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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yeshaya Eigner.
- The bochur Yekusiel Yuda Malach.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah. After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 32, verse 2. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon hours, the distinguished philanthropist and leader R' Reuven (Rubi) Sharon, from Flatbush, entered the Rebbe's holy home together with his family members. A pleasant conversation developed about the shechita house and the mikvah, which he had visited there previously, and about affordable prices for making simchas in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe warmly blessed him and thanked him for his great donations for the benefit of the community and the individual, and especially for the tzedakah fund of the Rebbetzin shlit"a, and gave him a gift of the sefer Lev Aharon.

At about 7:20, the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy home for the simcha of the pidyon haben of his grandson, the newborn son of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a (of Boro Park), son of HaGaon Rabbi Yisroel Shalom shlit"a, Av Beis Din of the beis medrash.
Upon arrival, the Rebbe warmly greeted the distinguished grandfathers, the Rabbanim shlit"a, as well as his brother, HaGaon Rabbi of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a, and the Dombrova Rebbe shlit"a.
Several niggunim were sung, and then the pidyon haben took place. R' Yechiel Glanz shlit"a, son-in-law of Rabbi Shalom Halberstam shlit"a, served as the kohen receiving the redemption. Afterward, the baal simcha, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, stepped forward.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and tasted the mezonos and fish, and blessed the baal simcha, the grandfathers, and the entire assembly. He then delivered words of Torah and explained that at a pidyon haben, Hashem also forgives all the sins of all the participants, just as at a bris, and concluded with abundant blessings. The event ended at around 7:50.

At about 8:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home in the Ohel Kt.

Yechidus hours were from 8:30 until 12:45 at night in his holy home.

At about 9:00, the Rebbe went down to the tenaim hall in his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim, R' Yoel, son of R' Yosef Weiss, and R' Simcha Katz.

During the yechidus hours, Rabbi Yehuda Garmi shlit"a, chief rabbi of Iran, entered together with board members of the Rav Tov organization for the rescue of Iranian refugees. A pleasant conversation took place about Jewish life in Iran today, and the Rebbe shared of his holy blessing.

At about 10:30, the Rebbe entered the new beis medrash in his holy home, where the affixing of the mezuzah and the chanukas habayis took place for the many new rooms and facilities that were built for the benefit of the thousands of chassidim who come to the Rebbe.
The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance with a blessing, and then honored the community leaders and the philanthropists to affix a mezuzah on the remaining rooms. Afterward, a lechayim gathering was held in the main hall of the beis medrash.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the community leaders, philanthropists, and askanim, and the entire assembly. He delivered words of Torah and expressed his satisfaction that in the home of his father, the Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, a gathering place for wise men has been established to help Jews at the time of their simchas and to enable them to hold tenaim and Shabbos sheva brachos at astonishingly affordable prices, and concluded with abundant blessings.

Also entering the Rebbe were askanim of Merkaz Ezra V'Yoetz together with R' Nosson Rosenblatt of Yerushalayim, a great supporter of the effort to save Jewish bochurim from the decree of the draft, who stands ready to assist Merkaz Ezra V'Yoetz. A conversation took place about the many activities and initiatives used to help thousands of bochurim from the draft decree. He expressed great appreciation for the help that Satmar chassidim provide by building more and more offices to help as many bochurim as possible, and the Rebbe shared of his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 12:45.

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