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

In the morning, before Shacharis, brissim took place.
For the newborn son of R' Moshe Baruch Katz, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
For the newborn son of R' Yoel Teitelbaum, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
For the newborn son of R' Berel Wertzberger, where the Rebbe was sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Sniff Beirach Moshe. Before davening, the Rebbe laid tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Avrohom Shmuel Yermiash.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up for shlishi. After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

At around 12:30, the Rebbe shlit"a entered Heichal HaYeshiva for the Yom Kippur Katan tefillos, during which the Rebbe prayed at length with awe-inspiring weeping. The baal tefillah was HaGaon R' Shmuel Krois shlit"a, a rebbe in the yeshiva. They concluded at 1:20.

At around 7:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home. After Mincha, the Rebbe went over to the yeshiva ketana "Sniff Yiteiv Panim," under the direction of HaGaon R' Chaim Leib Zilberstein shlit"a, for the hachnasas sefer Torah, which was written by R' Mendel Friedman and his sons, l'ilui nishmas his son, the bochur Aharon Friedman a"h, together with the talmidim of the yeshiva, in memory of the esteemed talmid, one of the yeshiva's outstanding students. The Rebbe took the Sefer Torah and danced for an extended time with fiery enthusiasm, and then honored the grandfathers with dancing, and the father, R' Menachem Mendel, and then R' Yaakov Friedman, and the principal of the yeshiva. After the dancing, the Rebbe recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.

After the hachnasas sefer Torah, at around 8:20, the Rebbe went over to the home of R' Avrohom Weider, where the Rebbe attended the annual event for the benefit of "Mosad Rav Tuv" for the Ukrainian refugees. An extended conversation developed with those present about the efforts on behalf of the Ukrainian refugees, and memories of the holy Divrei Yoel zt"l from before the war. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

Entry times for private audiences (yechidus) were from 8:45 until 12:50 at night.

During the entry times, a lechayim gathering was held in the Rebbe's presence with the leaders of our holy kehilla and the members of the Kiryas Joel administration of Bloomingrove, headed by HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, rav of our holy kehilla in Bloomingrove, on the occasion of the purchase of a huge parcel of land in the heart of the Bloomingrove neighborhood, in the vicinity of Kiryas Joel, where the great beis medrash of our holy kehilla in the Bloomingrove neighborhoods will soon be built. A lengthy conversation took place about further plans to expand the borders of holiness in Bloomingrove. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
R' Avigdor Herskowitz — R' Shlomo Hersh Eckstein.
R' Berish Gross (Montreal) — R' Shmuel Landau.

Also visiting in the Rebbe's presence was HaGaon R' Yitzchak Moshe Erlanger shlit"a, a mashpia in Eretz Yisroel. A pleasant conversation took place and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:50 in his holy home.

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