Monday, Parshas Beha'aloscha 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Baruch Yuda Frenkel, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin with the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel, son of R' Asher Weiss.
The Rebbe lit candles and said Kaddish in honor of the yahrzeit of his ancestor, the holy Rabbi Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a. During the Torah reading the Rebbe was called up as Shlishi, and after the reading he went to the amud and said all the Kaddishes.

After davening the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 30, verse 3.

Afterward a lechayim gathering was held in the heichal of the beis medrash in honor of the hilula. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave a blessing to the bar mitzvah bochur, before the rebbeim and talmidim of the yeshiva, and then related several holy stories about the Baal HaHilula zy"a.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe received a visit from the elderly HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Breish shlit"a, president of Kollel Chelkas Yaakov in Bnei Brak. A pleasant conversation took place about the history of kollelim in the past and today, and about the hundreds of married men learning in the fortress of kollelim in Kiryas Joel. Rabbi Moshe shlit"a thanked the Rebbe for the profound shiur on a sugya that the Rebbe delivered at Kollel Chelkas Yaakov during the holy journey to Eretz Yisroel this past winter. The Rebbe gave him his sefer Lev Aharon – Chiddushei Sugyos and bestowed his holy blessing.

In the afternoon hours, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli entered together with the kehilla's administration to receive the Rebbe's blessing in advance of the upcoming elections. R' Gedalya Segadin gave a report about the many good things he has already done in the past for Jews in New York, and especially for the residents of Kiryas Joel, and discussed plans for the future for the benefit of the residents of Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing.

In the afternoon the Rebbe went up to Yeshiva, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room. At around 6:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva; before Mincha the Rebbe lit candles in honor of the yahrzeit.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- Rabbi Yosef Amram Markowitz shlit"a and Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Herskowitz shlit"a in the halls of Kinor David.
- R' Chaim Hersh Goldberger and R' Moshe Mordechai Greenfeld in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.
- R' Yosef Chaviv Masri and R' Yoel Kaira in the halls of Ginas Klein.

The reception hours were held from 8:10 until 12:45 after midnight at the Rebbe's holy residence on Ohel Court.

During the reception hours, HaRav HaTzaddik R' Dovid Tzvi Kahn shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Toldos Avraham Yitzchak in Beit Shemesh and son of the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a, entered for a private audience. A pleasant conversation took place about various new communities in Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe inquired after the well-being of his father, the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a, honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

At around 10:30 the Rebbe went down to the halls in his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- R' Yonah Tzvi Hoffman and R' Alter Moshe Klein.
- R' Azriel Yuda Katz and R' Yerucham Zev Fried.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:10 and then continued receiving the public.

After the reception hours, a lechayim gathering was held at the Rebbe's holy residence on Zanz Court in honor of the tenaim of the mechutanim R' Yoel Goldstein and R' Chaim Hersh Oberlander, manager of the Kiryas Joel mehadrin slaughterhouse and member of the administration of Mosdos Yatev Lev in the U.S. A pleasant conversation took place, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave a blessing to the chasan, the mechutanim, and the entire family.

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