Wednesday, 28 Tammuz, the yahrzeit of the Yismach Moshe zy"a, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, at the vacation location in Bethlehem, New Hampshire

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Shacharis at around 8:50. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin with the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Berger (Kiryas Joel).

The Rebbe lit 5 candles and led the davening as chazzan in honor of the yahrzeit of his ancestor, the Yismach Moshe zy"a. The Rebbe's grandson, the chassan Asher Anshel Ashkenazi, son of HaGaon Rabbi Ashkenazi shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek, approached for Tehillim.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash. The Rebbe drank lechayim, offered blessings to the bar mitzvah bochur and to the entire assembly, and told several stories and episodes about the one whose yahrzeit it was. After the lechayim, the Rebbe walked home.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha at around 8:15. As he walked into the beis medrash, the talmidim of the yeshiva gedolah, shiur 4, together with the roshei yeshiva, greeted him. Before davening, the Rebbe lit 5 candles and led the davening as chazzan in honor of the yahrzeit.

After Mincha, the Rebbe came into the beis medrash for the hilula seudah with the talmidim of the yeshiva gedolah, shiur 4. At the hilula seudah, a ceremony of laying the cornerstone for the founding of the yeshiva ketana Torah V'Yirah in our holy mosdos in Antwerp also took place, which will open b'ezras Hashem in the coming winter term, IY"H.

The Rebbe washed for the seudah. Before the fish, HaRav HaGaon R' Yitzchak Yaakov Rosenfeld shlit"a, one of the roshei yeshiva, made a siyum on Maseches Makkos, which had been learned in the yeshiva, and then recited Kaddish. At the lechayim after the fish, the Rebbe wished, "May his merit protect us." During the seudah, many niggunim of exile and redemption were sung.

With "Michtam L'Dovid," the Rebbe honored HaGaon Rabbi Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Zanz in Kiryas Joel and director of our holy yeshiva, the Kedushas Yoel branch. The Rebbe then delivered holy words from the teachings of the one whose yahrzeit it was, and words of chizuk for the bochurim interwoven with stories about him. The Rebbe shlit"a then spoke in praise of our kehilla and holy mosdos in Antwerp, especially about the great simcha of the laying of the cornerstone for the new yeshiva ketana, because one looks toward the future and already now sees the Torah that will come forth. He concluded with very warm words of blessing for the askanim and words of chizuk and his holy blessings for the bochurim.

Afterward, HaRav HaChassid R' Yoel Fogel, one of the leading askanim of our holy kehilla in Antwerp, placed the special brick on the table. The Rebbe placed coins in, poured the foundation, and set the brick on top, and then recited a holy prayer, during which inspiring niggunim were sung for an extended time. After the cornerstone was laid, they continued to sing joyous niggunim.

The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup; the cup was raised by HaRav HaGaon R' Yitzchak Yaakov Rosenfeld shlit"a.

It concluded at around 10:15, and the Rebbe davened Maariv. After Maariv, a group of members of the kehilla from Montreal, who had come to take part in the yahrzeit seudah, bid farewell, and the Rebbe walked home.

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