Thursday, Parshas Shemini — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissim took place:
For the newborn son of R' Yoel Bri"m Friedman (Williamsburg), where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
For the newborn son of R' Mordechai Yitzchak Gefen (Williamsburg), where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
For the newborn son of R' Kalman Eliezer, son of HaRav Avrohom Eckstein, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Beirach Moshe branch.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up as the third aliyah, and after davening he reviewed the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 14.

After Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Eliezer Rubinstein at the home of his father, HaRav R' Aharon Dovid, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

At midday, around 1:50, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe delivered the fifth sugya shiur as preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. After the shiur, the Rebbe engaged in lengthy pilpul in his usual manner with the talmidim of the mesivta and with his son, HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, who was also present at today's sugya shiur. It concluded at around 2:30.

At around 4:00, the Rebbe shlit"a went out to the newly built addition of his home, where the Rebbe fulfilled the mitzvah of ma'akeh (building a parapet). The Rebbe lifted the fence and set it down in its place, and with great emotion recited the blessing with Shem and Malchus, and then recited the Shehechiyanu blessing on the newly built addition. The Rebbe then personally secured the fence with physical effort, screwing in the nails and fastening it, and in the process appointed the builder, HaRav R' Yitzchak Bernatta, as an agent to complete the fence, and the Rebbe waited until it was completed.

In the afternoon at around 7:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his home.

At around 8:45, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Beis Rochel auditorium in the Leah Esther building for the siyum on all six orders of Mishnah by "Masmidim Ratz LaMishnah." Upon arrival, the Rebbe danced on the spot for several minutes. The chairman, HaRav Leibush Goldberger shlit"a, spoke, after which several children sang rhymes in honor of the occasion, and all the children recited their assigned chapters of Mishnayos and completed all six orders of Mishnah on the spot.
The program continued with songs of inspiration, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and gave good wishes to the entire assembly, and especially to the director of the Masmidim, HaRav Elimelech Schwartz shlit"a.
The Rebbe delivered words of Torah and holy words about the great joy for all of Kiryas Joel, and especially for the distinguished children completing the Mishnayos and their parents, and expressed his great nachas from attending the learning sessions this Sunday, and concluded with his holy blessings. It ended at around 9:25.

Yechidus hours (zmanei kenisa) were held from around 9:30 until 11:45 at night, in his home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall of his home for the mechutanim R' Yisroel Yitzchak Lustigman and R' Elimelech Brach (Montreal).

During the yechidus hours, the bochur Moshe Aharon Dovid, son of HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Rothenberg shlit"a, and the bochur Yechezkel Shraga, son of R' Yoel Schwartz, presented themselves for a farher (oral examination) with the Rebbe shlit"a on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah, part 1.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:45.

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