Wednesday 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 8:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis in the Beis Chabad beis medrash. The baal tefillah was R' Shimon son of R' Aharon Weinberger (Kiryas Joel).

At about 1:15 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in the Beis Chabad beis medrash. The baal tefillah was R' Shlomo Yuda Weinberger (Kiryas Tash).
After Mincha the chassidim bid farewell to the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe thanked the local rabbi of the beis medrash, Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Denebeim, for giving over the beis medrash and the mikvah to the Rebbe and for the benefit of the chassidim who came to bask in the shade of holiness, and for standing ready to help with all their needs over the past weeks. The Rebbe then set out on the way to the Palm Springs International Airport, and at about 2:45 the private plane took off for New York.

On the plane, the Rebbe shlit"a spent the entire journey engaged in deep study of the works of the Rishonim on the topic of "shelo k'derech hanasan," writing chidushei Torah and also noting various sources on the topic. These are to be sent to the heads of the yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel and Europe, so that the yeshiva students can engage in it during their study sessions before traveling to the elevated Shabbos Kodesh, "Yeshiva Shel Maalah," in the city of the forefathers, Sighet, for Shabbos Shekalim, IY"H. This is also for the planned study sessions during the exalted days when the yeshiva students will be staying in the shade of holiness, and for the shiurim that the Rebbe shlit"a will deliver on this topic to the hundreds of cherished bochurim, in the very place where his holy forebears taught Torah to thousands of upright and worthy students.

At about 9:45 the private plane landed at Teterboro Airport, and the Rebbe davened Maariv at the airport.

The Rebbe then traveled into Williamsburg, and at about 11:00 arrived at the home of the HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, where the Rebbe comforted the mourner, his mechutan, the HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Beis Aharon shlit"a, over the passing of his wife, the Rebbetzin a"h, and the family.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of HaGaon Rabbi R' Shlomo Shabsai Kestenbaum shlit"a, rabbi in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg, on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter, mazel tov. A longer, pleasant conversation took place, after which the Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered good wishes to the chassan, the mechutanim, and the grandfathers.

The Rebbe shlit"a then returned to the house of mourning, where he spent time privately with his mechutan, the HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Beis Aharon shlit"a, and the children. From there, at a late hour, the Rebbe traveled home to his residence in Kiryas Joel, arriving at about 1:50.

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