Thursday, Parshas Vayikra — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning a bris for a newborn son took place at the home of R' Yeshaya Ber Levi, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Moshe Efraim Fishel Teitelbaum.
- The bochur Levi Yitzchak Gestetner.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening he recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 29, verse 4. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

At around 1:40, the Rebbe arrived at Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe delivered the fourth sugya shiur, on the sugya of positive time-bound mitzvos, as preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. It concluded at around 2:30.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went over to the adjacent yeshiva building, where the bochurim were engaged in grinding wheat for Pesach, b'ezras Hashem. Songs of inspiration were sung, and then the Rebbe personally exerted himself physically in the work for an extended time and ground wheat for the mitzvah of matzah, in the presence of a large crowd. Afterwards, the singing continued with joyous songs. It concluded at around 2:50.

At around 6:15, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy residence on Zanz Court.

The time for receiving visitors in Kiryas Joel was from 8:30 until 12:30 at night, at his holy residence on Ohel Court.

At around 10:30, the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tena'im of the mechutanim:
R' Yaakov Yosef Hoffman and R' Chaim Eliyahu Felberbaum.
R' Yoel Sofer and R' Yoel Eckstein.

During the visitors' hours in Kiryas Joel, a lechayim celebration took place on the occasion of the start of the writing of a Sefer Torah, which is being written by R' Avrohom Leib Felberbaum and his family. The Rebbe drank lechayim, bestowed his holy blessing, and spoke about the importance of the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30.

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