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Monday, Parshas Eikev — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a — The Simcha of the Wedding of the Rebbe's Grandson, the Chosson HaRav Asher Anshel Ashkenazi shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Dayan of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, with the Kallah, daughter of HaGaon R' Chaim Meir Ehrenster shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Wiznitz Manchester, son of HaGaon R' Menachem shlit"a, Rosh Yeshivas Wiznitz Bnei Brak, and son-in-law of the Zidichoiv Chicago Rebbe shlit"a

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin with the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel, son of R' Meir Wertheimer.
The bochur Yoel, son of R' Chaim Weiss.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went to hagbah. After davening, he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 12, verse 2. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

The sound of song and salvation in the tents of the righteous

At around 5:30, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol, where the entire kehilla, old and young, passed by in a line to receive a blessing on the day of the chuppah.

Immediately afterward, at 5:50, the reception took place in the main hall of the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Songs of inspiration were sung, and R' Shmuel Kraus shlit"a spoke with rhymes and words of admonition. Then the songs of inspiration continued, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon the chosson, the distinguished mechutanim and grandfathers. The Rebbe shlit"a then delivered holy words to arouse the merit of the forefathers on the day of the chuppah, as is customary.
The Skulen Rebbe shlit"a also participated in the reception.

The Rebbe shlit"a arranged the kesubah, and afterward everyone went to the badeken in the halls of Keren V'Yoel Moshe. Before the badeken, the Rebbe asked that the condition of R' Yosha Tzvi son of Sheril and his son the bochur Boruch Bendit son of Chana Gitel be reported to him, for a speedy recovery. They are among the wounded in the terror attack this past Motzei Shabbos in Eretz Yisroel.

Afterward, the chuppah took place in front of the Beis Medrash HaGadol. The Rebbe shlit"a honored the kallah's grandfather, HaGaon Rosh Yeshivas Wiznitz shlit"a of Eretz Yisroel, with the kiddushin ceremony.
The Skver Rebbe shlit"a, a relative by marriage, participated in the chuppah.
The kesubah was read by HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yissocher Dov Eichenstein shlit"a of Zidichoiv Baltimore, an uncle of the kallah. The first sheva brachos were recited by the Alesk Rebbe shlit"a, an uncle of the chosson. The final blessing was recited by HaGaon Av Beis Din of our kehilla, Boro Park 15 shlit"a.

The witnesses for the kiddushin were HaGaon R' Simcha Sholom Steinberger shlit"a and HaRav HaGaon R' Avrohom Sholom Friedman shlit"a.
The witnesses for the yichud were HaRav HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a and R' Pinchas Elimelech Glick.

After the chuppah, the Rebbe wished blessings to the entire holy congregation and began a dance of tzaddikim with the grandfathers and mechutanim.

After the chuppah, at 7:45, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in Cheder Aharon Tzvi in the Beis Medrash HaGadol.
And so the righteous will see and rejoice

At around 8:15, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the wedding seudah. The Rebbe broke into a spirited dance in the hall and then washed for the wedding seudah. After the fish, the Rebbe wished a lechayim to the entire gathering.

A few minutes later, the chosson entered. The Rebbe danced with the chosson and honored the grandfathers and mechutanim to dance. Afterward, the crowd went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov.

Among others, the Wiznitz Monsey Rebbe and the Wiznitz Rebbe of Williamsburg shlit"a also participated in the wedding seudah. The Rebbe honored them to dance with the chosson, and afterward he also danced himself in the dance of tzaddikim.
At about 9:45, the Rebbe left the beis medrash and went home to his holy residence for a short break, where the Rebbe davened Maariv.
Also entering the Rebbe's room was HaGaon R' Yissocher Dov Eichenstein shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Zidichoiv Baltimore, son of the Zidichoiv Chicago Rebbe shlit"a and son-in-law of HaGaon Av Beis Din of Reishis Chochma Montreal shlit"a, together with his son the chosson, to receive the Rebbe's holy blessings and to invite the Rebbe shlit"a to the wedding simcha taking place this coming Wednesday in the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Skver, with the kallah being a granddaughter of the Skver Rebbe and the Wiznitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a.

At around 11:25, the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Birkas HaMazon and the mitzvah tanz. The Rebbe honored HaGaon R' Boruch Sternbuch shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Wiznitz Brachfeld, with leading Birkas HaMazon. The first sheva brachos were recited by HaGaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and the final blessing by HaGaon R' Yitzchak Isak Schnebalg shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kalev.

After bentching, the badchan of the king, HaRav Mordechai Dovid Oestreicher, masterfully called the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tanz, and the songs of inspiration continued. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon the chosson, the mechutanim, the grandfathers and the entire kehilla. He then danced the uplifting mitzvah dances before the kallah with holy fiery enthusiasm for an extended time. Afterward, songs of inspiration were sung for several minutes while the Rebbe shlit"a stood in place arousing the entire gathering, and then he danced with the chosson, with the chosson's grandfather HaGaon Rabbi Dayan of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a and his family, and with the entire royal family, the grandchildren of the Beirach Moshe zy"a.

Afterward, the following were called to the mitzvah tanz: the kallah's grandfather HaGaon Rosh Yeshivas Wiznitz shlit"a, the uncles, sons and sons-in-law of the Zidichoiv Chicago Rebbe shlit"a, the father of the chosson shlit"a, and the father of the kallah, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Wiznitz Manchester shlit"a. Then the badchan recited words of badchanus and called out the chosson, and Eishes Chayil was danced. On his way out, the Rebbe wished mazel tov to the kallah. The simcha concluded at around 2:15.

May it be Hashem's will that from this simcha abundant blessing flow to us and to all Israel

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

This morning, before Shacharis, brisos took place.
For the newborn son of R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel, and for the newborn son of R' Yishai Stein, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Daniel Dovid Steinberg.
The bochur Yoel Pinchas Zicherman.
The bochur Eliezer Dovid Itzkovitch.
The bochur Yaakov Tzvi Teitelbaum.
The bochur Yoel Moshe Friedman.
The bochur Shlomo Baruch Yehuda Teitelbaum.

After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

Then, at around 12:00, the Rebbe went up to the holy resting place of the Rebbes zt"l on the occasion of the wedding of his grandson, which takes place today, Monday, in the Great Beis Medrash in Kiryas Joel. Upon arriving at the beis hachaim, the Rebbe recited the blessing, and then went into the holy Ohel and lit 5 candles at the holy graves and at the grave of his mother, the Rebbetzin a"h. The Rebbe recited the tefillah of the Yismach Moshe zt"y"a and recited the chapters of Sefer Revi'i as is customary, and said Kaddish. After Kaddish, the Rebbe read kvitlach for an extended time while songs of inspiration were sung. Afterward, the Rebbe prostrated himself on the graves of the Rebbes zt"l and of his mother the Rebbetzin a"h. They concluded at around 1:00.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Lipa Spielman - Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Herskovits shlit"a, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yonason Binyomin Weingarten - R' Alexander Nachum Gottlieb, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

At around 8:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ahel Street, together with the bochurim, talmidei Yeshiva Ketana Ahavas HaTorah Williamsburg, under the direction of HaGaon R' Moshe Shmuel Rotenberg shlit"a, the class of the Rebbe's grandson HaGaon R' Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a.

After davening, the bochurim and the maggid shiur went into the Rebbe's room, where the Rebbe shlit"a examined them on the entire halachos of Birchas HaPeiros. The bochurim also asked the Rebbe several questions about minhagim in the subject of Birchas HaPeiros and how it was practiced, and a fine discussion developed on these topics. The Rebbe shlit"a said a few brief words of guidance and blessing to the bochurim, and then the bochurim went over to receive the Rebbe's blessing, and the Rebbe gave each one a gift of his sefer Lev Aharon - Devarim.

Afterward, the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedola Esek HaTorah, Monsey branch, under the direction of HaGaon R' Yisroel Mordechai Seidenfeld shlit"a, went in to receive the Rebbe's blessing ahead of the trip tomorrow, Monday, to the holy places in Europe. The Rebbe asked about the details of the trip, delivered words of guidance and his holy blessings, and distributed shlichus mitzvah money to all the bochurim. Then the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessings upon the menahel and the bochurim.

Afterward, there were yechidus hours until 12:45 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at a tenaim ceremony in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
R' Shimshon Gefen - R' Meir Wertheimer.
R' Reuven Ariel Mawas - R' Yoel Saal.

During the yechidus hours, HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Yosef Hager shlit"a, son of the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a and son-in-law of the Skvira Rebbe shlit"a, came into the Rebbe's room to receive his holy blessings and to invite the Rebbe shlit"a to the wedding of his daughter, the kallah, which takes place this Wednesday night, and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings.

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

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