Monday, Parshas Chukas-Balak — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, the brisim took place.
- For the son born to R' Chananya Levi, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
- For the son born to R' Leibush Frankel, where the Rebbe was sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Pinchas Elimelech Weissman.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up as Shlishi. After davening, the Rebbe studied the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 31, verse 8. Afterward, a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.
Also, gabbaim of the Kupas Halbashah L'Chasanim of Mesivta Shaarei Yosher, Divrei Yoel branch, came in for an audience to receive a blessing in light of the current campaign for the fund, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing.

In the morning hours, the students of the Yeshiva Ketana, Ahavas HaTorah branch of Williamsburg, led by HaRav R' Yechiel Michel Sekula shlit"a, came in for an audience at the Rebbe's holy home and were tested on the Shulchan Aruch, Hilchos Birkas HaPeiros. The Rebbe tested the bochurim for an extended time, then distributed his sefer Lev Aharon to all the bochurim, and bestowed from his holy blessing upon the maggid shiur, his grandson HaRav R' Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a, and upon the rebbeim of the yeshiva.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to the Yeshiva, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the yeshiva's students in his private room.
In his private room, HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of London shlit"a, came in for an audience. A pleasant conversation took place about our holy kehilla in London, along with a discussion about the laws of mikvaos, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him.
At around 6:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the Yeshiva.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim.
- R' Yoel Berkowitz and R' Avrohom Yaakov Weinberger in the halls of Kinor David.
- R' Yoel Weiss and R' Aharon Schwartz in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.
- R' Shimon Landau and R' Avrohom Chaim Heilbrunn in the halls of Ginas Klein.

Entry times for audiences were from 8:00 until 10:45 at night at the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Street.

At around 9:30, the Rebbe went down to the halls at the Rebbe's holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- HaRav R' Yisroel Shimon Meir Leiper shlit"a of Kiryas Joel (Satmar) and HaRav R' Avigdor Daniel Fish shlit"a, son of the Salka Rebbe shlit"a and son-in-law of the Tiferes Yechezkel Rebbe shlit"a.
- HaRav R' Moshe Kaufman shlit"a and R' Aharon Yosef Friedman.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:45.

After Maariv, the Rebbe went over to the Beis Rachel auditorium, where the uplifting gathering "Hevi'anu HaMelech" took place, in expression of gratitude to the emissaries of the Rebbe for establishing a firm foundation for the Yatev Lev institutions in Eretz Yisroel, together with a Sheva Brachos celebration in honor of the simcha at the home of R' Chaim Shlomo Fischer.
Several niggunim were sung, and a question-and-answer session, "Hevi'anu HaMelech Chadarav," took place. HaRav R' Elchanan Zev Yosef Friedman shlit"a posed questions to the Rebbe shlit"a, and those present merited that the Rebbe spoke and recounted many personal memories of the Divrei Yoel zt"l for over an hour, both regarding the Yatev Lev institutions and many stories about various matters that the Rebbe personally witnessed and experienced over the years in the shadow of his uncle, the Divrei Yoel zt"l. Among other things, the Rebbe spoke in praise of our kehilla and our holy institutions in Eretz Yisroel, and the importance of supporting the Yatev Lev institutions.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished blessings to the chosson, the mechutanim, and the entire assembly. Honored with Birkas Hamazon was R' Chaim Shlomo Fischer, and with the Sheva Brachos were R' Meir Hirsch, a member of the Yatev Lev institutions' administration, and HaRav R' Yissachar Yakobov shlit"a, director of our holy institutions in the holy city of Yerushalayim. Afterward, the Rebbe wished blessings to the committee of baalei batim, members of the Yatev Lev institutions' administration in the United States. The gathering concluded at around 12:40.

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