ginas Klein.

The reception hours were from 8:40 until 1:30 at night, in his home at Ohel 109.

At around 10:15, the Rebbe went down to the tenaim hall, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- R' Aharon Shlomo Appel and R' Yisroel Yaakov Silberstein.
- R' Moshe Baruch Katz and R' Kalman Eckstein.

During the reception hours, HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Domatz shlit"a entered to greet the Rebbe shlit"a after returning from a rest trip in Arizona. A pleasant conversation ensued, and the Dayan shlit"a warmly wished the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov on the wedding that took place this past Monday.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00 and then continued receiving the public.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Heichal Tehillos Yehosef in our great beis medrash in Williamsburg. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yoel Lazer
- The bochur Yoel Kahn
- The bochur Chaim Hersh Mittelman

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Avrohom Yosha Eckstein (Kiryas Joel), at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim and the family of the bris in the Heichal of the beis medrash.

At around 5:00, the Rebbe went on a visit to the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla, accompanied by his son, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. The Rebbe looked over the entire baking process and heard a report from HaRav HaChassid R' Baruch Yehuda Spitzer, manager of the bakery, about the many chumros and hiddurim that have been introduced in recent years according to the Rebbe's directives. The Rebbe pointed out various instructions, then separated challah and bestowed his holy blessing upon the bakery's management.

Afterwards the Rebbe went up to the home of HaRav HaGaon R' Shlomo Shabsai Kestenbaum shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our holy kehilla, to a lechayim celebration on the occasion of the engagement of his daughter, mazel tov. A pleasant Torah conversation ensued. The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly wished the chosson, the mechutanim, and the entire family well.

At around 6:00, the Rebbe arrived for a visit to the Heichal of our kollel in our great beis medrash. The Rebbe walked among all the tables and looked over the hundreds of kollel members with great nachas. A pleasant conversation developed with the HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and HaRav HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwiebel shlit"a, the Rosh HaKollel.
Afterwards the Rebbe davened Mincha in the Heichal of the beis medrash. Baal tefillah: R' Elimelech Landau.

Reception hours (yechidus) were from 7:45 until 11:30 at night in his holy home on Hewes St.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 8:15 and then continued receiving the public.

After the reception hours, the Rebbe traveled home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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

This morning a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Eliezer Yechezkel Schwimmer, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah, Divrei Yoel branch. During the Torah reading he was called up as Shlishi. After davening he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 29, verse 11.

In his private room, HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, head of the administrators of Kiryas Joel, entered together with several administrators of the yeshivos ketanos, and presented to the Rebbe shlit"a the kabbalos tovos (commitments for good) of hundreds of yeshiva ketana bochurim regarding technology. The Rebbe reviewed the kabbalos tovos for an extended time with great nachas ruach and bestowed his holy blessing.

During the morning hours the Rebbe visited the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla.

The Wedding Simcha of the Kallah, a Fourth-Generation Granddaughter of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a
Daughter of his grandson Rabbi Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Mashloy Rebbe shlit"a, son-in-law of the Kalov Rebbe shlit"a, for a speedy recovery.
The other side: the chassan, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rottenberg shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Hersh shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Pintshov.

At about 2:45 the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg. Upon arrival, the Rebbe went to his holy home at the Shaarei Yosher, near the Beis Medrash HaGadol.

At about 5:00 the Rebbe entered the Heichal Meir Zelig in the Beis Medrash HaGadol, where the Rebbe davened Mincha.
- Baal tefillah: R' Dovid Shimon Promovitch.
After Mincha, the entire kehilla, elders and youngsters alike, came over to bless and be blessed by the Rebbe shlit"a on the day of the chuppah.

Then, at about 5:40, the Rebbe entered the kabbalas panim in the Heichal of the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Stirring melodies were sung, and the badchan of the king, Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Oesterreicher, spoke words of inspiration and enumerated the great yichus of the chassan and kallah and of the distinguished grandfathers who had come to take part in the simcha.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered good wishes to the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire gathering. He delivered warm holy words, invoked the merit of the forefathers, and concluded with abundant blessings to the chassan, the mechutanim, and the distinguished grandfathers. He mentioned the elder grandfathers, HaGaon HaTzaddik of Boro Park shlit"a, for a speedy recovery, and the Kalov Rebbe shlit"a, for a speedy recovery, and wished abundant blessings to the entire gathering.
The kesuba was arranged. The witnesses to the kesuba were: HaGaon Rabbi Naftali Hirtzka Zwibel shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din, and HaGaon Rabbi Bentzion Laub shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe.
Afterwards they went to the badekin in the halls of Apiryon, where the Rebbe blessed the chassan.

At about 6:55 the Rebbe shlit"a came out to the chuppah ceremony in front of our great beis medrash, in the presence of thousands of anash.
The Rebbe shlit"a honored his mechutan, the Mashloy Rebbe shlit"a, with the kiddushin.
- Reading of the kesuba: the grandfather, HaGaon Rabbi Welvel Anfang shlit"a.
- Sheva Brachos, first blessings: the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a, the chassan's older uncle.
- Final blessing: the Dombrov Rebbe shlit"a, the chassan's older uncle.
- Witnesses to the kiddushin: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Meir Zwibel shlit"a and HaGaon R' Avrohom Chaim Matzen shlit"a.
- Witnesses to the yichud: Rabbi Hershel Teller shlit"a and Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a.

After the chuppah the Rebbe shlit"a wished holy blessings to the entire gathering and began a mitzvah dance with the grandfathers and mechutanim.
After the chuppah the Rebbe greeted the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a, and then went over to wish mazel tov to the elder grandfathers, his brother-in-law HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, for a speedy recovery, and his mechutan the Kalov Rebbe shlit"a, for a speedy recovery, who were sitting in the cars next to the chuppah.

At about 7:45 the Rebbe davened Maariv in the Heichal Tehillos Yehosef.
Baal tefillah: R' Shlomo Zalman Stein.

After the chuppah the wedding seudah took place in the Heichal of the Beis Medrash HaGadol, headed by HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, together with the grandfathers and mechutanim shlit"a. Joyous songs of gratitude were sung for an extended time, and the Rav shlit"a walked among the crowd accepting mazel tov wishes and danced with the elders of anash and with dear old friends.

The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the righteous

At about 9:10 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the wedding seudah in the hall, with tens of thousands of anash participating. The Rebbe danced in place for an extended time with great emotion and joy, and then washed for the wedding seudah.

At about 9:30 the chassan entered and the Rebbe danced with the chassan, and honored the mechutanim and the grandfathers, the Rabbonim HaGaonim shlit"a, to dance with the chassan.

The following distinguished Rebbes, relatives of the family, took part in the seudah:
- The Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a.
- The Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a.
- The Vizhnitz London Rebbe shlit"a.
- The Toldos Tzvi Spinka Rebbe shlit"a.
- The Krali Rebbe shlit"a.
- The Rachmistrivka Acquin Rebbe shlit"a.
The Rebbe honored them with a lechayim, bestowed his holy blessing, honored them to dance with the chassan, and then began a mitzvah dance.

The Rebbe left the beis medrash at about 10:15 and went home to his holy residence.
At his holy residence, the Rachmistrivka Rebbe shlit"a and the Tzaddik R' Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, son of the Skver Rebbe shlit"a, came over to wish mazel tov on the wedding simcha. A pleasant conversation ensued and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing.

At about 11:20 the Rebbe entered for Birkas HaMazon and the mitzvah tantz.
- Birkas HaMazon: HaGaon R' Meir Rottenberg shlit"a.
- Sheva Brachos, first blessings: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Zalman Leib Wagschal shlit"a, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Wodislav zt"l.
- Final blessing: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Elchanan Rottenberg shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Wodislav.

Then the badchan of the king, R' Mordechai Dovid Oesterreicher, called the Rebbe shlit"a to the dancing before the kallah with warm rhymes and invoked the merit of the holy forefathers. Stirring melodies were then continued with an outpouring of the soul and tears of joy. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered good wishes to the chassan, the mechutanim, and all those gathered, and then danced the holy dances before the kallah with fiery enthusiasm and holy emotion for an extended time.

Then the Rebbe danced with the chassan, with his grandson, the mechutan Rabbi Chaim Hersh shlit"a, together with the chassan, and then in a special dance with his son, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and then with the members of his family and the entire royal family, the grandchildren of the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a.

Then the grandfather, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, was called up. Stirring melodies were sung, and the Rav shlit"a danced before the kallah with great emotion and joy, and then danced with his father, the Rebbe shlit"a, and with the members of his family for an extended time.

Then the grandfathers were called up: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, the Mashlpoy Rebbe shlit"a, and HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Welvel Anfang shlit"a, as well as the mechutanim, the father of the chassan and the father of the kallah shlit"a. The Rebbe danced for an extended time with each of the mechutanim and grandfathers shlit"a separately.
The badchan called out the chassan and kallah, and Eishes Chayil was danced. On the way out the Rebbe wished the chassan and kallah well, as is customary. The Rebbe left the hall at 3:15 and went home to his holy residence at the Shaarei Yosher beis medrash.

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

In the morning, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yekusiel Yuda Malach, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah, Kodesh Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The son of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Heiman shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla, Williamsburg.
- The bochur Yosha Heshil Sharf.
- The bochur Yoel Kahn.
- The bochur Dovid Yosef Leib Wertzberger.
- The bochur Yitzchok Shraga Holtzman.
- The bochur Shlomo Eliyahu Malach.
- The bochur Yehuda Weiss.
- The bochur Amram Neuwirth.
- The bochur Zev Scherzer.
- The bochur Dovid Levy.
- The bochur Shaul Brach.
- The bochur Yitzchok Menachem Berger.
- The bochur Shmuel Goldstein.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 29, verse 11. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash.

In the afternoon hours, the Rebbe made his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse.

Afterward, the Rebbe went up to the Divrei Yoel branch of the yeshiva, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidei hayeshiva in his private room. At around 5:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.
After Mincha, a group of bochurim entered for a private audience. They had headed the large melaveh malka that took place this past Motzei Shabbos for the talmidim of the mesivta, to strengthen themselves regarding limiting wedding expenses, and in particular regarding music, to use only "DJ" music. The Rebbe heard a report on the activities of the askanim and strongly encouraged the bochurim askanim to succeed in saving as much Jewish money as possible, and bestowed his holy blessing.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppahs of the mechutanim:
- R' Simcha Naftali Klagsbrun and R' Yisroel Asher Weiss in the Kinor Dovid halls.
- R' Yoel Berach Lichtman and Rabbi Yechiel Michel Traeger shlit"a in the Beis Rachel Paradise halls.
- R' Yisroel Mordechai Weissberg and R' Moshe Eliyahu Banda in the Ginas Klein halls.

Yechidus hours were from 8:00 until 9:00 in the evening at his holy home on Ohel Street.
During the yechidus hours, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, son of the Rebbe of Machnovka-Monsey shlit"a and son-in-law of HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Yitzchok Twersky shlit"a, son-in-law/son of the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a, entered for a private audience to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter, mazel tov, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

At around 9:10, the Rebbe entered the tish in honor of Tu B'Shevat in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash HaGadol, in the presence of thousands of anash.
They prolonged the singing and zemiros in honor of the day. On the tables lay many magnificent displays of various kinds of fruits in honor of the day.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the entire tzibur well, and the singing continued. The Rebbe made a brachah on a date and tasted from the esrogim, and shirayim was distributed.

During the tish, the Rebbe delivered five divrei Torah.
- First dvar Torah: We increase in fruits on Tu B'Shevat, since it is forty days before the creation of the world according to R' Yehoshua. Through making the brachos, the angels' claim of "din davar meitzar" is nullified, since there is a loss to the seller; as angels cannot make brachos, their claim is voided. And the singing continued.

- Second dvar Torah: Another reason why we increase in fruits on Tu B'Shevat: on this day Hashem conceived the thought to create the world so that the Jewish people would be able to receive the Torah. We increase in fruits, which point to mitzvos d'rabbanan. There is no claim that the giving of the Torah was coerced, since Moshe Rabbeinu added one day on his own. The Rebbe added that according to most opinions, mitzvos d'rabbanan are indeed akin to d'Oraisa. Therefore, one must say that the fruits are matters of "milei d'chasidusa" and minhagei Yisroel, and by fulfilling minhagei Yisroel, the claim that the giving of the Torah was coerced is nullified.
The Rebbe mentioned what was said on the night of Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Toldos, may it come upon us for good, in the holy place Meron, regarding saying the Parshas HaKetores every day before Shacharis. Among chassidic Jews, one is also careful to say Korbanos before Mincha. It is neither d'Oraisa nor d'rabbanan but a minhag Yisroel that is brought in the Shulchan Aruch. There are many such minhagei Yisroel every day, such as going to the mikvah, etc. Likewise there are many chassidic prohibitions; there are things a chassidic Jew does not do, whether regarding vessels, clothing, and many other matters. Tu B'Shevat is the day on which one must accept upon himself to uphold all minhagei Yisroel and not belittle any chassidic matter. He also urged preparing for Yom Tov Purim, may it come upon us for good, by learning the holy sefer Kedushas Levi, which instills vitality in a Jew. And the singing continued.
- Third dvar Torah: Another reason why we increase in fruits: there is another reason why it would be a loss for Hashem if He gave the Torah to the angels. When a Jew does teshuva me'ahava, his intentional sins become merits, and Hashem derives great pleasure from this, which an angel cannot provide. The Torah and mitzvos are the Eitz HaChaim, and the merits created from the aveiros are the fruits. Tu B'Shevat falls at the end of the Shovavim days, which are auspicious for teshuva and rectifying one's deeds, and many merits have already been created in the past weeks. We eat fruits to allude to the fruits that were created, and because of this we were able to receive the Torah. The Rebbe concluded that "Chamisha Asar" has the letters of "Shaarei Simcha," since through merits one brings down joy and salvation, and wished that we merit to increase in fruits and that the gates of joy be opened for each and every one, collectively and individually.
The Rebbe tasted from the esrog, and the singing continued with joyous melodies.
- Fourth dvar Torah: Quoted from the Bnei Yissaschar that on Tu B'Shevat one prays for a good esrog. An esrog is "eitzo u'piryo shaveh," which means that on Tu B'Shevat one must pray that his tree and its fruit be equal, and that the children and grandchildren be upright, so that we may see pleasure and nachas until the end of all generations. They sang "Vihi Zari" with great hisorerus for an extended time.
- Fifth dvar Torah: Tu B'Shevat is the Rosh Hashana for trees. At the creation of the world, the grasses made a kal vachomer from the trees, that they too should grow according to their kind. By Yitzchok Avinu it says that he was blessed through a kal vachomer: since Yishmael has all good, surely Yitzchok must have. This applies even when one is not in such a good state spiritually, but one is not worse than Yishmael. Therefore, on Tu B'Shevat, the Rosh Hashana for trees, when the grasses made a kal vachomer from the trees, we also make the kal vachomer of Yitzchok from Yishmael, and abundant parnassah is bestowed on each and every one. The Rebbe concluded with abundant blessings for the entire tzibur.
The tish ended at around 11:10. After a short while the Rebbe entered for Maariv in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash. The baal tefillah was R' Mordechai Peketeh.

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