Report of the Exalted Visit and Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada - Part 6

Sunday, Parshas Toldos

At about 9:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis davening in the main beis medrash, together with the chassidim of Montreal.

At about 1:00 in the afternoon there were times of entry to the Rebbe's room (yechidus) for the chassidim of Montreal, who entered according to a pre-arranged schedule, and it continued until about 3:15.

During the times of entry, the mayor of the city of Montreal came by. He had helped greatly in obtaining the permits for the beis medrash. The Rebbe thanked him warmly and bestowed upon him his holy blessing.

After the times of entry the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha at the residence where he was staying.
At about 4:15 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Kiryas Tash for a visit with the Tash Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued about stories of tzaddikim and about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness in Kiryas Tash. The Tash Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings. Afterwards the Tash Rebbe shlit"a asked the Rebbe shlit"a to speak privately for a few minutes. On the way out the Tash Rebbe shlit"a remarked to the Rebbe shlit"a that on this very spot of the visit he has for the past two years held the seudos of the night and day of Shabbos Kodesh with the talmidei hayeshiva. Afterwards the Tash Rebbe shlit"a accompanied the Rebbe out to the car.

At about 5:15 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived back in Montreal and went straight to the building of our great beis medrash for the magnificent celebration of the hachnasas sefer Torah, donated by the builder and founder of the beis medrash, the esteemed philanthropist R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer, in memory of his father, R' Shmuel Binyamin a"h, one of the esteemed residents of Montreal. The Rebbe took the sefer Torah from the donor and danced holy dances with fiery enthusiasm for an extended time. He honored the donor with placing the sefer Torah in the Aron Kodesh, and afterwards recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.
After the ceremony the Rebbe davened Maariv in the sanctuary of the beis medrash.

After Maariv the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of the elder, R' Meir Yuda Felzen, who had donated a large sum for the beis medrash. A pleasant conversation took place about memories of the holy R' Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessings.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went on a visit to HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, a dayan of our holy kehilla. A pleasant conversation took place about questions in the halachos of eruvin, and they spoke about the miracles experienced this past summer at the Camp Kiryas Berach Moshe in Canada, and more. The dayan shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings.

At the residence, the askanim of Hisachdus Avreichim entered the inner sanctum, where they reviewed the many activities for the young married men, to increase and glorify Torah, and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings.
At about 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the halls of the Crown Plaza Hotel, where the magnificent "Chanukas Habayis Gathering and Assembly of the Chassidim of Canada" took place in a most splendid and elegant manner. It was held together with the seudah of Siyum HaTorah, with the participation of hundreds of chassidim from Montreal and Kiryas Tash, and many guests who came to rejoice in the simcha of our holy kehilla and in the simcha of the esteemed builder and founder of the beis medrash and donor of the sefer Torah, the philanthropist R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer.

The chairman, HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Moshe Unsdorfer shlit"a, maggid shiur in our Montreal kehilla and son of the Rosh Av Beis Din, HaGaon Rabbi Reishis Chochmah shlit"a, spoke. He expressed the joy and excitement of the chassidim at meriting this moment, and spoke in praise of our holy kehilla since its founding.

In memory of R' Shmuel Binyamin Sofer z"l, his brother-in-law HaGaon Rabbi Wolf Landau shlit"a, director of Yeshiva Ketana Rav Tuv branch in Kiryas Joel, spoke. R' Bentzion Weberman sang, accompanied by the Zimra choir, special verses in honor of the occasion about the history of "Satmar Montreal."

Among the participants — among the many rabbanim and dayanim of Canada — were the Vizhnitz Montreal Rebbe shlit"a and the Tash Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe honored them with a lechayim, bestowed of his holy blessings, and accompanied them out.

The HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din shlit"a spoke, praising our holy kehilla and its tremendous success, and concluded with warm blessings for his brother-in-law, the Rebbe shlit"a, and for our holy kehilla.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered lengthy holy words of guidance and chizuk to the chassidim of Montreal, and after the divrei Torah he aroused them regarding many matters in need of strengthening. He spoke in praise of our holy kehilla in Montreal, a pleasant and chassidic kehilla, and especially of the main beis medrash, which has become a center of Torah and tefillah, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire assembly.

After the holy address the Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the entire assembly, and in particular the esteemed philanthropist R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer. The event concluded at about 11:40. On the way out the Rebbe shlit"a thanked the esteemed philanthropist R' Michel Rosenberg, the owner of the elegant hotel, who is also the owner of the "Crown" hotel in Connecticut, where several groups of chassidic Jews from New York travel to hold a "Shabbos gathering." (He had installed a kosher mikvah in the hotel in Connecticut at the personal request of the Rebbe shlit"a.) The Rebbe bestowed abundant blessings upon him, and traveled back to the residence.

Later the Rebbe shlit"a went on a visit to the family of R' Shmuel Binyamin Sofer z"l. A delightful conversation took place about the history of Montreal in earlier times, about the Shabbos customs of the Chasam Sofer zt"l and the customs of the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing upon all the members of the family, and especially upon the donor of the sefer Torah, R' Yaakov Zusman, and his mother tichye. The Rebbe then traveled back to the residence.

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