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Today after davening, at the daily "Tehillim Shiur" in the hall of our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedosha," the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a expressed the emotions of his heart, the holy feelings, upon standing after the "mehudar wheat harvest in Arizona" for the matzos for Yom Tov Pesach 5782. The Rebbe stopped at chapter 4, verse 8, "Nasatah simcha b'libi me'es diganam v'seerosham rabu" ("You have placed joy in my heart, more than when their grain and wine increased"), and said that it is a timely matter now after the harvest, which is "..guarded from the time of harvesting, in the faraway place in Arizona, exceptionally mehudar wheat, a safeguarding from even the slightest chametz..."

The Rebbe expressed the holy feelings, the physical toil, the terrible heat, "but harvesting wheat for the sake of Yom Tov Pesach!! Such holy feelings!! They are awesome feelings!!"

"..Nasatah simcha b'libi - me'es diganam v'seerosham rabu, when the harvest is beautiful in quantity and quality. When one has an understanding, and studies a little the topic of wheat for Pesach, one must understand its seriousness in order to understand the joy of it! It is not just a dry se'if in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim siman 453! The Mechaber rules, and there is no dispute! The source is a Rashba in the responsa of the Rashba, "that grain - produce, once it became wet while still attached to the ground, and then dried out when it had already grown and was already ripe, it is chametz!!"

One must understand the way wheat grows. Wheat grows, you look at it like grass, and it grows tall on stalks - stems, and at the top the wheat grows out on two sides, and the wheat is surrounded by a thin husk, which is called in the Gemara 'mutz,' and this must be squeezed out, which is called threshing - the melacha of dishah. When the wheat grows, each kernel of wheat grows separately, and it is like milk, 'chalav chitah' (wheat milk), and from the sun it dries out, it becomes harder. It becomes from milk, a soft thing like clay, like dough, and so it becomes drier and drier, harder and smaller. It is large and then it shrinks, the sun dries it out.

Already three or four weeks before the harvest the wheat is ready. It just must not dry out, and it dries in the sun; the hotter the sun, the more it absorbs, and when it is dried out and hard, it is cut. It can be cut earlier too, but it needs to be dried, so it must be put in a hot place. At home, they would cut the wheat when it had not yet entirely ripened, carry it up to the attic and keep it in the attic the entire summer, the sun would bake it, it would dry out, and in the winter they could grind it.

If it rains when it is "not in need of drawing from the ground" - so says the Mechaber - it becomes chametz!! It is chametz!! You look at it, it is wheat.. but chametz wheat!!

..If it rains and does not fall off, there is an opinion that one can be lenient.
"The reality is that in New York it rains!! It rained, so what could one do? They relied on that opinion, meaning it is kosher bedieved in a time of need, and that is how the matzos were."

"Thank Hashem that we went to Arizona!! It does not rain!! So how does the wheat grow? They let water into the ground and it flows over the earth, the water comes in and the ground soaks it up!! Like the Nile that watered in Egypt.. the Nile rose and irrigated - not flooding, the ground soaks it up and it grows, it does not need any rain.

"A hiddur that has no equal, that has no equal. I thank the Creator that He gave me the strength and understanding to go to Arizona to harvest wheat! 'Nasatah simcha b'libi' - I have joy in my heart, 'me'es diganam v'seerosham rabu' - that it is a good harvest, and we will IY"H have kosher wheat for the coming Yom Tov Pesach!!"

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedoshah" – Eitz Chaim branch – Shiur Gimmel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Brauer.

After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur, chapter 4, verse 8.
After the shiur, the yeshiva students passed by to greet the Rebbe.

Several bochurim who had returned from "Arizona," where they had cut the mehudar wheat for Pesach 5782, also greeted the Rebbe.
Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the heichal of the beis medrash, during which a lovely conversation took place about the mehudar wheat in Arizona.
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In the morning, a Lithuanian yeshiva that had been staying in the Kiryas Joel area visited the Rebbe in his holy home.

The administration of "Machane Beis Rochel" also entered the Rebbe's chamber to receive holy blessings for the upcoming summer days, b'ezras Hashem.

In the afternoon, the Admor of Sadigura-Yerushalayim shlit"a paid a visit to the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a in his holy home, and a lengthy private conversation took place.
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In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Yechezkel Weingarten and Rabbi Yosef Hersh Bennet, at Kinor David hall.
And at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Berish Schönbrun and R' Moshe Shraga Feigel, at Beis Rochel Paradise hall.

Later, the Rebbe read the tenaim at the tenaim in the Rebbe's holy home, in the hall of the Rebbe's father-in-law zt"l, of the mechutanim HaRav R' Eizik Hersh Berkowitz and HaRav R' Chaim Wolf Spielman,
and afterward at the tenaim in the new hall of the mechutanim HaRav R' Yoel Spielman, and HaRav R' Lipa, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Meir Eliezer Friedman.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedoshah", the Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim: the son of HaGaon R' Avrohom Meir Yaakov Moskowitz z"l, the bochur Chaim Shlomo Wertheimer, the bochur Yoel Feuerstein, the bochur Shimon Dovid Moshe Weiss, the bochur Chaim Yosef Bentzion Reiss, and the bochur Mordechai Shimi Kaufman.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 4, verse 8. The Rebbe mentioned the story of Rabbi Akiva, who rejoiced when he saw the success of the wicked, because "if this is how it is for those who transgress His will, all the more so for those who do His will." He said that when one comes from Eretz Yisroel and sees a treif city with tall buildings and so on, and sees that a wicked kingdom is faring well, one remembers Rabbi Akiva and "if this is how it is for those who transgress His will, all the more so for those who do His will." This is what Dovid HaMelech says, "You have put joy in my heart," through "more than when their grain and wine increased," when one sees that the wicked lack nothing.
After the shiur, the talmidim of the yeshiva passed by to greet the Rebbe.

Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Heichal of the beis medrash, where a beautiful shmuess was held on the teachings of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zt"l.
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In the morning, the Rebbe arrived in Williamsburg, where the Sheva Brachos simcha took place at the home of his brother, the Rav of our kehilla 15 shlit"a. The chosson, the son-in-law of HaGaon R' Avrohom Meir Halberstam, dayan of our kehilla 18, b"p, was hosted by his great-uncle, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a (after the Rebbe had been at the holy resting place in Meron at the time of the wedding) in the Heichal of the Yeshiva Ketana "Heichal HaTorah" of Williamsburg, for the grandchildren of the holy Rebbe zy"a and for the talmidim of the yeshiva, where the father of the chosson serves as maggid shiur.

Afterwards, the Rebbe arrived on a surprise visit at the Heichal of our kollel "Torah V'Yirah" in our great beis medrash, where the Rebbe looked in on the kollel members, accompanied by the rosh hakollel HaGaon R' Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a. The Rebbe engaged in pilpul with the learners and derived tremendous nachas.
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In the evening, at the Rebbe's holy home, the leading mayoral candidate "Eric Adams" came to visit the Rebbe, together with the leadership of our holy Williamsburg kehilla with the "Askanim Vote Committee" and the head of the askanim, Rabbi Naftali Moshe Indig.
"Adams" promised to stand on the side of the chareidi Jewish community, and in particular regarding the education decree, not to interfere with our chinuch (he expressed that on the contrary, he wants to emulate it among the gentiles).
The Rebbe gave his holy blessings and, among other things, expressed that we will not forget what he did for Kiryas Joel and the difficult times several years ago regarding the annexation.

Afterwards, the community-endorsed candidate for City Council, "Lincoln Restler," visited, and later the community-endorsed second-choice candidate for mayor, "Andrew Yang," received the holy blessings, where they promised to stand on the side of pure chinuch and for the chareidi Jewish community in general and in particular.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedoshah", the Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim: the bochur Yaakov Mordechai Teitelbaum, the bochur Shlomo Moshe Stessel, the bochur Levi Yitzchak Siman, and the bochur Chaim Avrohom Rosenfeld.

After being called up to the Torah, the Rebbe bentched Gomel.

At the daily Tehillim shiur after davening, the Rebbe expressed his heartfelt feelings of gratitude for Hashem's kindness in what was experienced on the way home from Eretz Yisroel. See the separate report from the Divrei Yoel Kehilla among the earlier reports.
After the shiur, the talmidim of the yeshiva passed by to greet the Rebbe.
Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim.
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In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim Rabbi Reuven Schwartz and Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Kahana, at Kinor David hall.
And at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Aharon Shmuel Jacobowitz and R' Yoel Friedman, at Kinor David hall.
And at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Moshe Michel Schlesinger and R' Yoel Moshe Silberstein, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

Later, the Rebbe read the tenaim in the Rebbe's holy home, a tenaim of the mechutanim R' Elazar Gruber and R' Zalman Mendlowitz.

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