Sunday, Parshas Haazinu, First Day of Selichos — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At dawn, at around 5:20, the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the recital of Selichos in the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Kiryas Joel.
The Beis Medrash HaGadol, with all its sanctuaries and corridors, was filled to overflowing with many thousands of anash from throughout greater New York and New Jersey.
The Rebbe shlit"a led the davening before the amud with great fervor, wrapped in the tallis and wearing the kapel of the Divrei Yoel zy"a, from the collection of R' Avrohom Moshe Falkowitz, and recited the Selichos of the Divrei Yoel zy"a. They concluded at around 6:20, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home.

Before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Chaim Binyamin Eliezer Wertheimer, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
the bochur Shlomo Zalman Horowitz.
the bochur Yaakov Elyakim Fischer.
the bochur Lipa Teitelbaum.
After davening, the Rebbe blew the shofar.

In the afternoon, at around 3:30, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Kinor David halls, where a 'Siyum on Seder Bereishis' was held by the new class of Kita Gimmel of the Kiryas Joel mosdos. The parents and grandfathers of the children also participated. Rabbi Shmuel Eckstein shlit"a and Rabbi Yoel Oppenheim shlit"a spoke, the children sang several songs, and afterwards the children were tested at length on the whole of Seder Bereishis, conducted by Rabbi Yeshaya Panet shlit"a of Eretz Yisroel.
The Rebbe conveyed words of praise and a blessing that they should merit to complete the five Chumashim and continue on with the whole Torah. They concluded at around 3:50.

Yechidus hours in Kiryas Joel were from around 5:45 in the afternoon until 10:45 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy home for the mechutanim R' Yaakov Yoel Goldenberg and R' Naftali Tzvi Chaim Landau (Tosh).

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 7:30, and Maariv at around 10:45.

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