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Friday 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Around 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for Shacharis. The beis medrash was already filled to capacity with the hundreds of guests who had come to be in the shadow of holiness. Before davening the Rebbe shlit"a put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, son of HaRav R' Yoel Shraga Baruch Perlmutter shlit"a, rebbi in our holy yeshiva in London. On the way out after davening, many guests greeted the Rebbe.

At the guest house a meeting took place with HaRav Rabbi Shimon Yoel Brach shlit"a, halachic authority for matters of sofrus in our holy community in Bnei Brak, where the entire topic of the mezuzah problems was discussed, along with the solution that the Rebbe shlit"a introduced.

Also entering the holy chamber were the talmidim and rebbeim of Yeshivas Toras Chesed London, who came to spend Shabbos in the Rebbe's presence, and they went in to greet the Rebbe.

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Report of the Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Manchester, England - Part 3

Thursday afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a visit at the home of HaGaon Rabbi Gavriel Krauss shlit"a, Dayan of Kehal Machzikei Hadas Manchester. A pleasant conversation took place on various questions regarding brachos. The Dayan shlit"a gave the Rebbe a gift of his sefer which he had published, and the Rebbe shlit"a gave a gift in return, his sefer Lev Aharon. Afterwards the Dayan honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings. The Dayan accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out to the street despite his weak strength.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a friendly visit at the home of the Horodenka Rebbe shlit"a. A lengthy Torah conversation took place, along with various interesting recollections from earlier times. The Horodenka Rebbe honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a visit at the home of HaGaon Rabbi Aharon Greenfeld shlit"a, Dayan of the Belz community. A pleasant conversation took place on various questions in the city, and especially about the shechita of Kehal Machzikei Hadas, regarding all its hiddurim and chumros. Also taking part was HaRav R' Menachem Siman shlit"a, head shochet of Machzikei Hadas and member of the board of our holy yeshiva in Manchester. He showed the Rebbe his chalafim to be checked, which the Rebbe praised greatly. Afterwards he invited the Rebbe to come visit the shechita house this coming Monday. The Dayan honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

Afterwards the Rebbe drove over to the grounds of the new yeshiva building. The Rebbe looked over the large site and warmly wished the yeshiva administration well.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the new and magnificent Beis Rochel building. First the Rebbe davened Mincha in one of the classrooms. Afterwards the Rebbe walked through all the floors, classrooms and offices and admired the construction work. Then a lechayim gathering took place, several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly bestowed his holy blessings upon the administration and the entire public. Afterwards the Rebbe gave a gift of a magnificent bottle of wine to the two heads of Beis Rochel, Rabbi Yoel Horowitz shlit"a, Ruach HaChaim of our holy kehilla in Manchester, and Rabbi Lipa Tager, and the Rebbe examined the plans for the two new floors that will be added to the current building.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a returned to his holy residence at the guest house, where the beginning of the writing of a Sefer Torah took place, which is being written by R' Shalom Baruch Rothbard. The Rebbe wrote the first two letters, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessings upon him and his entire family.

Later in the evening, from around 7:30, there was a time of entry into the holy chamber for the community members from Europe, which continued until the early morning hours, 3:15. Around 11:45 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv and then continued to receive the public.

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Thursday, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 9:45 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Yeshiva Ketana of Manchester, where the Rebbe davened Shacharis together with the nearly one hundred bochurim of the yeshiva, with the participation of HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din and Rav of Manchester shlit"a. During the Torah reading the Rebbe was called up for shlishi and bentched Gomel. After Kaddish, all the guests from overseas went over to bentch Gomel.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the yeshiva's hall. Also participating was HaRav R' Yisroel Friedman shlit"a, Rav of the Chortkov beis medrash, who is the host of Torah of the yeshiva. Several niggunim were sung. Then the yeshiva's menahel, HaRav R' Yoel Kellner shlit"a, spoke and presented the Rebbe with a "minchas bikkurim" of 4,106 consecutive hours learned by the bochurim in recent weeks, and handed over a collective kvitel with all their names.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished holy blessings to the Rav shlit"a, the melamdim and all the bochurim. He then delivered holy words, first a lengthy discourse on the sugya of chatzi shiur, and then spoke words of guidance to the bochurim, especially about the importance of the bochur years: learning with diligence and with the mind, what it means to be a proper chassidishe bochur, rising early to learn before davening, being guarded from impure devices, the trait of kindness, and not speaking while wearing tefillin. He expressed his great nachas from the precious gift of the consecutive hours of the bochurim, mentioned the good name that the yeshiva carries, and then greeted the Av Beis Din of Chortkov, the host of the yeshiva, and concluded with his holy blessings.
After the address, the Rebbe shlit"a distributed holy coins to all the bochurim. It ended at about 1:20.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit the Talmud Torah building. First the Rebbe went up through all the floors and entered all the classrooms of all grades. The Rebbe took great nachas and listened to the children. Then the Rebbe entered the beis medrash, where the children of grades 7 and 8 were gathered. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe distributed certificates to the children who had been tested on their studies.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to the neighboring Talmud Torah building, "Beis Yeshaya Zev Low." First the Rebbe entered the kindergarten classes, where the little children sang niggunim. Then the Rebbe went up to the beis medrash of the mechina for yeshiva, where all the classes were gathered. The Rebbe looked in on the learning with nachas and listened to the children. It ended at about 2:05.

Later the Rebbe shlit"a will visit the new yeshiva building and Beis Rochel.

At 5:30 the Rebbe shlit"a will daven Mincha, and from 9:00 in the evening there will be times of entry to the Rebbe's holy room for the Satmar chassidim of Europe.

When the tzaddik is in the city, he is its splendor, its glow and its glory

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Report on the Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Manchester, England - Part 2

On Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha at the residence.

After Mincha, the Rebbe shlit"a went to pay a friendly visit at the home of HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din and Rav of our Manchester kehilla shlit"a. A lengthy Torah conversation on halachic topics and stories of tzaddikim continued for over half an hour. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe shlit"a warmly bestowed his holy blessings.

Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a visited the home of HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Heimlich shlit"a, Av Beis Din of the Machzikei Hadas Kehilla of Manchester, where the heads of the Machzikei Hadas kehilla also took part. A pleasant conversation on halacha continued, touching on various interesting questions. The Gaon honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe shlit"a bestowed his holy blessings.

At about 8:00 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at his holy residence. Afterwards there were times of entry to the Rebbe's holy room for the Satmar chassidim residing in Manchester, until 11:30.

After the times of entry, the Rebbe shlit"a visited the home of HaRav R' Dov Mordechai Warfman shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Zichron Yechezkel and a dayan and moreh tzedek of Manchester. A pleasant conversation took place about stories of tzaddikim and memories of earlier times. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe shlit"a bestowed his holy blessings.

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