Report of the holy journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to the city of the forefathers, Sighet, may it be rebuilt

Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim

Although the yeshiva students arrived in Sighet late Thursday night, the learning schedule in the Yeshiva Shel Maalah began in the morning at 7:00, with the beis medrash packed to capacity. The Rosh Yeshiva, the Rebbe shlit"a, entered the beis medrash at around 7:45 and walked around for nearly a full hour, stopping at each and every table and engaging in pilpul with great nachas.

It was a majestic sight to see the great leader of Israel walking around, stopping for a minute at a table of Manchester, a minute by London and by Antwerp, young bochurim and older ones, at a table of Bnei Brak and by Yerushalayim. Everyone had a chance to speak. The Rebbe listened to the bochurim and debated and engaged in pilpul over the topics they were learning.

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis davening. The Rebbe put on the tefillin of the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yuda Glick (Antwerp), before davening, and also laid the tefillin in the beis medrash.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Aron Kodesh and delivered the first sugya shiur, with a fiery passion in the sugya of "shelo kederech hanaasan" on Simchas Torah.
After the shiur the Rebbe shlit"a continued with words of praise and thanks to Hashem for the privilege of teaching Torah to students in the very place where his holy grandfathers taught Torah, spoke at length about all that took place in the spreading of Torah in this place, and concluded with his holy blessings.

Afterward a generous breakfast was served to the bochurim, and then all the bochurim went in to the Rebbe for a private audience and passed by like the angels on high, taking leave. The Rebbe received each one and inquired about him, and many bochurim asked questions on the sugya, to which the Rebbe replied to each one and discussed them with good reason and insight.

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