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

At dawn, at 5:19, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Great Beis Medrash of Kiryas Joel for the recitation of Selichos.
The Great Beis Medrash, with all its sanctuaries and corridors, all the way to the porch, was filled to overflowing with many thousands of chassidim from across 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 zt"l, from the collection of R' Avrohom Moshe Falkowitz, and recited the Selichos of the Divrei Yoel zt"l with great inspiration. It concluded at about 6:20.

After the recitation of Selichos, the 'gathering of prayer and pleading for mercy' took place at the directive of the Rebbe shlit"a, where the thousands of Jews recited together the fourth book of Tehillim - as was also done in all the batei medrash of our holy kehilla around the world - to tear away and arouse the mercy of Heaven to nullify the decrees of the draft in Eretz Yisroel. The one who led the prayer was HaGaon Rabbi Naftali Hirsch Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh HaKahal and Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe of Williamsburg, and a member of the rabbinic leadership of Vaad Mishmeres Chomosecha Yerushalayim. It concluded at about 6:40, and the Rebbe went home.

Before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shalom Yitzchak the son of Menley Shaar, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Great Beis Medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The son of R' Menachem Yosha Berkowitz shlit"a, son of the HaGaon, the Dayan and Av Beis Din shlit"a.
The bochur Yoel Gross.
The bochur Yonason Binyamin Katina.
The bochur Yechezkel Landau.
The bochur Moshe Yuda Goldberger.
The bochur Meir Moshe Lebowitz.
After davening, the Rebbe sounded the shofar.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe went to visit the ill R' Yosha Mendlowitz at his home, may he have a speedy recovery. A pleasant conversation ensued, and the Rebbe wished him a complete and full recovery and abundant blessings.

Entry hours for kvitelach were from 6:30 until 10:15 at night, at the Rebbe's home on Uhel Court.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at about 7:10, and Maariv at about 10:15.

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