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

At dawn, at 5:25, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol of Kiryas Joel for the recitation of Selichos.
The Beis Medrash HaGadol, with all its halls and corridors out to the porch, was filled to overflowing with thousands of Satmar chassidim from across Greater New York and New Jersey. The Rebbe shlit"a led the davening as chazan with great fervor, wrapped in the tallis and kappel 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 hisorerus. The Selichos concluded at around 6:25.
Immediately after Selichos, the Rebbe went into his private room, where the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the son of Rabbi Avrohom Yissachar Berish Welz (of Boro Park).
- the bochur Mendel, son of R' Hirsch (of Williamsburg).

The Rebbe entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis at around 9:30. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur Moshe Weissman.

After davening, the Rebbe blew the shofar and recited the fifteen chapters of Tehillim as is customary.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Chaim Shimon Weinberger, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe went over to the home of R' Avrohom Leib Brach, wishing him a refuah sheleimah, where the brisos of twins born to his grandson R' Avrohom Hersh Gelbstein took place, and the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

Yechidus hours were from 6:00 until 10:50 at night, in the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Court.

At around 7:15, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Gedalya Weinberger and R' Moshe Baruch Englander in the halls of Kinor David.

Afterward, the Rebbe went over to Beis Medrash Divrei Yoel for the hachnasas sefer Torah simcha, of a Torah written by R' Gedalya Mattisyahu Lenarowitz together with the mispallelim of the beis medrash. The Rebbe danced the holy dancing for an extended time and honored HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Yitzchak Wertzberger shlit"a, the dayan of the beis medrash, and the donor of the sefer Torah to dance. He then recited L'Dovid Mizmor as is customary and bestowed his holy blessings.

Afterward, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the heichal of the beis medrash. After Mincha, at around 7:55, the Rebbe returned to his holy home and continued the yechidus hours.

During the yechidus hours, a signing of documents took place, in which R' Zalman Leib Kappel pledged a large sum for the new mikvah in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor and bestowed his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:50.

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