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The Sound of Joy and Salvation in the Tents of the Righteous

Sunday, Parshas Vayikra: this evening the great wedding celebration takes place in our holy courts. The kallah is a granddaughter of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, daughter of the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, son-in-law of the Beis Aharon Rebbe shlit"a. The chasan is the bochur Rabbi Shalom Yechezkel Shraga shlit"a, son of Rabbi Chaim Dovid Rubin shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Torah in Williamsburg, grandson of HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Rubin zt"l of Ziditshov, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yekusiel Teitelbaum shlit"a.

At 5:00 in the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a will enter for Mincha in our great beis medrash in Williamsburg, after which the public will be able to pass through in a line from south to north to give and receive blessings on the day of the chuppah. Immediately afterward the Rebbe shlit"a will arrive for the reception in the great beis medrash. The chuppah will take place in front of the great beis medrash, and the wedding seudah for the entire holy kehilla will follow right after the chuppah. The Rebbe's appearance will be at 9:30, Birkas HaMazon at 11:00, and afterward the Rebbe shlit"a will lead the mitzvah dance.

Rejoice and be glad in the Rebbe's simcha

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Motzei Shabbos, Parshas Pekudei — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 11:00, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Monsey at the home of R' Nechemia Shlomo Wertzberger for the start of the writing of a Sefer Torah and the signing of documents for a classroom in the new Talmud Torah building in Monsey. The Rebbe wrote the first letters in the Sefer Torah and signed the documents together with the donor, then drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a proceeded to the home of the noted philanthropist R' Mordechai Yoel Lebowitz, where a lavish banquet took place for the benefit of the branches of the yeshivas ketanos of our holy institutions in Monsey.

The chairman, R' Hershel Friedman, and the Rav of the community, HaGaon shlit"a, spoke. The Rebbe shlit"a then delivered a few words of Torah and a blessing. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the Rav shlit"a, the directors and all the participants well, and gave a gift to the host, the philanthropist R' Mordechai Yoel Lebowitz.

After the banquet, the Skulen Monsey Rebbe shlit"a came for a visit. A pleasant conversation in Torah and Chassidus ensued, and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

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Re'uta d'Re'usin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at about 6:25. Mincha: R' Yaakov Mittelman. Hotza'ah and hachnasah: R' Yoel Weiss. Kohen: R' Mendel Meir Glick. Levi: R' Moshe Wertzberger (Montreal). Shlishi: R' Yaakov Mittelman. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Yitzchok Isaac Weiss.

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with the zemiros. Odeh: R' Noach Gafen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

At the Torah discourse, the Rebbe shlit"a built on the verse "These are the accounts of the Mishkan," and explained that the Torah has the power that the forces of evil have no hold, even when one is not yet entirely clean of sins. Moreover, it protects and saves the other mitzvos and good deeds as well, so that they will be guarded. Now, in the month of Adar, "when Adar enters, we increase in joy," "they accepted it again with love and willingness" — this refers to the Torah: "The orders of Hashem are upright, gladdening the heart."

Yedid Nefesh: HaGaon R' Mordechai Mendel Schwartz shlit"a. Kel Mistater: R' Moshe Wertzberger. Shoshanas Yaakov: R' Yitzchok Dovid Landau. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup and said the Sheva Brachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Avrohom Wieder. After Havdalah, everyone went over to wish a gutte voch, and it concluded at 8:55.

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

On Erev Shabbos afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a put on the shtreimel for the chosson, the bochur Yoel, son of R' Shmuel Friedman.

On Friday night at around 6:30, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went up to daven Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos was led by R' Chananya Goldberger, and the davening ended at around 8:00.

After davening, by the Rebbe's holy command, HaGaon R' Hershel Kahn shlit"a spoke on behalf of the fund to rescue the refugees of Ukraine. On the Rebbe's instruction, the aim is to save Jews physically, as they wander from place to place, and spiritually, that they should not end up turning to the Zionists. After the crossing over to wish a "gut Shabbos," the askanim of the new vaad entered the Rebbe's private room, and the Rebbe discussed various details with them.

At around 8:55 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the mesivta, and began, as is his holy custom, to sing "Shalom Aleichem" with emotion and sweetness.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer Teitelbaum, son of HaGaon Rabbi Berach Moshe Teitelbaum shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash.

The Rebbe shlit"a distributed honors for the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Aharon Menachem Oestreicher shlit"a, a moreh tzedek of our kehilla in London. Menuchah V'Simchah: R' Yitzchak Isaac Weiss (Bnei Brak).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Eileh pekudei haMishkan" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the topic of whether kedusha takes hold on something freed from a gentile.

Kah Echsof: R' Shlomo Geshtettner shlit"a (Beitar). Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Chaim Yaakov Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Cieszanów and rosh yeshiva of our yeshiva in Boro Park shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: this week the Rebbe shlit"a told over about the holy R' Eizik'l of Kalov zy"a, whose yahrzeit fell on Thursday, 7 Adar, and then honored the Cieszanów Rav shlit"a to tell stories. Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, rebbi in the mesivta and dayan of the Dinov beis medrash in Kiryas Joel.

The new chassanim went around to take fruit. Afterwards the Shalom Zachor took place at the home of R' Yoel, son of R' Avrohom Weiss, whose bris will be on the eighth day: Rabbi Elchanan Chaim Teitelbaum shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon R' Shlomo Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Cieszanów in Kiryas Joel. It ended at around 12:00.

And on Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:20. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Yudel Friedman. The Rebbe shlit"a went up to the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Mendel Eckstein. The pesukim of Shema Yisroel: Shalom Weberman.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Mendel Meir Glick (Williamsburg). Levi: R' Yisroel Asher Lebovits. Shlishi: the baal simcha, the Chadvan, HaGaon R' Yosef Rokeach shlit"a, Rav of the Kol Eliyahu beis medrash. The Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and naming of his newborn daughter, mazel tov, "and she shall be called in Israel Bracha Sima," after the grandmother, the Rebbetzin of the Eitz Chaim zy"a. Revii: the chosson, the bochur Chananya Goldberger, with the bochurim throwing candies. Chamishi: the chosson, the bochur Chaim Eliyahu Zwibel, with the bochurim throwing candies. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of a daughter for the following baalei simcha.
R' Levi Yitzchak Wertheimer.
R' Moshe Yehuda, son of R' Yosef Eckstein.

Shevii: the chosson, the bochur Dovid, son of R' Meir Eckstein, with the bochurim throwing candies. Hosafos: the chosson, the bochur Yoel, son of R' Shraga Zalman Palatschek, with the bochurim throwing candies; the chosson, the bochur Yehoshua Oestreicher; the chosson, the bochur Naftali Hirtzka Friedman; HaGaon R' Mordechai Mendel Schwartz shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Brad (Boro Park). Acharon: R' Shmuel Zanvil Palatschek. Maftir: R' Avrohom Weider. Hagbah: R' Yeshaya Silberstein (Williamsburg). Gelilah: R' Yechezkel Greenfeld (Williamsburg). The haftorah of Vayakhel and Pekudei was recited.

Musaf: the Chadvan, HaGaon R' Yosef Rokeach shlit"a. Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld.

A few minutes after davening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Kiddusha Rabbah simcha in the Heichal HaPalish in the main beis medrash. Joyous songs were sung. The Rebbe made Kiddush. The baal simcha, the Chadvan, HaGaon R' Yosef shlit"a, said divrei Torah. The Rebbe wished him lechayim and blessed him with his holy brachos, and the entire gathering as well. He then delivered divrei Torah on the verse "Eileh pekudei haMishkan," and explained that the women were not harmed by the sin of the Golden Calf, and the merit of their conducting themselves with tznius, which is regarded like a korban to the Creator. He concluded with his holy brachos. Songs were sung in honor of the simcha. It ended at 1:10.

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