Monday, Parshas Berachah II — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel Bramy Hirsch.
The bochur Chaim Yoel Deem.
The bochur Yoel Schnitzer.
The bochur Yaakov Ungar.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the heichal of the beis medrash.

During the morning hours, two meetings took place in Kiryas Joel at the home of the Rebbe shlit"a with several political officials who are running for re-election, together with the village administration and Assemblyman R' Simcha Eichenstein, one of the leading askanim for pure chinuch.
Around 12:30 Congressman Pat Ryan of the Kiryas Joel area came in, and later around 1:00 State Senator James Skoufis, together with the Assemblyman for the Kiryas Joel area, Chris Eachus. The politicians highlighted their many accomplishments for the benefit of the chareidi Jewish community in New York in general and for Kiryas Joel in particular, and especially emphasized their efforts for the future of chinuch in New York, and their efforts for affordable housing in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe discussed many matters, foremost various steps regarding the chinuch decree and what the chareidi community expects of them, and bestowed his holy blessings upon them in honor of the upcoming elections.

In the afternoon hours around 4:30, the Rebbe shlit"a, at his home, tested the hundreds of ninth-grade students of the yeshiva preparatory class from both branches of Mosdos Kiryas Joel on Maseches Kiddushin, which they learned over the past year. The Rebbe tested the bochurim for a considerable time and left them with a question, and afterwards wished well to the principals, the maggidei shiur, and all the bochurim.

In the afternoon around 6:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha at his home.

Yechidus hours in Kiryas Joel were from 8:40 until 10:45 at night, at the Rebbe's home on Ohel Court.

During the yechidus hours, a lechayim celebration was held in Kiryas Joel in honor of the engagement of the chassan, son of HaRav R' Yaakov Elazar Mendlowitz z"l, son of the prominent R' Yoshe, to the kallah, daughter of R' Yoel Fish. A fine conversation ensued; the Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings, especially upon the prominent R' Yoshe.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 10:45.

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