"And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, which cannot be counted for multitude"

On Motzei Shabbos the grand annual 'LaNetzach' dinner took place for the benefit of Mosdos Kiryas Joel, with its 11,500 talmidim and talmidos, may they continue to multiply, in the gigantic 'Beis Rachel Auditorium', with the participation of thousands of residents of Kiryas Joel, headed by the rabbanim and dayanim of the city, and first and foremost the Mara D'Asra Kadisha and Nasi of the holy mosdos, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

At the opening of the event, the devoted administrator, R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss, and the Rosh HaMenahalim, HaGaon R' Boruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, spoke. Afterwards, very rich questions and answers on matters of chinuch were heard through HaGaon R' Yochanan Zenvirt shlit"a, posed by the chairman of the event, R' Meir Mordechai Berkowitz.
Throughout the event, the renowned choir provided enjoyment with singing and accompaniment of the wonderful chazan R' Shlomo Zalman Horowitz.

At about 10:50 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the dinner. Joyous melodies were sung in honor of the simcha in our holy courts and on the occasion of the Yom HaHatzalah, 21 Kislev, and the Rebbe danced in place for several minutes.

Afterwards, the chairman of the event called upon the spokesman of the mosdos, R' Meir Hirsch, director of the mosdos, who gave a report on the material state and the incredible budget of the holy mosdos, and highlighted the dramatic expansion of the borders of holiness of 'Mosdos Kiryas Joel': last year the new 'Yeshiva building, Binyan Kepetch' was renovated, and in recent weeks they have already moved into two floors of the mighty fortress, the Talmud Torah building, 'Binyan Klein', which will be completely renovated in the coming months.
R' Meir then announced that preparations are already underway to build two more mighty buildings: the huge new Beis Rachel building on Drabitsh, where construction work has already begun and which will have a magnificent, affordable wedding hall, and likewise preparations are underway for construction of the new huge Talmud Torah building on Getzil Berger's property. These two buildings alone will cost the fantastic sum of over eighty million dollars! He then read out the names of the distinguished donors who contributed larger sums for the benefit of the mosdos.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of holiness and words addressing the needs of the hour, and after the divrei Torah he spoke at length about the matter of 'Beis Rachel' and the strong efforts of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, for the chinuch of girls in every place. He spoke in praise of 'Mosdos Kiryas Joel' and stated: 'In the mosdos there learn over eleven thousand children, may they multiply. This is the largest network of chinuch institutions in the entire world, both in quantity and in quality. It has no equal in the whole world, both in the chinuch of boys and the chinuch of girls. People come from other places to Kiryas Joel to ask how it is accomplished; people come to learn from Kiryas Joel.' He mentioned the tremendous expansion of the borders of holiness with the start of renovating the huge Talmud Torah building, 'Binyan Klein', and spoke of the great overcrowding in Beis Rachel. Construction of the new huge Beis Rachel building will begin soon, and it will be the largest chinuch building, with as many as 75 classrooms. The Rebbe took upon himself to be the first, like Nachshon, by purchasing a classroom in the building, and asked the community to become partners in building the building by purchasing classrooms.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a once again aroused the public regarding the matter of the kashrus of mezuzos, and in doing so showed the public several invalid mezuzos whose invalidity is almost impossible to recognize. He urged the community to buy mezuzos only from local sofrim, and then concluded with abundant blessings for the administration, the donors and the entire community.

After the Rebbe's address, R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss, the administrator, announced the names of several generous donors who had just come forward to join as partners with the Rebbe shlit"a and purchase a classroom in the new Beis Rachel building, and announced that the building will, b'ezras Hashem, be ready in 18 months to 2 years.

Afterwards, R' Nachman Levy performed with words of badchanus on the occasion of a chosson-kallah simcha. Then the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing upon the entire community.

Birkas Hamazon: the mechutan, father of the chosson, HaGaon R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a. Sheva Berachos: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park, shlit"a. The event ended at about 1:00.

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