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Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Vayeishev, Shabbos Mevarchim Chodesh Teves — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

On Friday night at around 5:05 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Eli Shaul Katz (Boro Park).

After davening, the appeal for the holy institution Netrona took place. Davening ended at around 6:40.

After the appeal, the crowd went over to wish a "Gut Shabbos," and the Rebbe shlit"a went home to his holy residence.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Friday night seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the mesivta, and, as is his holy custom, began "Shalom Aleichem" with fiery enthusiasm.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a. The honor of holding the cup for Kiddush: R' Yudel Steinmetz.

During the zemiros the Rebbe shlit"a gave out honors. Kol Mekadesh: R' Moshe Brizel (Yerushalayim); Menucha V'Simcha: R' Shalom Meir Eckstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Vayeishev Yaakov" — "Yaakov sought to dwell in tranquility," and explained it in the manner of a derush in the sugya of safek d'oraisa.

Kah Echsof: R' Mordechai Shabsi Shimon (Boro Park). Birkas Hamazon: the chavrusa of the Rebbe, HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Rokeach shlit"a, Rav of the Kol Eliyahu beis medrash.

Stories and anecdotes: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy R' Moshele Deesher zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Sunday, Erev Chanukah. Kah Ribon Olam: R' Yisroel HaKohen Landau (Williamsburg).

The new chasanim passed by to take fruit. Ki Bayom HaShevii: R' Moshe Meir Teitelbaum. The seudah ended at around 11:15.

On Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos Kodesh morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:15. Pesukei D'zimra: R' Akiva Hirsch (Williamsburg). The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Moshe Dovid Goldstein (Williamsburg). The verses of Shema Yisroel: R' Avrohom Shmuel Weinberger.

Aliyos. Kohen: baal simcha R' Moshe Yosef Pollak — the Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and the naming on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Levi: R' Yechezkel Steinmetz. Shlishi: the chasan, the bochur Meir Zev Stern. Revii: the chasan, the bochur Yitzchak Isaac Goldstein. Chamishi: the chasan, the bochur Yoel Spielman. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and the naming on the occasion of the birth of a daughter for the following baalei simcha.
R' Dovid Neiman.
R' Shlomo Yosef Rosenfeld.
R' Yehoshua Hirsch.
R' Yoel Moshe Parkash.

Shevii: R' Lipa Gross. Acharon: baal simcha R' Yechezkel Shraga Scheer — the Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and the naming on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Maftir: R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger. Hagbah: R' Pesachya Brach. Gelilah: R' Shlomo Leib Weinberger.

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed Rosh Chodesh with great inspiration.

Mussaf: R' Lipa Gross. Pesichah for Anim Zemiros: R' Yoel Schreiber (Boro Park).

Davening ended at 12:15.

Raava D'Raavin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 5:05. Mincha: R' Avrohom Moshe Taub. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Moshe Ephraim Herskovitz (Williamsburg). Kohen: R' Avrohom Shlomo Katz (London). Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Elazar Rubinfeld shlit"a. Shlishi: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Gutman shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Kiryas Joel. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Yisroel Spielman.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe shlit"a gave out honors for the zemiros. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

In his Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a spoke on the verse "Vayishma Reuven vayatzileihu miyadam," and explained that the preparation for a mitzvah is just like the mitzvah itself. Through the merit that the Jews created on Erev Chanukah, "Ufinu es heichalecha v'tiharu es mikdashecha," they merited the miracle of victory in the war. He said that regarding Chanukah, one must prepare to fulfill the holy mitzvah that shines and illuminates into Jewish children, a bright light in the heavens, bringing down good blessings in both the physical and the spiritual.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Moshe Dovid Goldstein. Kel Mistater: R' Pesachya Brach. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Brachos.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: R' Fishel Parkash. After Havdalah, everyone went over to wish a "Gutte Voch." Davening ended at 7:25.

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Thursday, Parshas Vayeishev — 21 Kislev — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Early in the morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Avrohom Klein took place, at which the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta of the "Sniff Beirach Moshe." Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a put tefillin on the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Lipa Friedman.
The bochur Yechiel Menashe Gottlieb.
The bochur Lipa Wolhenberg.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a learned the daily Tehillim shiur, chapter 8, verse 4, at which the Rebbe shlit"a spoke about the miracle of the salvation of the Holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zt"l. Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 4:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

"The kindnesses of Hashem, that we are not consumed, for His mercies have not ended"

At around 5:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Seudas Hodaah gathering of 21 Kislev in the Heichal HaMesivta of the Baal HaNes zy"a, at the Sniff Beirach Moshe, together with the talmidim of all the branches, and the Rebbe shlit"a danced for several minutes in honor of the day.

Then the chairman of the gathering, HaGaon R' Hillel Rabinowitz shlit"a, mashgiach at the Sniff V'Yoel Moshe, took the podium. In the middle, the guest speaker, the elder R' Yechezkel David Halberstam shlit"a, a fourth-generation descendant of the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a, arrived. The Rebbe shlit"a stood up and greeted him. Then R' Yechezkel David shlit"a spoke at length, recounting memories of the Holy Rebbe zy"a and of his Sanzer forebears zt"l, as he grew up for several years before the war.

Then the Rebbe shlit"a drank a lechayim and wished the rabbeim and the talmidim well, and then delivered holy words. First, the Rebbe greeted the distinguished guest, a descendant generation after generation of the holy Sanzer Rav zy"a, and blessed him that he should live to see Moshiach. Then the Rebbe spoke about the tremendous hakaras hatov that every bochur must have toward Hashem for leaving us, as a surviving remnant, the Holy Rebbe zy"a, without whom we would have nothing to this day. He cited the holy Ruzhiner zy"a that "the son of David comes only in a generation that is entirely culpable" means that one feels hakaras hatov toward Hashem, and said that the year 5 (chai"v) is an acronym of "Yoel ben Chananya, 21 (Yud-Tes)." Then the Rebbe spoke about the tremendous devotion of the Holy Rebbe zy"a to every single bochur, truly like his own father, and concluded that every bochur must take responsibility to conduct himself as a talmid of the Rebbe z"l, as befits a Satmar talmid, and finished with his holy blessings.

After the holy words, the singing and music continued, and it ended at around 6:30.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a went to the new home of R' Eliezer Hartman in the Woodbury Junction neighborhood on the outskirts of Kiryas Joel, who had purchased a merit of a gate in one of the mosdos buildings in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe shlit"a affixed the mezuzah, then drank a lechayim, signed the documents with the donor, and gave his holy blessings.

Also present was HaGaon R' Shlomo Yosef Yozefovitz shlit"a, the rav of the neighborhood. The Rebbe shlit"a inquired about the further plans to expand the neighborhood, and gave his holy blessings.

In the evening there were entry times to the inner room from 8:45 until 1:00.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim in his holy home, for the mechutanim R' Lipa Halpert and R' Hersh Elimelech Klein.

At around 11:35 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv in his holy home, and continued receiving the public.

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At around 10:50, those present merited to hear the dvar Hashem and yearly guidance of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe shlit"a delivered Torah thoughts in the teachings of the Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel (Baal HaNes) zy"a. Afterward, the Rebbe spoke about the flourishing and growth of the holy mosdos across the world and the beautiful fruits they produce, in the talmud torah, in Beis Rachel, and in the yeshivos ketanos and gedolos, and highlighted the expansion of the borders of holiness with the opening of the 2 branches of Yeshiva Gedolah Esek HaTorah for the older bochurim, which opened with great success, all of which is in the merit and strength of that elder.

Afterward the Rebbe spoke at length in words of mussar and guidance, to hold oneself strongly and not follow the lusts of America, and he cautioned against sending bochurim to learn in other yeshivos. "Most of the bochurim arrive in Eretz Yisroel, where they are cooled off from everything that is important and holy to us. He no longer has any connection to Satmar, and this brings a tremendous decline of the generations in all matters."

Afterward the Rebbe shlit"a spoke about the difficult decrees in the Land and in the Diaspora that we must be prepared to fight, the danger of the chinuch decrees in New York "When speaking about matters of chinuch, we must bring out the danger that looms over the schools here in New York State; 'as it appears, in the coming months the government in Albany will take action regarding chinuch,' matters that are the lifeblood of Klal Yisroel. 'We need abundant Heavenly mercy and must be prepared for gifts, for prayer and for battle.' May Hashem help that we succeed. May the actions that are being taken be very successful. May no one be able, chas v'shalom, to interfere with the chinuch of Jewish children."

The danger of the decrees of drafting yeshiva students in Eretz Yisroel "So too in Eretz Yisroel they too need Heavenly mercy. The draft of yeshiva students has not come off the agenda, and there is tremendous danger regarding what arrangement will be introduced. Who knows what the day will bring; may Hashem have mercy."

Afterward the Rebbe shlit"a spoke that the great day is "a time of introspection, to walk in the ways of the Rebbe zy"a, especially in matters of outlook and opinions, not to budge even slightly from all that he taught us in writing and orally in condemnation of the Zionist idea and all the prohibitions entailed in it. It concerns the fundamentals of faith." - "We need tremendous strengthening not to fall into the net of the yetzer hara with the Zionist idea of 'my power and the might of my hand,' and to take a redemption in place of the coming of Mashiach. We must know with clarity the prohibitions involved in this. To merit separation from the wicked, even in thought, because even thought causes damage in these matters."

Afterward the Rebbe shlit"a spoke in praise of the chaburos of Yesodei HaTorah and Toraschu Sha'ashuai, and strengthened the thousands of those who learn Torah. And last but not least, the Rebbe spoke in praise of the mosdos in Williamsburg, which stand for the sake of Hashem's name and glory, and asked that everyone help the devoted administration that bears such a heavy burden, and concluded with his holy blessings that the administrators of the mosdos be spared from all evil, and with abundant blessings for the entire holy kehilla.

After the holy address the Rebbe blessed over the cup and recited the Sheva Brachos for all the chasanim.

It ended at around 12:00. On the way out, the Rebbe thanked the askanim who helped make the event a success.

The kindnesses of Hashem are not ended, for His mercies are not exhausted

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Sing to Hashem a new song, His praise in the congregation of the pious

In the choirs of myriads of Bnei Yisroel, anash, talmidim and chassidim of Satmar gathered, headed by the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, on Leil HaHodaah, the night of 21 Kislev, to mark and celebrate the day of salvation and liberation of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, together with the exalted gathering "Vrenomemah" for the benefit of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg, together with their thousands of children, bli ayin hara, in the gigantic tent that was set up at Water Front Square in Williamsburg.

The giant tent was masterfully arranged to accommodate the thousands of anash from throughout Greater New York and the surrounding areas.

Throughout the gathering, the renowned Shira Choir and R' Mendy Herskowitz delighted the audience with songs and melodies. The distinguished chazzanim Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Horowitz and Rabbi Yoel Oish also delighted the crowd, together with the child prodigy.

In honor of the elevated gathering, a very rich booklet, "Ashreinu," of close to 150 pages was published, with historical articles and pictures and details of the expansion of holiness within our holy mosdos in Williamsburg.

The chairman of the gathering was HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Yishurin Rubin shlit"a, a rebbi in our holy yeshiva Be'er HaTorah. On behalf of the mosdos administration, the distinguished Rabbi Mordechai Elazar Hirsch spoke. The prominent philanthropist R' Dovid Meir Baruch Weiss learned Mishnayos and said Kaddish in memory of his esteemed father a"h.

Around 9:00, the Gaon Av Beis Din and Rav of our Williamsburg kehilla shlit"a addressed the gathering on behalf of the mosdos. He expressed the obligation of gratitude that every Satmar chassid must give on this day, and spoke about the quality of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg and about the expansion of holiness, both within the kehilla and within the mosdos.

Upon arriving in Williamsburg for the gathering, the Rebbe shlit"a entered a side room, where Mayor Eric Adams came in to the Rebbe, accompanied by the leading askanim headed by the distinguished askan Rabbi Naftali Moshe Indig. The Rebbe thanked the mayor and spoke about the decrees on chinuch in New York. Afterward, many politicians and benefactors of the mosdos, who help our kehilla and our holy mosdos, entered. The Rebbe shlit"a thanked them and warmly blessed them.

Around 9:30, myriads of anash merited to receive the holy countenance of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe greeted the dozens of rabbonim and then danced and held spirited, holy dancing with great elevated emotion for several minutes.

Afterward, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the pure table in honor of the day, and after the fish he said lechayim and gave his holy blessing to the myriads of Yidden.

Afterward, a distinguished guest, HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Sternbuch shlit"a, one of the prominent roshei yeshiva and mashgichim in Eretz Yisroel, spoke with a fiery address. Then the distinguished Rabbi Mordechai Elazar Hirsch continued with the administration's address and listed the names of the distinguished benefactors who contributed larger sums for the benefit of the mosdos.

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