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When the King Is in the Field

This week of Shabbos Nachamu is the fourth of the 4 Shabbosos that the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a is spending for rest and rejuvenation in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, with the tefillos and the tables held in our beis medrash "Machzikei Hadas" of Kahal Yereim in town.

Times for Shabbos in New Hampshire
Candle lighting: 8:06
Motzei Shabbos: 9:34.

This week, the outstanding bochurim, talmidim of our yeshiva Mesivta Hakedosha, branch "Kedushas Yoel," are present in the Rebbe's holy company.

On Leil Shabbos the Rebbe will enter the holy table about 15 minutes after the "Gut Shabbos" is said together with the tzibur of the chassidim and the yeshiva students who are present in the Rebbe's company. On Shabbos morning the Rebbe will enter the seudah for the zemiros and divrei Torah. On Motzei Shabbos there will be a hookup by telephone about 10 minutes after the time on Kol Satmar.

When the Tzaddik Is in the City

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Tuesday, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a - Visit to the Mehudar Slaughterhouse of Our Holy Kehilla for Guests in Postville, Iowa.

At dawn, around 6:05, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis in our beis medrash Machzikei Hadas Kahal Yireim in Bethlehem,

and at 7:20 the Rebbe left his holy home in Bethlehem for a drive of a short hour to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Berlin, New Hampshire.

The plane that flew to pick up the Rebbe took off around 7:30 from Stewart Airport near Kiryas Joel, with only a select few meshamshim b'kodesh and HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din and Rav of our kehilla in Monsey shlit"a, on the way to New Hampshire, where the Rebbe boarded the plane. It took off at 8:45 in the morning, for a flight of two and a half hours to Postville, Iowa, to the mehudar slaughterhouse under the auspices of our holy kehilla.

At about 10:15 local time (which is an hour earlier), the Rebbe's plane landed at a small airfield in Wisconsin, not far from the slaughterhouse in Iowa, where two workers from the slaughterhouse were waiting.
The Rebbe traveled in their car to Postville, a drive of 25 minutes, to the mehudar slaughterhouse under the auspices of our holy kehilla.

The Rebbe arrived at the slaughterhouse around 10:45 local time, where the Rebbe warmly greeted HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Nitra in Monsey shlit"a, the rav hamachshir of the entire plant, and his son R' Mordechai, who oversees the entire operation of the slaughterhouse.

The Rebbe inquired of all the Chassidic coworkers who live in the surrounding area how life is in such an isolated place, both gashmiyus and ruchniyus, etc.

After putting on the necessary garments, the Rebbe went immediately into the plant, to the shechita section, where the Rebbe met HaGaon Rabbi, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a, who is there this week, according to the rotation, to stand watch over the kashrus in the plant on behalf of the hashgacha of our holy kehilla. The Rebbe checked the chalafim as is customary. The Monsey Rav shlit"a pointed out several new hiddurim and practices that have been introduced in the shechita process, and the Rebbe marveled at the exceptionally beautiful chalafim of the shochtim. He especially complimented the external supervisor who stands at the shechita and, per the Rebbe's instruction, serves solely to arrange the chalafim to make it easier for the shochtim.

The Rebbe then stood for a longer time and observed the entire shechita process, from when the animals enter the box, which is then turned over, and a shechita is performed with the animal lying down. There the Rebbe discussed with the rabbanim and those present all the chumros that have been introduced, noting that every few minutes the 4 shochtim switch among themselves in turn, so that the shechita takes place with a rare calm and peace of mind. The Rebbe expressed amazement at their skill in shechita.

Afterwards the Rebbe again checked chalafim, and discussed all matters of checking the chalafim, both the dry check and the wet check.

From there the Rebbe continued to follow the entire process in the plant, where the hide of the animal is removed and then the parts are divided. There they discussed precisely which parts of the animal are kosher and fit to eat and which parts are not used. The Rebbe stood for a longer time and watched the work in the cold refrigerator room, where nikur chamm is done on the sides of the animal with tremendous care.

Then the Rebbe went over to the lung inspections, and watched as the expert bodek, R' Moshe Basul, performs the internal checks with rare precision, and the expert bodek, Rabbi R' Chaim Betzalel Blum, performs the external check. They went over dozens of lungs for a longer time, and the Rebbe discussed each lung individually, going through all the details of the adhesions on it. The expert bodek Rabbi R' Chaim Betzalel also showed several lungs from the morning that raised interesting questions, on which the Rebbe and the rabbanim shlit"a discussed on the spot all the opinions and halachic differences regarding them.

Afterwards they went over to the nikur area. The Rebbe observed the entire nikur setup for a longer time together with the rabbanim shlit"a. The menaker showed all the parts that are cut away according to the instruction of the Rebbe shlit"a, that parts which would require nikur at all are not used by the Satmar meat businesses. The Rebbe admired his careful work.
The Rebbe also examined the entire hechsher setup, where every part of the animal is sealed separately and only by a Jew, with different colors, so that no confusion should arise.

The Rebbe also went through the nikur steps for the tongue, which is done according to the instructions he laid out.

Afterwards the Rebbe observed the stages of salting, rinsing and washing, which are done with precise supervision and with great care.

Around 2:30 local time, the Rebbe warmly bid farewell to the plant's employees, especially HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Nitra shlit"a, and his son R' Mordechai, and immediately traveled back to the airfield. The plane took off around 3:15 local time, and the Rebbe landed at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Berlin, New Hampshire at 6:45 New Hampshire time. From there the Rebbe traveled a short hour until arriving at his holy home at about 8:00 in the evening.

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Parshas Va'eschanan — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a at the vacation location in Bethlehem, New Hampshire


See the extra report from Sunday, Tisha B'Av, in the previous reports.

=Monday=

At around 8:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis at our beis medrash, Machzikei HaDas Kehal Yereim, in Bethlehem.

During the Torah reading the Rebbe had the third aliyah. The Rebbe's aliyah was purchased by R' Reuven Glantz. After his aliyah, the Rebbe thanked him.

After davening, all the Shabbos guests went over to bid the Rebbe farewell.

In the evening after Maariv, the Rebbe shlit"a recited Kiddush Levana in the parking lot of the neighboring Chandler (Arlington) Hotel, and then wished everyone a good month.

See the extra report from Tuesday: the visit of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to the mehudar slaughterhouse of our kehilla for poultry in Postville, Iowa.

On Tuesday, on the way home after Maariv, the Rebbe spoke about the visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse, and about his father, the Rebbe zy"a, being in the camp during the bitter war.

=Wednesday=

At around 8:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis at our beis medrash, Machzikei HaDas Kehal Yereim, in Bethlehem.

In the afternoon, a group of outstanding bochurim, talmidim of the Yeshiva Ketana "Snif Rav Tov" of our holy mosdos in Kiryas Joel, arrived at the Rebbe shlit"a's holy home together with the principal, HaGaon Rabbi Wolf Landau shlit"a. The Rebbe shlit"a tested the bochurim for an extended period of nearly an hour on the entire "Yoreh Deah, volume 1." Afterwards the Rebbe expressed his great nachas and wished the bochurim holy blessings.

At night after Maariv, a group of bochurim, talmidim of Yeshivas Belz in Lakewood, together with the rabbeim who are staying in New Hampshire these days, came to greet the Rebbe.

=Thursday=

At around 8:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis at our beis medrash, Machzikei HaDas Kehal Yereim, in Bethlehem.

During the Torah reading the Rebbe had the third aliyah. The Rebbe's aliyah was purchased by R' Reuven Glantz. After his aliyah, the Rebbe thanked him.

On the way home, among other topics, they spoke about the singing at Lecha Dodi and about customs regarding Lecha Dodi in the courts of Sighet, Belz, Vizhnitz and Skver.

In the morning hours, at around 11:15, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a visit to the "Hartside Bungalow Colony" in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, which was recently purchased by Jewish owners. First the Rebbe shlit"a went into the home of the owner, R' Menachem Asher Berkowitz, where the Rebbe looked around for an extended time. Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a walked around the entire area, accompanied by the owners, and looked into several apartments. They discussed the expansion of the borders and the plans for the future.
The Rebbe shlit"a also entered the home of HaGaon Rabbi Meilitz, the Av Beis Din shlit"a, who is vacationing there. He gave the Rebbe a kvitel and the Rebbe wished him holy blessings.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the local mikvah, and the Rebbe examined the kashrus and hiddurim of the mikvah.

Then the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the local beis medrash, where the Rebbe looked around and then held a lechayim gathering. The Rebbe shlit"a wished the owner, R' Menachem Asher Berkowitz, holy blessings. A fine conversation developed about tzaddikim, regarding travelling for rest and relaxation, especially during the three weeks, being away from home. Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a delivered brief holy blessings.

"Those who hope in Hashem shall renew their strength; they shall soar on wings like eagles"
Afterwards, at around 12:00, the Rebbe shlit"a went for his usual walk in Neos Deshe, where splendid conversations were held in words of Torah and Chassidus, holy customs and stories of tzaddikim, and matters of current concern, a walk that was "like cold water to a weary soul," which will remain engraved in the memory of the participants.
Among other topics, they spoke for an extended time about the Rebbe shlit"a's visit last Tuesday to the mehudar slaughterhouse of our kehilla for poultry in Postville, Iowa, discussing all the methods and procedures of shechita and nikkur, in the past and today, and the chumros that have been introduced in the mehudar slaughterhouse. In particular they spoke about "shechita menuchas," its chumros and also its advantages for the shochtim.
They also spoke about incidents and stories of the holy Megaleh Amukos zy"a, whose yahrzeit was on Thursday, and about towns and the map of Europe before the war.
At the end of the walk, HaGaon Rabbi Kalman Halberstam, Av Beis Din of Zanz Kiryas Joel and principal of our yeshiva Mesivta HaKedosha, Snif Kedushas Yoel, arrived, and they spoke about customs in the courts of Zanz and Sighet.

After the walk the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a visit to the "PMR Bungalow Colony" in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, where the Rebbe looked at the newly built section of the area. The Rebbe shlit"a walked around the new section, accompanied by the owners, and looked into several apartments. On the way they discussed further plans to expand the area. Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place in one of the houses. The Rebbe wished holy blessings to the owner, R' Yitzchak Roderick, and to the manager, the bochur Lipa Moskowitz, and gave shirayim to the owners.
Among other topics, they discussed plans to renovate and beautify the "Sherman Hotel," where yeshiva students stay over Shabbos.

In the afternoon, a group of bochurim, talmidim of Yeshivas Belz in Lakewood, together with the rabbeim who are staying in New Hampshire these days, arrived at the Rebbe shlit"a's holy home. The Rebbe inquired about their studies and delivered a lengthy talk of chizuk, especially regarding Torah learning, and then wished them holy blessings.

=Erev Shabbos Kodesh=

At around 8:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis at our beis medrash, Machzikei HaDas Kehal Yereim, in Bethlehem. Before davening the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim, the bochur Yaakov Yitzchak Oberlander and the bochur Dovid Wertheimer.

After davening a lechayim gathering took place. The Rebbe shlit"a wished holy blessings to the bar mitzvah bochurim and told stories of the holy Reb Hershele Liska zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls today, Friday.

Afterwards dozens of guests, elderly and young, went over to greet the Rebbe, having come to be in the Rebbe's holy presence and to spend the elevated Shabbos in New Hampshire.

On the way home, the askanim of Belz conveyed a greeting to the Rebbe regarding the help they received for their group "Ahavas HaTorah" through the askanim of the Hisachdus Avreichim of our holy kehilla, "to magnify Torah and glorify it."

In the afternoon after the mikvah, talmidim of our yeshiva "Mesivta HaKedosha," Snif Kedushas Yoel, entered the Rebbe shlit"a's private room. They had taken upon themselves good commitments against the dangers of technology at the holy "V'Atahar" gathering, accompanied by the principal, HaGaon Rabbi Kalman Halberstam, Av Beis Din of Zanz Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe looked over the commitments and distributed a sefer "Yosher Divrei Emes" to the bochurim.

Afterwards several yeshiva students presented to the Rebbe shlit"a answers to the question that the Rebbe had left them. The Rebbe looked over the answers and derived great nachas.

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There were no better days for Israel than the fifteenth of Av

With great joy and ecstasy, the members of the community welcomed the founding of the new fund, Keren Shadchanim D'Satmar, to ease the shidduch crisis, b'ezras Hashem.

The fund was established with the encouragement and blessing of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

The new fund will distribute large bonuses for shidduchim to older bochurim, as much as $5,000 for up to age 25, $7,500 for up to age 28, and $10,000 for age 28 and above!!!

Tonight, the night of Erev Shabbos, the founding event for the new fund will take place at a private, lavish banquet convened by the distinguished and esteemed philanthropist R' Yechezkel Brach, chairman of the Keren Shadchanim board, in his magnificent home in Kiryas Joel, with the participation of invited generous donors, partners in this mitzvah.

"Yet shall be heard in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride."

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"And I Shall Return in Peace to My Father's House"

With excitement, joy and deep awe, the joyous news was received among the members of the community and the talmidim and chassidim of Satmar everywhere: in the past few days it was finalized, b'sha'a tova u'metzuyeres, that this coming Shabbos, Parshas Toldos 5782, IY"H, the long-awaited, historic Shabbos in the ancestral city of Sighet will take place, under the shadow of the holy faith of the continuer of the holy lineage of the House of Etz HaTemarim, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

"May He remember us with mercy and bless them upon their coming to my home"
This elevated, historic Shabbos will be observed with great excitement as "a Shabbos resembling the World to Come" with the leader of the congregation of Yeshurun, the fruit of the tree of life, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, in the very place where his holy forebears, our holy Rebbes, the tzaddikim of the House of Sighet, davened generation after generation zy"a, where the Rebbe shlit"a will undertake this elevated holy journey of "V'shavti" to the ancestral city of Sighet, on the occasion of the chanukas habayis of the new magnificent "Beis Medrash Etz HaTemarim," the building of Yeshaya Zev Löwy, "and the opening of the splendid mikvah" of R' Leibele Berkowitz, which was erected for His name and glory on the historic shul courtyard, and to hold there, in that very place, a "Shabbos of Chanukas HaBayis."

"For it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of his offspring"
So too, a historic, stirring gathering will be held, a "celebration of hachnasas sefer Torah" for the former Torah center "Beis Medrash Etz Temarim," for the first time since the bitter destruction!! An awe-inspiring gathering that will proclaim "The Eternal One of Israel does not lie," and "it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of his offspring"!!!

"May the merit of the fathers protect us"
During the brief, elevated holy journey of "V'shavti", there will also be elevated, inspiring moments when, together with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, they will visit the resting place of his forefathers, our holy Rebbes, whose merit should protect us, in the holy ohel at the cemetery in Sighet, and will arouse heavenly mercy and bring about salvations for the community and the individual, with all kinds of good blessings for our brethren, the Jewish people.

"How awesome is this holy place"
As is known, several years ago the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a undertook the historic project "L'Chadesh Ora" in honor of the home of his holy forefathers, with the goal of rebuilding the holy place, a beis medrash and mikvah, on this holy site of his great grandfathers, our holy Rebbes zy"a, thereby bringing to fruition the heartfelt desire of his father, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, who would always look forward and express the hope that it would yet be possible to redeem the property and restore the holy place.

Praise to the Almighty, the Rebbe shlit"a merited, with tremendous siyata dishmaya, to carry out his eternal aspiration to redeem the historic property, the "shul courtyard," which sadly stood empty since the bitter war, "foxes walked upon it," Heaven forbid, and through Hashem's kindness to live to see "and to the estate of his fathers he shall return."

However, we must remember for good the faithful emissary of the Rebbe shlit"a, the distinguished askan, the esteemed Rabbi Asher Yeshaya Horowitz of the "Vaad L'Chadesh Ora," who stood at the head of the holy project to oversee the building of the House of Hashem, and with extraordinary faithfulness carried out the holy mission of the Rebbe shlit"a.

"Blessed is He Who has kept us alive, sustained us and brought us to this time"
Now the building already stands fully ready, with all its splendor and comfort and with all its appurtenances!!

In these weeks, a team of askanim in our holy courts and the leadership of the "Vaad L'Chadesh Ora" are sitting in intensive meetings to work out all the details of the elevated holy journey of "V'shavti" - Shabbos Chanukas HaBayis. Tremendous efforts are being invested on all fronts so that everything will go in the best possible way.

"To seat him with nobles"
Special invitations of honor are being sent out in honor of the esteemed benefactors, the "builders and establishers of this holy place," all those who merited to take a share in this holy project in order to fulfill the righteous wish of the Beirach Moshe zy"a and of his son, may he live long, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, so that they may see with their own eyes the fruits of their donation and together celebrate the shared joy of "restoring the crown to its former glory."

The precise details of the historic holy journey of "V'shavti" - Shabbos Chanukas HaBayis - in the ancestral city of Sighet will follow in the coming weeks here on Satmar News.

"Sanctuary of the King, royal city, arise, go out from the upheaval; awaken, awaken, for a guest has come; behold, days are coming"

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