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

At the crack of dawn, around 5:45, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recital of Selichos. The baal tefillah was R' Yehoshua Shmuel Wieder. They finished around 6:35, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home.

Around 9:50 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Berkowitz, son of HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a.

- Petichah: R' Mordechai Epstein.
- Kohen: R' Moshe Brosh Katz.
- Levi: R' Moshe Ber Landau shlit"a.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
After the Torah reading, many guests from Eretz Yisroel and Europe, who had come to spend the month of Tishrei b'tzeil hakodesh, bentched Gomel.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Chaim Hersh Rokeach, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Chaim Yaakov shlit"a.
- Gelilah: the bar mitzvah bochur Yoel Berkowitz.

After davening, the simcha of the bris milah of the Rebbe's grandson, the newborn son of the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Chaim Yaakov shlit"a, took place in the main sanctuary of the beis medrash.
The Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandek and mohel. The standing sandek was HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Kozlov Monsey shlit"a. Brachos and naming: HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Tarcal shlit"a. "And his name shall be called in Israel": 'Yeshayahu', after the holy Baal Maaseh L'Melech of Vitzen zt"l.
After the bris, the entire congregation went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov, after which a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

Also coming in for a private audience were members of the Igud Avreichim of our holy kehilla in Williamsburg, to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the occasion of the start of a special Yerushalmi learning group exclusively for those who have already completed Shas within the framework of the Toschscha Shaashuai chavurah. The Rebbe asked about the details of the group and bestowed his holy blessing.

A few minutes later, the seudas bris took place in the southern part of the beis medrash sanctuary. At the seudah, the baal simcha, the father of the newborn, HaGaon shlit"a, and the grandfather, HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Tarcal shlit"a, were in attendance.
The Rebbe honored HaGaon Rabbi, rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a, with Yom Liveshah.
The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah on the verse "From all your sins before Hashem you shall be purified," noting that the final letters spell "milah," meaning that in the merit of milah one merits teshuvah. He continued with several stories about the connection of the holy Rebbes of the House of Sighet zy"a with the holy Baal Maaseh L'Melech zt"l, and warmly blessed the baal simcha, the grandfathers, and the entire gathering.
For bentching, the Rebbe honored the grandfather, HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Kozlov Monsey shlit"a, and the family members with the Harachaman's. They finished around 1:45.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went over to the home of his son-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Chaim Yaakov shlit"a, in the expanded Beirach Moshe neighborhood, where the Rebbe offered blessings to the mother and the other women of the family.

In the afternoon hours, the Rebbe's mechutan, HaGaon Rabbi, Av Beis Din of Beis Aharon shlit"a, came for a private audience to receive the Rebbe's holy blessing in honor of the Yamim Noraim. They had a pleasant conversation, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

Private audience hours were from 6:45 until 11:15 at night in the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Street.

The Rebbe davened Mincha around 7:20 and Maariv around 11:15. Before Maariv the Rebbe lit candles, and after Maariv he said Kaddish in honor of the yahrzeit of his ancestor, the holy Rabbi Elazar Nissan zy"a.


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