Wednesday, Parshas Pekudei — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Early in the morning, before Shacharis, a bris was held for a newborn son of R' Avrohom Shmuel Fish, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yisroel Horowitz.
- The bochur Chaim Friedlander.
- The bochur Yaakov Yochanan Fleischmann.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 25, verse 11. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At around 1:50, the Rebbe went up to Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe delivered the seventh shiur in the sugya, in the sugya of "mitoch" (the preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha). The Rebbe finished at around 2:30.

In the afternoon hours, HaGaon Rabbi Yehoshua Katz shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Magrov, paid a visit to the Rebbe's holy home. A pleasant conversation took place regarding kashrus, during which he expressed his admiration for the many chumros and hiddurim in the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla, after baking matzos there today, and the Rebbe bid him farewell with his holy blessing.

At around 6:20, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

Entry times at the Rebbe's holy home on Uhel Court were from 8:40 until 12:40 at night.

At around 9:30, an appointment ceremony was held at the Rebbe's holy home, where the Rebbe appointed his grandson, HaGaon R' Chaim Yaakov Rokeach shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, as Rav of Beis Medrash Kol Eliyahu on Carlstadt Road in Kiryas Joel. A pleasant conversation took place with the distinguished grandfathers, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Tarcal shlit"a and HaGaon Av Beis Din of Kozlov-Monsey shlit"a, discussing the power of the rabbinate before the Second World War, particularly in the city of Satmar and in Papa. Joyous songs were sung, and R' Dovid Eckstein of Eretz Yisroel performed.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the new Rav of the beis medrash, the rabbanim shlit"a, and the administration and askanim of the beis medrash. It ended at around 10:10.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim for the mechutanim.
- R' Eliezer Herskowitz - R' Yoel Goldberger.
- R' Yoel Spielman shlit"a - R' Yom Tov Levy shlit"a.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:40.

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