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

On Erev Shabbos afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a placed the shtreimel on the chassanim.
The chassan, the bochur Alter Baruch, son of R' Gafen.
The chassan, the bochur Shmuel, son of R' Goldstein.

On Friday night at around 9:00, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha.
Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger.

The davening concluded at 10:30. After davening, an appeal took place for the Sephardic Yeshiva Gedolah in the holy city of Beit She'an. The crowd went over to wish a "gut Shabbos," and the Rebbe shlit"a went into his private room.

A short time after davening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Friday night seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the students of the mesivta, and began, in his holy way, "Shalom Aleichem" with emotion and sweetness.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the beis medrash Baruch Moshe shlit"a. Lifting the cup for Kiddush: R' Yisroel Chaim Stessel.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Avrohom Simcha Friedman; Menucha V'Simcha: R' Avrohom Hersh Scheer.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Midrash, "Whoever wishes to know about the resurrection of the dead from the Torah, let him see: 'and behold, Miriam was leprous as snow,'" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the question of whether one may derive a kal vachomer on one's own.

During the tish, joyous melodies were sung in honor of the Shalom Zachor at the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Taub, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the beis medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, a chassan.
Kah Echsof: R' Aharon Weinberger. Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson, the baal simcha, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Taub shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related the history of the day of weeping and mourning, the 20th of Sivan, which was established as a fast day because of the evil decrees against Klal Yisroel and the earlier generations. Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Shmuel Shalom Rokeach shlit"a, the Karov Rebbe of Boro Park.

Snacks and beer were distributed in honor of the Shalom Zachor. The Rebbe tasted, wished the baal simcha and the family well, and distributed shirayim.

The new chassanim went around collecting fruit, as the seventh day: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Meisels, son of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the beis medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, a chassan. The tish concluded at around 1:35.

On Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos Kodesh morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:30. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Yoshe Mordechai Wertzberger. The Rebbe shlit"a then approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Moshe Chaim Wertzberger (Montreal). Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Noach Gafen.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Yisroel Meir Friedman (Williamsburg); Levi: HaGaon R' Yoel Weinberger shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Williamsburg; Shlishi: the chassan, the bochur Alter Baruch, son of Avrohom Yoshe Gafen - bawarfen; Revii: the chassan, the bochur Dovid Chaim Moskowitz - bawarfen; Chamishi: the chassan, the bochur Yoel, son of R' Scheer - bawarfen; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and named the newborn daughters of the following baalei simcha.
R' Dovid Wertheimer.
R' Meir, son of R' Menachem Katz.
R' Yechezkel Shraga Dresdner (Boro Park).

Shevii: the chassan, the bochur Shlomo Zalman Weiss - bawarfen; Hosafos: the chassan, the bochur Yoel, son of R' Menachem Goldstein - bawarfen; the chassan, the bochur Bentzion Lebovits; the chassan, the bochur Chizkiyahu Feivel Brach; Acharon: R' Moshe Goldstein; Maftir: R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger; Hagbah: R' Moshe Meir Teitelbaum; Gelilah: R' Dovid Chaim Moskowitz.

Mussaf: R' Shalom Yitzchak Scheer; Pesichah for Ane'im Zemiros: R' Shalom Chananel Mendlowitz (Williamsburg). The davening concluded at around 1:40.
The third seudah

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 9:00. Mincha: R' Yoel, son of R' Menachem Wertzberger; Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Moshe Avrohom Gross (Boro Park); Kohen: R' Yoel, son of R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman; Levi: R' Shalom Yosef Levinger; Shlishi: R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Avrohom Meir Wertzberger (Montreal).

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Noach Gafen; Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

During the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a focused on the verse "Vayehi Binsoa HaAron" and explained that through the power of Yaakov Avinu, for whom the earth "jumped," the Jewish children merited that the place of the Mikdash was moved from its place and accompanied the Jews everywhere, and through this, upright Jews today merit the batei medrash that carry with them the holiness of Eretz Yisroel. However, only when one has the proper fear and awe of the Mikdash is it "this is the gate of heaven"; but if, chas v'shalom, one is disrespectful, how can one merit this blessing?

Yedid Nefesh: R' Moshe Chaim Wertzberger; Kel Mistater: R' Shalom Chananel Mendlowitz. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Brachos.

Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: R' Avrohom Shalom Landau. After Havdalah, people went over to wish a gutte voch. The tish concluded at 11:15.

After Havdalah, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the home of R' Yisroel Yaakov Sofer, where the siyum of the writing of the letters for the Sefer Torah took place, which will be brought into the Beis Medrash HaGadol this Thursday. The Rebbe wrote in the letters, then drank a lechayim and wished R' Yisroel Yaakov and his family well.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Berach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Menachem Shmuel Frankel.
The bochur Hersh Ber Meisels.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went for Hagbah. After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 12, verse 2, in which the Rebbe spoke with emotion about his arduous journey to the wheat harvest in Arizona ahead of Pesach 5783.
Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the 9th-grade talmidim of Yeshiva Spring Valley entered the Kodesh Penimah. The Rebbe inquired about their studies and bestowed his holy blessings.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Yaakov Hersh Perl - HaRav R' Moshe Shmuel Landau shlit"a (Montreal), at Kinor David hall.
R' Binyomin Lebovitch (London) - R' Chaim Ber Mendlowitz, at Bais Rochel Paradise hall.

At around 8:40, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home in the Ohel Kat. Afterwards, there were times for entry into the Kodesh Penimah until 12:40 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Yoel Landau - R' Boruch Eckstein.
R' Yoel Weiss - R' Aharon Moshe Schwartz.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:40 in his holy home.

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Wednesday, Parshas Beha'aloscha — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Berish Moskowitz.

Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a lit 5 candles, and after davening he said Kaddish in honor of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Rabbi Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a Hy"d. After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Yoel Moshe branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Yaakov, son of R' Shraga HaKohen Friedman - R' Yisroel Mordechai Wanhatzker, at Kinor David hall.
R' Meir Avrohom Gross - R' Shmuel Meir Hirsch, at Bais Rochel Paradise hall.

In the evening, there were times for entry into the Kodesh Penimah from about 8:00 until 12:45.

At around 9:00, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in his holy home. Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a lit 5 candles, and after davening he said Kaddish in honor of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Rabbi Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a Hy"d.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Dovid Stahl - R' Dovid Yitzchak Klein.
R' Yoel Shlomo Farkash (and the mechutanim of the extended family), R' Zev Scherzer.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:45 in his holy home.

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