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Friday, Parshas Haazinu — Erev Rosh Hashana 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At the early morning hour of 5:18, the Rebbe entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol wrapped in the tallis and wearing the kapel of the Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, and approached the Selichos of 'Zechor Bris' with great inspiration.
R' Yaakov Hollander and R' Akiva Weinstock were honored with the Pesichos.
They concluded at around 7:30 and the Rebbe returned to his holy home.

At around 9:45 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis.
Before davening, the brissin took place.
- The newborn son of R' Yaakov, son of R' Yitzchak Friedman, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- The newborn son of R' Yitzchak Moskowitz, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- the bochur Elazar Friedman.
- the bochur Avrohom Yitzchak Goldberger a"h.

After davening the Rebbe recited fifteen chapters of Tehillim and completed Tehillim for the second time, as is customary in the month of Elul. After removing his tefillin, the Rebbe shlit"a performed Hataras Nedarim before a minyan and recited the declarations of mesirus moduos, thanked them, and wished them a good inscription and sealing.

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

At 5:45 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recital of Selichos, with R' Elimelech Shimshon Schwartz leading the davening. They concluded at around 6:25, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home.

Before davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yoshe Gefen, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. The Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Yoel, son of R' Baruch Yitzchak Weiss.
- the bochur Lipa Mendelovitch.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe was called up as Shlishi. After davening the shofar was blown and fifteen chapters of Tehillim were recited, as is customary in the month of Elul.

After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

Yechidus hours in Kiryas Joel were from 6:45 until 10:50 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 7:45 and Maariv at around 10:50.

During the yechidus hours, a meeting was held in Kiryas Joel together with the board and administration of the 'Ezer Health Center,' where they discussed at length many details of how to expand and improve the health center for the benefit of the thousands of residents of Kiryas Joel. On this occasion the Rebbe appointed new board members to assist the current board: R' Yitzchak Shlomo Polatschek, R' Eliezer Dovid Itzkowitz, and R' Shalom Yitzchak Herskowitz.
The Rebbe pointed out that they are all longtime askanim and will be able to use their expertise to help the health center to the satisfaction of the thousands of residents of the town. He warmly wished his holy blessing to the new board members and to the current board members.


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Wednesday, Parshas Haazinu, Selichos 4 — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At 5:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recitation of Selichos. The baal tefillah was HaRav R' Ari Dov Kornbluh shlit"a. They finished at around 6:20.
After Selichos, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shlomo Menashe son of R' Yoel Falkowitz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Yosef Shaul Lichtenstein.
- The bochur Naftali Hirtzka Jacob.
The Rebbe blew the shofar and recited fifteen chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul.

After davening, a lechayim with the bar mitzvah bochurim took place in his private room.

In the afternoon hours, the Rebbe telephoned to comfort the mourners: the Strizhov Rebbe shlit"a, and HaRav R' Alter Eliezer Horowitz shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Medrash Kedushas Yom Tov of our holy community in Williamsburg, and his brother HaRav R' Zalman Leib Horowitz shlit"a, dayan of the Monsey Halachic Institute, who are sitting shiva for their brother/father, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Zalishchyk zt"l.

The reception hours in Kiryas Joel ran from 6:45 until 12:15 at night in his holy home on Ohel St.

At around 7:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

During the reception hours, the rabbanim of the Eruvin Committee of the Beis Din of Kiryas Joel came in to Kiryas Joel and presented a report to the Rebbe shlit"a on the many activities of the committee over the past year for the many eruvin throughout Kiryas Joel and in all the neighborhoods of greater Kiryas Joel. Among other things, in recent weeks the eruv for the Kedushas Levi neighborhood was completed, as well as the massive project of connecting all the eruvin of the neighborhoods in the Town of Monroe with the central Kiryas Joel eruv. In addition, the members of the committee's administration presented a report on the success of the campaign held in recent weeks for the benefit of the Eruvin Committee. The Rebbe went through the lists of the larger donors with great satisfaction

and extended his holy blessing to the rabbanim and administration of the Eruvin Committee, and in particular to HaRav R' Yoel Kahn shlit"a, chairman of the committee.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:15.

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Tuesday, Parshas Haazinu, Selichos 3 — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At 5:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recitation of Selichos. The baal tefillah was HaRav R' Aharon Wertzberger. They finished at around 6:30, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on his grandson, the bar mitzvah bochur Shmuel Shmelka (may he live long and well), son of HaRav R' Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of his brother-in-law (mechutan), the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a.
Afterward, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Bentzion Goldman.
The Rebbe blew the shofar and recited fifteen chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul.

After davening, a festive lechayim gathering took place in honor of the simcha of putting on tefillin, in the Chadar Avraham Yuda. Joyous songs were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the bar mitzvah bochur, his mechutan, the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a, his grandson's father R' Chaim Hersh shlit"a, and the entire assembled. Then the bar mitzvah bochur recited the pshetl, and they sang him in as is customary.
The Rebbe then delivered words of Torah and Mussar, bringing out that tefillin connects Klal Yisroel to Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and for this reason teshuvah is effective; accordingly, a bar mitzvah is a good preparation for Rosh Hashana. He concluded with his holy blessing.

In his holy home, a seudah of Shacharis was held in honor of the bar mitzvah simcha together with the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a, and his family. Beautiful conversations took place about the customs of the month of Tishrei and bar mitzvah customs, and joyous songs were sung.
At Birkas HaMazon, the Rebbe honored the bar mitzvah bochur Shmuel Shmelka (may he live long and well).

In the afternoon, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.
The reception hours in Kiryas Joel ran from 4:30 until 11:30 at night in his holy home on Hayes St.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 6:30 and Maariv at around 9:50 in his holy home.

During the reception hours, over a hundred orphan girls, students of the Ohr Chadash institution, came in to Kiryas Joel to receive a blessing in anticipation of the Days of Mercy and Favor. The administration presented a report on the many activities of the institution for the benefit of the orphans. The Rebbe conveyed a holy blessing to the orphans, blessed chains (kaitelach) that will be distributed to all the orphans, and extended his holy blessing to all the askanim and askaniyos of the institution.

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Monday, Parshas Haazinu, Second Night of Selichos — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At 5:45 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recital of Selichos. The ba'al tefillah was HaGaon R' Berel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov. They finished at around 6:25, and the Rebbe returned home to his holy residence.

Before davening, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Mendel, son of Yaakov Farkash, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up as the third aliyah, and after davening the shofar was blown and fifteen chapters of Tehillim were recited, as is customary in the month of Elul.

During the morning hours the Rebbe went on his weekly visit to the glatt kosher slaughterhouse.

Yechidus hours at the Rebbe's holy residence on Ohel Court were from 6:30 until 12:20 after midnight.

At the start of the yechidus hours, the mechutanim entered: HaGaon R' Avrohom Yechezkel Friedman shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Komemiyus Monsey, and Rabbi Avrohom Panet shlit"a, son of the Dees Rebbe of Kiryas Joel shlit"a, to receive the Rebbe's holy blessing while standing in the days of Sheva Brachos of the wedding of their children, mazel tov. A pleasant conversation ensued, and the Rebbe extended his blessings to the chassan, the mechutanim, and the entire family.

At around 7:50 the Rebbe davened Mincha.

Among the hundreds of men who entered to give and receive blessings were HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Hersh Moskowitz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Kiryas Tosh; HaGaon R' Avrohom Dovid Warfman shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Buchach Monsey; and HaGaon R' Henoch Mordechai Meisels shlit"a, rav of the Talshaver beis medrash in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe extended his holy blessing towards the days of mercy and favor.

At around 9:40 the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim, R' Yoel, son of Yitzchak Weingarten, and R' Yudel Moskowitz.

At around 12:00 the Kivyashd Rebbe shlit"a came for a visit. A pleasant conversation ensued regarding HaRav HaKadosh Rabbi Dovid of Kshanov zt"l, whose yahrzeit it was. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and shared of his holy blessing, and wished well to his son, R' Dovid Halberstam shlit"a, manhig ruchni of our holy institutions in Linden, and in the course of this a conversation developed about the growth and flourishing of our kehilla

and our holy institutions in the city of Linden. The Rebbe accompanied him out to the street.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:20.

After the yechidus hours, the Rebbe comforted the avel R' Baruch Mordechai Rosenberg, who is sitting shiva for his father, R' Hershel a"h.

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Sunday, Parshas Haazinu — First Selichos, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At daybreak, at 5:20, the Rebbe entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Selichos, amid thousands upon thousands of the kehilla, wrapped in the tallis and wearing the kappel of the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The Rebbe approached the amud and led the Selichos with great fervor.
The Rebbe led the Selichos from the Divrei Yoel zy"a. They concluded at 6:20. After Selichos, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bochur R' Dovid Weiss, and the Rebbe then returned to his holy home.

The Rebbe entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis at around 9:50. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Chaim Hersh, son of R' Eliyahu Goldberger.
- The bochur Yechiel Michel Friedman.
- The bochur Asher Zev Berger.
The Rebbe blew the shofar and recited fifteen chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul.

After davening a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Kalman Eliezer Weiss, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

After chatzos, the Rebbe went to the home of his grandson, Rabbi Yoshe Mordechai Elazar Lavin shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon Rabbi shlit"a, for the upsherin of his son, the child Naftali Tzvi.
The Rebbe cut off a few hairs, put the kappel and tzitzis on him, and blessed him with the blessing of holiness. Afterwards the Rebbe washed for the morning meal. Beautiful conversations followed, with stories of tzaddikim of the Zidichov dynasty, and joyous melodies were sung. The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup. It concluded at around 2:00.

Reception hours for the kehilla were from 6:45 until 11:30 at night, at the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Street.

At around 8:10 the Rebbe davened Mincha.

At around 9:00 the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim, R' Mordechai Yoel Lebowitz and R' Yeshaya Binyamin Spielman.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:50 and then continued receiving the public.

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

On Friday night at around 8:00 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Tzvi Toivy Epstein. They finished at around 9:35. The congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 10:35 the Rebbe entered the tish in the Heichal HaMesivta together with the talmidim of Shiur Gimmel from all the branches of the yeshivos ketanos of Mosdos Kiryas Yoel, and began, as is his holy custom, with Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
- Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi, son of HaRav Meir Yuda Ashkenazi shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's brother-in-law, HaGaon, rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.
- Raising of the cup: Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, head of the menahalim.
During the zemiros the Rebbe honored the menahalim of the yeshivos ketanos.
- Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Chaim Leib Zilberstein shlit"a, menahel of the Yitav Panim branch.
- Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon R' Chaim Eliezer Davidowitz shlit"a, menahel of the Avnei Tzedek branch.

The Rebbe delivered a Torah thought on the verse "You are standing today, all of you," and explained, in the manner of a derush, the topic of chatzi shiur.

- Ka Echsof: HaGaon R' Shmuel Meir Levi shlit"a, menahel of the Kedushas Yom Tov branch.
- Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a.

Stories and accounts: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the Holy Rebbe R' Mordechai Dov of Hornosteipel zy"a, whose yahrzeit was on Friday, 22 Elul.

- Ka Ribon Olam: R' Yaakov Hersh Heiman (Williamsburg).
The new chassanim went over to take fruit.
- Az Beyom HaShvii: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Lipa Rubin shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's brother-in-law, HaGaon, rav of Beis Medrash Berach Moshe shlit"a.
They finished at around 1:25.

On Shabbos Day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered to daven at around 9:40.
- Brachos: R' Yisroel Ari Fisher (Boro Park).
- Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Moshe Falkowitz.
The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis.

- Hotzaah V'Hachnasah: R' Yonah Bernata.
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Dovid Yuda Hirshfeld shlit"a, dayan of Munkatch Monsey.
- Carrying the Sefer Torah to the bimah: Rabbi Alter Wagschal shlit"a (Boro Park).
Aliyos.
- Kohen: the chassan Moshe, son of Meir Mendel Weiss.
- Levi: the chassan Shlomo Yaakov, son of Mordechai Yechezkel Levi.
- Shlishi: the chassan Binyomin Zev, son of Hillel Herskowitz.
- Revii: R' Amram Acker.
- Chamishi: R' Shlomo Menashe Deutsch, and the Rebbe gave a name-calling on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After the aliyah, the Rebbe gave a name for the birth of a daughter to:
- R' Shmuel Meir Schreiber.
- R' Baruch Mordechai Ackerman.
- R' Yaakov Naftali Kassirer.
- R' Yaakov Berish Glick.

- Shevii: R' Shlomo Brach, and the Rebbe gave a name on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Acharon: R' Nachum Mordechai Spitzer, and the Rebbe gave a name on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Maftir: R' Berel Palachek.
- Hagbah: R' Yuda Leib Moskowitz.
- Gelilah: R' Hillel Herskowitz (Williamsburg).
- Returning the Sefer Torah: R' Yitzchak Aharon Hirshfeld (Monsey).

- Mussaf: R' Naftali Hirtzka Kohn.
- Opening of Ani'im Zemiros: Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Rubin shlit"a (Boro Park).
They finished at around 12:25.

In the afternoon at around 7:00 the Rebbe went down to the hall in his holy residence, where the choir sang the new nigunim composed for the upcoming Yamim Noraim, may they come to us for good. The Rebbe listened to the nigunim for an extended time and bestowed his holy blessing.

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The Rebbe entered for Mincha at around 7:55.
- Baal Tefillah: R' Meir Shlomo Philipp.
- Hotzaah V'Hachnasah: R' Meir Mendel Weiss.
- Kohen: R' Yaakov, son of Yitzchak Friedman.
- Levi: R' Dovid Yermiash.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe's brother-in-law, HaGaon, rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yaakov Hersh Neustadt.

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

The Rebbe delivered a Torah thought on the verse "You are standing today, all of you," and explained that through immersion in the mikvah one merits that Hashem acquires Klal Yisroel with kinyan meshichah by calling to them and they come, without needing to resort to striking with a stick. He then quoted from the Chasam Sofer that in a year when Rosh Hashana falls on Shabbos, a further twenty-four hours of the holiness of Shabbos are added, and there are 72 hours, equal in numerical value to "chesed," which arouses Hashem's attribute of chesed, so that He will call and they will come.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Yitzchak Markowitz.
- Keil Mistater: R' Baruch Mordechai Goldberger (Boro Park).
The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Brachos.

- Maariv Motzei Shabbos: R' Naftali Hirtzka Kohn.
After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch.
They finished at around 10:15.

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