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

This morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Aryeh Friedlander took place, with the Rebbe serving as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the heichal of the Mesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
the son of HaGaon R' Moshe Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan and posek of Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel Binyomin.
The bochur Yosef Mordechai Kahana.

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

At about 1:20 in the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the halls of Beis Rochel Paradise for the 'Chumash Seudah' for the nearly six hundred first-grade talmidim, ke"h, from all branches of Mosdos Kiryas Yoel. The children sang several songs, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and distributed shirayim to the grandchildren. He delivered a few brief words of Torah and blessing to the children, and then distributed a gift, a Krias Shema She'al HaMitah booklet, to all the children. The Rebbe also gave a gift to the distinguished philanthropist R' Yuda Weiss, who purchased the zechus of the occasion. Afterwards, the children stood up and danced, while the Rebbe watched with great nachas for an extended time. It concluded at about 2:20.

In the afternoon at about 4:00, the talmidim of the ninth grade of Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzaddik Viznitz of Williamsburg entered the Rebbe's room, where they were examined by the Rebbe on Maseches Kiddushin. The bochurim then went over to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe gave them of his holy blessing.

The Rebbe then went up to the heichal of the Yeshiva, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

At about 7:15, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours. Upon arrival, the Rebbe went to console the children of the late R' Berish Laufer a"h, who had passed away on Shabbos Kodesh. At about 9:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha at his home, and afterwards there were reception hours in the Rebbe's room until 1:15 after midnight.

During the reception hours, an assembly took place with the members of the leadership of our holy kehilla and its mosdos in Yerushalayim, who are currently visiting New York, together with the Yerushalayim leadership in the U.S., and the architect, Rabbi Yisroel Weichleder of Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe went through all the plans for the gigantic $30 million building for the kehilla and its mosdos in Yerushalayim, which will IY"H be built with great splendor.

HaGaon Rabbi Shlomo Kanievsky shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Kiryat Melech and Tiferes Tzion in Eretz Yisroel, also entered the Rebbe's room. A pleasant conversation in Torah ensued, and the Rebbe gave of his holy blessings.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at about 12:30, and afterwards continued to receive the public.

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

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Aharon Pollak, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the hall of the Yeshiva Ketana "Snif Zera Kodesh," under the direction of HaRav R' Yoel Asher Weider shlit"a, in the new building, "Kepetch Building," on Karlsburg Street, donated by HaRav R' Shimon Moshe Kepetch, a member of the mosdos' board, on the occasion of the dedication of the building and the affixing of a mezuzah.

Upon arrival, the Rebbe walked around to all the floors and looked over the mikvah and the simcha hall that are being built for the neighborhood.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Levi Yitzchak Dovid Landau.
The bochur Menachem Weiss.
The bochur Yoel Berish Eckstein.
The bochur Shimon Landau.
The baal tefillah was HaRav R' Shimon Moshe Kepetch, and during the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for Hagbah.

After davening, the Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the entrance of the beis medrash hall and honored the donor, HaRav R' Shimon Moshe, with affixing a mezuzah on the second doorway. Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash with the participation of the members of the mosdos' board and the donors of the classes. The manager shlit"a spoke, as did the donor of the building, HaRav R' Shimon Moshe, who first recited the Shehecheyanu blessing with Hashem's Name and Kingship. Several nigunim were sung in honor of the occasion, and the talmid of the yeshiva, the bochur Yosha son of Hersh Ber Meisels, made a siyum on Meseches Makkos, and HaRav R' Shimon Moshe recited Kaddish. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly blessed the distinguished donor, the members of the mosdos' board, and the donors of the classes, the bar mitzvah bochurim, the rebbeim of the yeshiva and all the bochurim. He then delivered words of kodesh, in the course of which he expressed the great joy of the residents of Kiryas Joel that yet another building is being added for the yeshiva ketana, and the tremendous merit of the distinguished donor to donate a building for Torah and davening, where there will be a yeshiva ketana in addition to the beis medrash Rav Tov that is already located in the building. This is aside from the building that R' Shimon Moshe already donated for the mosdos. "The buildings one donates are the true wealth, and with them one remains forever." He concluded with warm blessings for the distinguished donor and for the entire gathering. It ended at around 1:00.

From there the Rebbe went to pay a return visit to HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Shevet HaLevi Rebbe and Av Beis Din of Zichron Meir shlit"a, at the guest residence in Kiryas Joel in the home of HaRav R' Pinchas Shapira. A pleasant conversation in Torah and Chassidus took place. The Shevet HaLevi Rebbe honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his blessings and gave as a gift his new sefer, Lev Aharon Drushim, Bamidbar.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to the hall of the Yeshiva, Snif Divrei Yoel, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

In the early evening hours, the spiritual and material administration of Machane Beis Rochel entered for a private audience to receive a blessing on the occasion of the approaching summer, as they prepare IY"H to open the camp this coming Sunday with close to three thousand girls, bli ayin hara, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing.
At around 7:15, the Rebbe arrived at the beis medrash "Ohel Basya" in the Highland Mills neighborhood for the hachnasas sefer Torah donated by HaRav R' Levi Yitzchak Borzesky shlit"a, director of the Yeshiva Snif Vayoel Moshe, together with his son the bochur Yosef Tzvi. The Rebbe performed the holy dancing and honored HaRav R' Levi Yitzchak shlit"a and his son the bochur Yosef Tzvi with dancing, and afterwards the Rebbe recited Ledavid Mizmor as is customary. On the way out, the Rebbe heard a report from the donor and patron of the beis medrash, HaRav R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, chairman of the mosdos' board in Williamsburg and a resident of the neighborhood, about the expansion of the boundaries of kedusha in the surrounding area and about the morning and evening kollel that functions in the beis medrash for the glory of Hashem's Name.

Afterwards, at around 7:40, the Rebbe arrived at the beis medrash Beis Boruch of our holy kehilla for the hachnasas sefer Torah donated by HaRav R' Mordechai Hersh Farkash in memory of his son R' Yaakov a"h. The Rebbe performed the holy dancing and honored his son HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yoel shlit"a, the rav of the beis medrash, and the donor HaRav R' Mordechai Hersh with dancing. During their dancing, the Rebbe danced with the orphans, the children of R' Yaakov Farkash a"h, and afterwards recited Ledavid Mizmor as is customary, and the orphans recited Kaddish.

At around 8:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ihel Court. Afterwards, there were times of private audiences in the inner chamber until 12:30 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Shimon Hershkowitz – R' Yoel Yitzchak Sofer.
R' Yoel Katz – R' Elazar Klein.

During the times of private audiences, the administration and askanim of the kehilla and mosdos of the holy city of Yerushalayim, who are visiting New York these days, entered together with the Yerushalayim administration in the U.S. They brought warm greetings from the kehilla and the holy mosdos in Yerushalayim and discussed various topics with the Rebbe concerning the kehilla and mosdos. The Rebbe sent back with them a greeting of peace for the members of the community in the holy city of Yerushalayim.
Then, at about 12:30, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv in his holy home.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
A grandson of the Rebbe's father zt"l, the bochur, son of HaGaon Rabbi R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the Gaon Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a.
The bochur Chananya Yom Tov Steinberg.
The bochur Yaakov Reich.
The bochur Yaakov Kessler.
Afterward, the Rebbe wound the straps for the bar mitzvah bochur, son of HaGaon R' Yoel shlit"a.

After davening, the Rebbe led 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.


In the afternoon, a group of bochurim, talmidim of Yeshivas Tiferes Yehuda Aryeh of Carteret, New Jersey, entered the Rebbe's room together with their maggid shiur HaGaon R' Chaim Muteshen shlit"a. The Rebbe questioned them about the yeshiva's seder and their learning, then spoke words of guidance and imparted from his holy blessing.

Afterward, the Rebbe went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the yeshiva's talmidim in his private room.

At around 7:50, the Rebbe went over to the yeshiva building, Eitz Chaim branch, where a siyum ceremony for the writing of a Sefer Torah took place. The Sefer Torah is being written by HaGaon R' Levi Yitzchak Borzesky shlit"a, director of the Yeshiva V'Yoel Moshe branch, together with his son, the young man Yosef Tzvi Borzesky, and will be brought in tomorrow, Monday, to the beis medrash 'Ohel Basya' in the Highland Mills neighborhood. The Rebbe danced in place for several minutes, then inspiring and devoted melodies were sung, and HaGaon R' Meir Zwibel shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva, spoke. Afterward, the Rebbe filled in the letters, and inspiring melodies were sung.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly blessed the chosson haTorah, the bochur Yosef Tzvi, and his father HaGaon R' Levi Yitzchak shlit"a, the rebbeim of the yeshiva and all the bochurim, and spoke brief words of blessing in honor of the occasion. After the stirring address by the grandfather, R' Elimelech Shlomo Schwartz shlit"a, the Rebbe performed hagbah on the Sefer Torah and danced for an extended time with the open Sefer Torah. The grandfather, R' Elimelech Shlomo shlit"a, was honored with gelilah, the chosson haTorah, the bochur Yosef Tzvi, with chagiras haSefer Torah, and HaGaon R' Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, rav of beis medrash Divrei Chaim and a rebbi in the yeshiva, with the keser Torah. The Rebbe then broke into a festive, holy dance with the Sefer Torah and danced with fiery enthusiasm for an extended time. Afterward, he honored HaGaon R' Levi Yitzchak shlit"a and his son, the bochur Yosef Tzvi, the grandfather R' Elimelech shlit"a, and the rebbeim of the yeshiva to dance. The event concluded at around 8:40.

After the ceremony, the Rebbe went over to his holy residence on Ahel Court, where the Rebbe davened Mincha, and afterward there were entry times into the holy room until 11:45 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tnaim in the tnaim hall of his holy residence for the following mechutanim:
R' Yuda Avrohom Stein (of Williamsburg) - R' Yoel Mittelman.
R' Shmuel Aharon Singer - R' Meir Shaul Yechezkel Hecht.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 11:45 in his holy residence.

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

On Erev Shabbos afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a placed the shtreimel on the chassanim.
The bochur, the chassan Hersh Leib son of Shimshon Shraga Vogel.
The bochur, the chassan Gedalya son of Yuda Hersh Berger.

Friday night at around 9:05, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Moshe Yona Rosenfeld (Yerushalayim).

Davening concluded at around 10:35. The crowd passed by 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 Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidei hamesivta, and began, as is his holy custom, 'Shalom Aleichem' with feeling and sweetness.

Eshes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Raising the cup for Kiddush: R' Moshe Yona Rosenfeld.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Yechezkel Landau (London); Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil Sharf.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Shlach lecha anashim" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the sugya of "hoda'as baal din k'meah eidim" in a case where it causes a liability to others.

Kah Echsof: R' Yaakov Meir Steinmetz (Bnei Brak). Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson, HaGaon R' Zalman Teitelbaum shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Menachem Zev in the Veyoel Moshe neighborhood.

Stories and accounts: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories about the holy Rabbi Shlomo of Bobov zt"l, whose yahrzeit falls on Thursday, 1 Tammuz. Kah Ribon Olam: R' Aharon Yekusiel Berkowitz (Monsey).

The newly engaged chassanim came by to take fruit, and a Shalom Zachor took place at R' Aryeh Friedlander's. "Az B'yom HaShvi'i": Rabbi Shlomo Berkowitz (Williamsburg). It concluded at around 1:50.

And on Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:40. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Mechil Feldman. The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: HaGaon R' Dovid Hirsch shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our Williamsburg kehilla. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Yehoshua Chaim Teitelbaum shlit"a (Boro Park).

Aliyos. Kohen: Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Glick shlit"a. Levi: the bochur, the chassan Yuda Hersh Berger — with the bewerfen. Shlishi: the bochur, the chassan Shimshon Shraga Vogel — with the bewerfen. Revi'i: the bochur, the chassan Shlomo Zalman Weiss. Chamishi: R' Yisroel Yaakov Sofer. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and named the baby girl on the occasion of a birth, for the following baalei simcha.
R' Yoel Yaakov Kahn.
R' Yoel Berish Perl.

Shevi'i: R' Yitzchok Vogel (Williamsburg). Acharon: HaGaon R' Shlomo Zeibel shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash Beis Dov. Maftir: R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss. Hagbah: Rabbi Shmuel Berger (Williamsburg). Gelilah: R' Chaim Hersh Apfel.

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed the new month. Musaf: HaGaon R' Yosef Tuvia Horowitz shlit"a (Rav on the East Side). Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Yitzchok Meir Feldman (Williamsburg). It concluded at 12:35.

In the afternoon at around 7:40, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash to deliver the Pirkei Avos shiur. The Rebbe took up Perek 3, Mishnah 14, "Chiba yeseira nodaas lahem shenikre'u banim laMakom, chavivin Yisroel shenitan lahem keli chemda," and explained it on 12 levels, with derush and pilpul, aggada and mussar. He concluded with words of arousal and preparation for the summer days: one must already prepare for the holy days of the Three Weeks. The Torah readings in these parshiyos awaken the time, with the verses recited in these holy days, and the yetzer hara's counsel is to cause one to stumble especially in these days. He concluded with abundant blessings. It concluded at around 8:40, and the Rebbe went into his private room.
Raava D'Ravin

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 9:00. Mincha: R' Yaakov Moshe Mittelman. Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Shalom Eliezer Roter (Bnei Brak). Kohen: R' Dovid Mordechai Schwartz (Williamsburg). Levi: R' Aharon Shlomo Apfel (Williamsburg). Shlishi: R' Shalom Halpert. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Avrohom Yitzchok Mertz.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Shlomo Hersh Eckstein. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

In his Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a took up the verse "V'hischazaktem ulekachtem mipri ha'aretz" and explained that through the light of Torah, a vitality of kedusha enters a person and he is called "chai." Even if one has fallen, he can do teshuva and merit the geula. One must strengthen himself especially in these months, not like the common practice where people go away and become lax in Torah learning. On the contrary, one should add, and so "these days will be turned into joy and gladness."

Yedid Nefesh: R' Yuda Moshe Gelb (Montreal). Kel Mistater: R' Yitzchok Vogel. The Rebbe shlit"a blessed the cup and recited the Sheva Brachos.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: R' Shaul Leib Zaldan. After Havdalah, people passed by to wish a gutte voch. It concluded at 11:25.

On Motzei Shabbos, the siyum of writing the letters of the Sefer Torah being written by R' Moshe Ovadia Masri took place in the Rebbe's holy home. The Rebbe filled in letters, drank l'chaim, and bestowed his holy blessings on R' Moshe Ovadia and his family.

Also entering the Rebbe's room was Rabbi Yisroel Kaufman shlit"a, assistant rav of Kehal Zichron Eliezer of Cincinnati, Ohio, and vice president of the Bikur Cholim of Cincinnati, who serves as chaplain of the large local hospital, which unfortunately serves many frum Jews. The Rebbe heard a report of his activities, inquired extensively about the local kehilla and mosdos, and warmly bestowed his holy blessing.

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