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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel Weltz.
The bochur Chanoch Dov Horowitz.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah. After davening, the Rebbe delivered the weekly shiur on the sugya in Shiurei HaYeshiva, Maseches Bava Basra, perek Chezkas HaBatim. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the ninth-grade students of Talmud Torah Karlin Stolin of Boro Park entered the Rebbe's holy home together with the principal, HaRav R' Shmuel Binik shlit"a. The Rebbe tested the bochurim on their studies. Afterwards the bochurim went over to take leave, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

In the evening at around 8:00, the Rebbe went over to the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the celebration of the hachnasas sefer Torah donated by R' Yisroel Yaakov Soffer. The Rebbe watched the holy dancing and then recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.

After the hachnasas sefer Torah, at around 8:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ohel Court. Afterwards there were times of entry to the Rebbe until 11:50 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in the hall of his holy home, between the mechutanim R' Yoel Ber Zaldan and R' Avrohom Herska.

At around 12:00 the Rebbe went over to the Kinor David halls to be present at the Sheva Brachos celebration hosted by HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Av Beis Din shlit"a, on the occasion of the marriage of his granddaughter, the kallah, daughter of his son-in-law HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yosef Mordechai Wagshal shlit"a, Rosh HaKollel and Rav of the beis medrash Kollel Erev Shabbos. A longer, warm conversation developed in Torah thoughts and pilpul on the sugya of ribis. Then the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings on the chasan and on the Dayan shlit"a, the mechutanim, and the entire gathering. After Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe recited the Sheva Brachos, and then the Rebbe broke into a dance with the chasan and the mechutanim, and an extra dance with the Dayan shlit"a.

After the Sheva Brachos, at around 12:40, the Rebbe davened Maariv in our beis medrash, Beis Mordechai. After Maariv the Rebbe walked around and looked over the magnificently renovated beis medrash, and then went home to his holy home.

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

In the morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Yehoshua Zev Mittelman took place, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe on the occasion of the bris milah of a son born to his grandson Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Taub shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of Kalov, Boro Park shlit"a, and son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, may he live long.

Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel Epstein.
The bochur Yoel Wieder.
After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

Afterward the bris milah simcha took place. Sandek: the Rebbe shlit"a; mohel: the father of the baby, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak shlit"a; standing sandek: his father-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a; blessings: the Av Beis Din of Kalov, Boro Park shlit"a. The baby was named Chaim Meir after the grandfather, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Zichron Meir z"l.

After the bris the entire crowd went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov. Then the bris milah seudah took place in the main hall of the beis medrash. During the seudah, divrei Torah were delivered by the baal simcha, the father of the baby shlit"a, and by the grandfather, the Av Beis Din of Kalov, Boro Park shlit"a. The Rebbe honored his grandson Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rokeach shlit"a with "Yom LeYabasha." Then the Rebbe delivered holy words on the topic of bris milah and concluded with his holy blessing to the baal simcha, the grandfathers and the entire congregation. For Birkas Hamazon the Rebbe honored his father-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, and the family members with the Harachaman prayers. It concluded at around 1:40.

After the bris the Rebbe went up to the home of HaGaon Rabbi Shimon Zev shlit"a, where the Rebbe wished well to the mothers who had given birth.

In the afternoon at around 2:30 the Rebbe visited "Camp Monroe" in Kiryas Joel, where the students of grades 6, 7 and 8 of the branch of Rabbi Yaakov Shalom Weiss shlit"a were staying. First the Rebbe entered all the classrooms and listened to the learning; afterward a lechayim gathering was held in the beis medrash for all the children. The children sang several songs, the principal shlit"a spoke, and the Rebbe delivered brief holy words about the greatness of speaking good words, a chapter of Tehillim, etc., and concluded with his holy blessings.

In the evening at around 8:20 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home at the Ohel. Afterward there were entry times for private audiences until 12:00 at night.

During the entry times, the completion of writing the letters of the sefer Torah being written by R' Mordechai Hersh Farkash took place; it will be brought in next Monday, Parshas Korach, at our beis medrash Beis Baruch. The Rebbe wrote in the letters, drank a lechayim, and bestowed from his holy blessings upon R' Mordechai Hersh and his family.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tena'im in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
R' Yeshaya Shabsi Brach - HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a.
HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Rottenberg shlit"a - Rabbi Yoel Gottlieb shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:00 in his holy home.

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Tuesday, Parshas Shlach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Vayoel Moshe branch. After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 12, verse 2.

During the afternoon hours, the Rebbe went on his weekly visit to the glatt kosher slaughterhouse of our holy kehilla. Afterward, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to Heichal HaYeshiva, the Beirach Moshe branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

In the afternoon, at around 6:30, the Rebbe traveled into Williamsburg. Immediately upon arrival, the Rebbe went to the Kesser Ritzel halls, where the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the chassan the bochur Dov Alter Baruch, son of R' Avrohom Yosha Gefen, with the kallah, daughter of R' Pinchas Frankel.

Afterward, the weekly yechidus hours took place in the inner sanctum until 12:20 at night. At around 9:25, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

During the yechidus hours, the Rebbe received a visit from the Shevet HaLevi Rebbe, Av Beis Din of Zichron Meir, shlit"a. A warm, friendly conversation ensued about Torah and Chassidus and stories of tzaddikim; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

Also entering was HaGaon R' Yoel Moshe Mordechai HaKohen Katz shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of Vienna shlit"a, on the occasion of the bar mitzvah simcha of his son, may he live, next week. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon the Gaon shlit"a and upon his son, the bar mitzvah bochur, and gave him as a gift a drashos sefer, Lev Aharon on Pirkei Avos.

Also held was the siyum of the writing of the letters for the Sefer Torah being written by Yeshivas Binyan Olam. The Rebbe wrote in the letters, then drank a lechayim and warmly blessed the yeshiva's administration and the donors.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:30. After Maariv, the Rebbe went over to the Kesser Ritzel halls to grace the wedding simcha of the chassan the bochur Dov Alter Baruch Gefen. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the chassan, the mechutanim and the entire assembly, and then danced a mitzvah dance before the kallah. Afterward, the Rebbe danced with the chassan and the mechutanim. After the dancing, the Rebbe warmly bid farewell and blessed the chassan, and from there the Rebbe traveled home to his holy home in Kiryas Joel.

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Monday, Parshas Shlach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before davening, the brissim took place, for the newborn son of R' Yaakov Landau and for the newborn son of R' Yosha Goldberger, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up as the third aliyah.

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

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss - R' Mechel Feldman, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yoel, son of R' Meir Goldstein - R' Baruch Yehuda Dresner, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

After the chuppos, at around 8:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ohel Court. Afterward, there were yechidus hours in the inner sanctum until 11:30 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the mechutanim R' Tzion Saal - R' Michael Ajmi.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 11:30 in his holy home.

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Sunday, Parshas Shlach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yechiel Dov Friedman.
The bochur Yoel Jacobowitz.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 12, verse 2. Afterward a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

At around 1:15 the Rebbe set out for Boro Park to honor the Chumash seudah of the talmidim of our holy mosdos in Boro Park. At around 2:40 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol, where he was welcomed by the children of the Talmud Torah with beautiful rhymes in honor of the occasion. The Rebbe distributed a siddur to every child, then drank l'chaim, gave blessings to the children and parents, and delivered brief divrei kodesh in honor of the chassanim of Mikra. In this connection, the Rebbe praised the askanim who organized the Kinus Nshei Yisroel, who came to discuss it and accepted all the directives so that it should be done in the best possible way. The Rebbe concluded with his holy blessing to the entire assembly. It ended at around 3:30.

The Rebbe then walked over to the Beis Rochel building, where an assembly of the dayanim took place together with the directors and the spiritual leadership of our holy mosdos. There they discussed the regulations established at the Kinus Mesorasenu last Monday, Parshas Bechukosai, for all parents of our holy mosdos. HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Friedman shlit"a, dayan of our holy kehilla, spoke, and afterward the Rebbe delivered divrei kodesh and guidance. Then the directors had an opportunity to ask questions of the Rebbe shlit"a, which the Rebbe answered and discussed with good sense and insight. It ended at around 4:15.

From there the Rebbe went to the Yeshiva Ketana, Maayan HaTorah branch, under the leadership of HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum shlit"a of Kalish, where the affixing of the mezuzah took place for the newly renovated floors of the yeshiva. Upon arriving at the building, the Rebbe looked around our beis medrash on 10th Avenue, located in the building. The Rebbe went around the beis medrash, the Heichal HaTorah and the women's section, and looked over the plans to expand the beis medrash hall. Then the Rebbe went up to the yeshiva and affixed a mezuzah on the entrance to the beis medrash. A lechayim gathering followed, several nigunim were sung, and the director shlit"a spoke. The Rebbe drank l'chaim, wished the rebbeim of the yeshiva and all the bochurim well, and delivered divrei kodesh. First he gave a pilpul on the sugya being learned in the yeshiva, asked the bochurim a question and asked them to seek answers, and then delivered words of guidance and chizuk. It ended at around 5:15.

The Rebbe then went to the lodging at the home of R' Moshe Kahana.

At around 5:30 the Sadigura-London Rebbe shlit"a came to visit, together with his brother the chassan Shimon Menachem Nachum Friedman shlit"a, to receive the Rebbe's blessing for the wedding taking place tonight, Monday. A beautiful conversation ensued about the tzaddikim of the houses of Sadigura and Ruzhin, regarding the connection of the holy Simchas Moshe zy"a with the holy Ruzhiner zy"a, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

At around 6:45 the Rebbe arrived at the Zemer halls, where a magnificent siyum HaShas took place, made by R' Yosef Yitzchak Eizik Landau and R' Shlomo Yoel Friedman. The chassanei haTorah made the siyum and recited the Hadran. The Rebbe then drank l'chaim, warmly wished the chassanei haTorah and the family well, and joined in elevated dancing together with the distinguished young men. It ended at around 7:10.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a drove to Williamsburg and immediately entered our magnificent beis medrash, the Gelbstein building in the Cascade neighborhood, for the simcha of the hachnasas sefer Torah donated by R' Chaim Yoshe Gelbstein. The Rebbe took the Sefer Torah from the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a and danced holy dances for an extended time, then recited L'Dovid Mizmor as customary.

At around 8:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the Beis Medrash Eitz Chaim Sigut.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Continental halls for the kabbalas panim of the grandson of the holy Beirach Moshe zt"l,
the chassan Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda, son of Rabbi Mordechai Aharon Meisels shlit"a, son of HaGaon the Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a. The Rebbe arranged the kesubah, drank l'chaim and wished the chassan, the mechutanim and the entire assembly well. The Rebbe honored his brother-in-law, HaGaon the Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a, with siddur kiddushin, and the grandfather Rabbi Yoshe Boruch Wertzberger with reading the kesubah. The sheva brachos were also honored. Present were the grandfather, the Rav of Waitzen shlit"a; HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, an uncle of the chassan; Rabbi Yosef Meisels shlit"a, an uncle of the chassan; and the grandfather R' Chaim Eliezer Gross, deputy of the Rosh HaKahal of our holy kehilla.

The Rebbe then returned to his holy home, where the siyum of the writing of a Sefer Torah took place, made by R' Yudel Falkowitz.
The Rebbe wrote in the letters, drank l'chaim and wished R' Yudel and his family well.

At around 10:30 the Rebbe went to our beis medrash, the 'Gelbstein building,' for the seudah l'gomrah shel Torah. Upon arriving, the Rebbe danced on the spot for a few minutes. The baal simcha R' Chaim Yoshe Gelbstein spoke, and then the Rebbe drank l'chaim and wished the baal simcha and the entire assembly well.

The Rebbe then delivered divrei kodesh, urging people to daven specifically in warm, homey batei medrash, and regarding avodas hatefilla, to stand and daven from the beginning, with fervor and aloud, not thinking of anything other than davening. This will help that people not talk during davening and will be able to concentrate on the davening. He spoke in praise of the beis medrash and in praise of the two distinguished dayanim of the beis medrash, and gave special blessings to the baal simcha, the donor of the Sefer Torah. He noted that the beis medrash is named for the baal simcha's father, who surely has nachas ruach in the heavenly treasuries. The Rebbe blessed and praised the baal simcha's son-in-law, R' Avrohom Brach, patron of the beis medrash: 'This is already the third beis medrash that R' Avrohom has built, and each of the three is a precious corner, a glorious nook of Torah, avodah and gemilus chasadim. Likewise, each beis medrash is especially outfitted with splendid mikvaos, which helps people learn Torah in purity.' He concluded with strong words of blessing for the entire family and all the mispallelim of the beis medrash. It ended at around 11:20. After the gathering the Rebbe davened Maariv in the Chadar Divrei Yoel in the beis medrash.

The Rebbe then went up for a visit to the home of HaGaon Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Sachs shlit"a, dayan of the beis medrash. Also present were HaRav Rabbi Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan of the beis medrash, and R' Avrohom Brach, builder and establisher of worlds of Torah and patron of the magnificent beis medrash, the "Gelbstein building." A beautiful conversation in Torah and chassidus took place. The Rebbe drank l'chaim and warmly wished the distinguished dayanim and R' Avrohom well.

At around 12:00 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the wedding simcha of the grandson of the holy Beirach Moshe zt"l. Upon arrival, the Rebbe shlit"a warmly greeted the rabbanim at the head table. The Rebbe drank l'chaim and wished the chassan, the mechutanim and the entire assembly well. R' Berish Gross, an uncle of the kallah, was honored with Birkas Hamazon; the first brachos were by the Rebbe shlit"a; and for the final bracha the Rebbe honored his brother, HaGaon the Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a.

After bentching, R' Yeshaya Fuchs called the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tanz. The Rebbe performed the holy dances and danced the mitzvah tanz before the kallah, and then danced with the chassan, the mechutanim and the grandfathers. On the way out, the Rebbe shlit"a wished the kallah well and left the hall for Boro Park.

At around 1:00 the Rebbe arrived for a visit with the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a in his private room in his beis medrash. A wonderful Torah conversation and stories of tzaddikim of the house of Zanz took place. The Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe warmly blessed him. After the visit, the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a to the adjacent construction site of the new beis medrash building of Bobov 45, and honored the Rebbe shlit"a with pouring the cornerstone. The Rebbe wished success for the new beis medrash, and the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a to the car.

At around 1:30 the Rebbe drove home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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