Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Eitz Chaim branch – Shiur Gimmel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Dovid Moskowitz.
- the bochur Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Friedman.
- the bochur Yitzchak Yekusiel Yehuda Freund.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 28, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the heichal of the beis medrash.

At around 12:00, the Rebbe arrived at the ceremony of pouring the foundations of the new mikvah tahara of our holy kehilla in the Jefferson neighborhood of Kiryas Joel Expanded. The Rebbe poured the foundations and honored HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Farkash shlit"a and the mikvah's donors, residents of the neighborhood, to pour the foundations as well. During this, the Rebbe heard a report from the mikvah committee of our holy kehilla about all the facilities and hiddurim of the mikvah.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went over to a lechayim gathering in the adjacent Beis Medrash Avodas Aharon, where HaGaon Rabbi Berel Margulies shlit"a, chairman of the committee for expanding the city's borders, and HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Farkash shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash, spoke.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to all the donors and residents of the neighborhood, and a pleasant conversation developed about the growth and development of the area.
A signing of pledge documents also took place, where the distinguished neighborhood resident R' Yaakov Yuda Gefen pledged a large sum for the Mosdos Yatev Lev in Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor and bestowed upon him from his holy blessing.
Afterwards, the Rebbe delivered words of Torah on the importance of donating money for a mikvah, and related a story about the holy Meor Einayim zy"a, who sold his share in the World to Come in order to be able to build a mikvah, and he explained that when one gives money for a mikvah, one thereby buys the World to Come. The Rebbe praised the neighborhood residents who joined together to build a mikvah that cost a great deal of money, and concluded with abundant blessings to all the donors, blessing them that they should all merit the World to Come and this world and all that is good.
Several nigunim were sung, and it ended at around 12:30.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to Yeshiva, the Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the yeshiva's talmidim in his private room. At around 5:15, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

In the evening, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly yechidus hours.
On the way, the Rebbe stopped in Monsey for a bikur cholim visit to his friend and longtime chavrusa, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Reishis Chochmah shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued, filled with stories of tzaddikim, and the Rebbe warmly bestowed his holy blessing.

Upon arrival in Williamsburg, the Rebbe honored, dressed in Shabbos clothing, the chuppah of a granddaughter of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, at Imperial Hall. The Rebbe waited until after the chuppah and warmly wished mazel tov to the chasan, the mechutanim and HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, and greeted the Vizhnitz Rebbe of Williamsburg shlit"a there.

The yechidus hours at the Rebbe's holy residence on Hooper St. were from 8:30 until 1:30 after midnight.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:45 and then continued receiving the public.

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