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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis at the Yeshiva Ketana Zera Kodesh branch, under the direction of R' Yoel Asher Weider shlit"a, on the occasion of the hilula kadisha of the holy Baal Zera Kodesh of Raphshitz zy"a.
Upon arriving at the yeshiva, the Rebbe first entered the heichal of the beis medrash and looked over the learning.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the son of HaGaon R' Yoel Hersh Kahn shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg.
- the son of R' Alter Teitelbaum shlit"a.
Afterwards, the Rebbe lit candles in honor of the yahrzeit.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the heichal of the beis medrash. Several nigunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and gave good wishes to the bar mitzvah bochurim, the rebbeim and the talmidim of the yeshiva. The Rebbe delivered words of Torah and mentioned that the holy Raphshitzer Rav zy"a used to instill holiness into a Jew whom he had inspired to true teshuva. The Rebbe concluded with his holy blessing.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to the Yeshiva Beirach Moshe branch, where he learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room. At around 6:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva. Before Mincha, the Rebbe lit candles in honor of the hilula kadisha.

In the evening, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly yechidus hours.

Upon arriving in Williamsburg at around 8:30, the Rebbe first went over to the hall of Ginas Esther, where an 'Asifas Sarei HaAlafim' was held for over a hundred askanim who have taken upon themselves to raise large annual sums for the benefit of Mosdos Yatev Lev among the members of our community living in Williamsburg and Boro Park.
The Gaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a continued with his address, and spoke about the connection that every one of our chassidim must feel to Mosdos Yatev Lev, with several personal stories about the greatness of supporting Mosdos Yatev Lev.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave good wishes to the Gaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, to HaGaon R' Hersh Elimelech Teitelbaum shlit"a, rav of the Tefilla L'Moshe beis medrash in Boro Park, and to the entire assembly.
The Rebbe then delivered words of Torah, and repeated the words of yesterday's asifa in Kiryas Joel, that the purpose of the asifa is to establish a firm foundation for Mosdos Yatev Lev through fixed monthly donations from thousands of members of our community. Besides the workers in the office who raise money all year, many more askanim need to join to bring in new donations, each one among his acquaintances. The heavy deficit of Mosdos Yatev Lev is not that money is lacking, but that askanim are lacking. When new askanim join, it will be possible to cover the institution month by month. The Rebbe concluded with words of chizuk and blessing for all the askanim.

Afterwards, the chairman, R' Dovid Shlomo Laub shlit"a, and R' Shlomo Zalman Spitzer spoke, and the latter presented the order of the campaign.
All the askanim had the opportunity to go over personally to hand in the pledge form, and the Rebbe gave good wishes to each one individually.
The Rebbe left the asifa at around 9:10.

Yechidus hours in the Rebbe's home on Hooper St. ran from 9:15 until 1:15 after midnight.

During the yechidus hours, the administration of Kollel Shomrei HaChomos came in to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the occasion of the upcoming annual dinner, which will take place this Thursday night, Pesach Sheni, in Williamsburg. The Rebbe heard a report on their recent activities, and the administration thanked the Rebbe for the address he delivered in the kollel's heichal during the winter trip to Eretz Yisroel, at the holy site of Meron, which gave great chizuk to the kollel. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing on them.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:30 and counted Sefira before the amud, and then continued receiving the public.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yoel Chaim.
- The bochur Yitzchak Chananel Teitelbaum.
- The bochur Yitzchak Eizik Yaakov Goldstein.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening he recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 30, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At around 5:25, the Rebbe went over to the Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch, for the opening-of-the-zman address to the more than 1,300 talmidim of the yeshiva. The Rebbe began with words of drush and aggadah, and then moved on to guidance and mussar for the coming zman: that they should prepare themselves for the yeshiva's seder, that they should be inspired to go to the mikvah every day, to learn sifrei mussar and chassidus on a fixed basis, the beauty of the Shabbosos in yeshiva and the elevated nature of the Seudas Raava D'Raavin. He also reminded them of the yeshiva's takanos: not to drive, not to go to weddings, and not to own a personal cellphone. He concluded with chizuk in matters of hashkafa, and on making use of the years of bachurus, on the merit the bochurim have to learn in the yeshiva of the Rebbes zy"a, and finished with words of blessing. It ended at around 6:15.
After the address, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the Heichal HaYeshiva; it ended at around 6:40.

At around 8:10, the Rebbe went over to the halls of Gina Klein for the siyum of the Ahavas HaTorah matmidim program, made by the eighth-grade talmidim of all the branches of our holy mosdos. The menahel of the matmidim, HaRav R' Yisroel Zev Halpert shlit"a, spoke.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the melamdim and all the children well, and delivered words of Torah, saying that this week we read the parsha of all the Moadim; when one makes a siyum on a masechta it is also a Yom Tov, "Avidna yoma tava lerabanan," and this is what we pray: "May He bring us to other festivals and holidays," that we should complete more masechtos and have more festivals. He concluded with his holy blessing.
The Rebbe left the hall at around 8:25.

Receiving visitors in the Rebbe's room took place from 8:30 until 12:30 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

At around 9:50, the Rebbe went over to his holy home on Zanz Court, where an "Asifas Sarei HaAlafim" was held for the more than one hundred askanim who have taken upon themselves to raise annual larger sums for the benefit of the Yesod Lev institutions among the members of our community in Kiryas Joel.
Speaking were R' Shlomo Zalman Spitzer, who presented the order of the campaign, and R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss, one of the leading askanim.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished well HaGaon Rabbi Shlomo Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Cieszanów in Kiryas Joel, the askanim and the entire community. He delivered words of Torah about the importance of the Yesod Lev institutions to the Rebbes zy"a and his holy wish that the institution be set on a firm foundation. He said that we are now in the final years before the Yamim Tovim, when one must piece together the shortfalls that remain, and R' Meir Hirsch is working tirelessly to bring this about. The Rebbe explained that in the present parsha we read the parsha of the Moadim, which tells us that we are now standing before the Yamim Tovim and a firm foundation must be established so that the institution can cover its monthly expenses and not need to come with an alarm before the Yamim Tovim. The Rebbe concluded with words of chizuk for the askanim who are preparing for a large campaign to establish fixed, larger donations from the members of our community, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire public.

Afterwards, all the askanim had the opportunity to go over and personally hand in the pledge forms, and the Rebbe wished each one well individually. At around 10:15, the Rebbe left the gathering and returned to his holy home on Ohel Court.

At around 10:20, the Rebbe went down to the halls in his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- HaRav R' Yoel Pasternak shlit"a and HaRav R' Yaakov Shlomo Rubinfeld shlit"a.
- R' Nachum Klagsbrun and R' Yoel Feuerwerker.

During the visiting hours, the Tolna Beit Shemesh Rebbe shlit"a came for a visit to the Rebbe's room. A pleasant conversation took place about HaRav HaKadosh Rabbi Dudel of Tolna z"l, whose yahrzeit fell yesterday, Monday, 10 Iyar. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and gave him his holy blessing.

Also coming into the Rebbe's room was HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Meir Kahn shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Toldos Avraham Yitzchak in Beitar, son of the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place about the visit of his father-in-law, HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Meir Brandsdorfer z"l, at the slaughterhouse in Kiryas Joel, and the Rebbe gave him his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30. Before Maariv, the Rebbe lit candles in honor of the holy hilula of the Baal Zera Kodesh of Ropshitz zy"a, and after Maariv he counted Sefirah at the amud.


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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Yoel, son of R' Feldman.
- The bochur Yoel, son of R' Yechezkel Rosenberg.

After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur and spoke about the war situation in Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe quoted a Chasam Sofer that if a Jew kills a gentile and one does not conduct oneself properly, one must, Heaven forbid, pay with Jewish lives. At the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, Hashem poured out His wrath on wood and stones, and no Jewish lives were lost. Now, in our times, when the impure state is killing off entire populations of gentiles, people are rejoicing, but who knows what we will have to pay for this. The Rebbe also presented a straightforward explanation from his ancestor, the holy R' Elazar Nissan zy"a, on the saying 'Any generation in whose days the Beis Hamikdash is not rebuilt, it is as if it was destroyed in its days': if one mourns the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, it is each year as if the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed anew, and there is an atonement for all of Klal Yisroel each year, and no Jewish lives are lost.
Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

At around 2:30 the Rebbe traveled to Skver, arriving at around 3:00 at the home of his brother-in-law, the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a, for an important meeting together with the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a and the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a, and several leading askanim of the Chareidi world and political officials, where they discussed various matters of general concern at length. The meeting ended at around 4:10, and the Rebbe returned home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

At around 7:15 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy residence on Tzanz Street.

Reception hours were held from 8:20 until 12:00 at night at his holy residence on Uhel Street.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 9:40, and after Maariv the Rebbe recited Kiddush Levana in front of his holy residence.

At around 10:30 the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim for the mechutanim.
- R' Avrohom Moshe Landau and R' Yoel, son of R' Hirsch.
- R' Yosef Sroga and R' Avrohom Yitzchak Keira.

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