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Sunday, Parshas Bamidbar, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yaakov Kapil Mezei.
The bochur Michel Feldman.
The bochur Yosef Felberbaum.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 15, verse 1. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

The times of entry to the Rebbe (yechidus) were from approximately 8:15 until 11:20 at night, at his holy home on Ohel Court.
The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha at 8:15.

During the yechidus hours, the siyum of writing the letters took place for the Sefer Torah being written by R' Pinchas Shapiro, l'iluy nishmas HaRav R' Akiva Tzvi Ganz z"l, who was a melamed of the Talmud Torah for many years. It will be brought in this coming Wednesday, Parshas Naso, to the new Talmud Torah building, "Binyan Klein." The Rebbe wrote in the letters and bestowed from his holy blessings.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim celebration in his holy home between the mechutanim, HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Montreal, and R' Yechezkel Isser Berger.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:20 in his holy home.

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Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Emor — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Friday night at about 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: HaRav HaChosid R' Binyamin Zev Schwartz (Williamsburg). The davening concluded at about 10:05; the tzibur wished a "gut Shabbos," and the Rebbe entered his private room.

A short time after davening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the pure tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and began, as is his holy custom, with Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
Eshes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer ben HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Raising of the cup: HaGaon Rabbi R' Yechezkel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan in the Beis Din Tzedek Shaarei Horaah in Bnei Brak.

During the zemiros the Rebbe shlit"a honored: Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Yechezkel Schwartz shlit"a. Menucha V'Simcha: R' Shlomo Gestetner shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "'V'lechem v'kali v'carmel lo socheilu ad etzem hayom hazeh'" and explained, in the manner of a drasha, the topic of "aseh docheh lo saaseh."

Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, moreh tzedek and dayan of the Beis Medrash Dinov in Kiryas Joel. Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Leipa Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

Stories and Anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy Baal Noda BiYehuda zt"l, whose yahrzeit falls on Monday, 17 Iyar.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The newly married chasanim came over to take fruit. "Ki bayom hashevi'i": HaRav HaChosid R' Moshe Yosef Wertheimer (Williamsburg). They continued singing "Toraso Magen Lanu" in honor of Lag B'Omer. The tish ended at about 1:35.

And on Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at about 9:40. Pesukei D'Zimra: HaRav HaChosid R' Asher Yaakov Eckstein. The Rebbe shlit"a recited "V'chrois" verse by verse, and approached the amud for Shacharis. For the chazaras hashatz he sent his grandson Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: HaGaon R' Yoel Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Monsey. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Dovid Hirsch shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Williamsburg.

Aliyos. Kohen: HaRav HaChosid R' Avrohom Simcha Friedman. Levi: HaRav HaChosid R' Moshe Meir Gottlieb. Shlishi: HaGaon R' Yechezkel Schwartz shlit"a. Revii: R' Yaakov Bitman - the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Chamishi: R' Meir Leib Wertheimer - the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Shevii: R' Avrohom Eli Zaldan - the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Hosafah: R' Mordechai Hersh Berger - the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Acharon: R' Shlomo Yosef Rosenfeld - the Rebbe called him up in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Maftir: HaRav HaChosid R' Amram Ungar (Monsey). Hagbah: HaRav HaChosid R' Yitzchak Shmuel Offenheim. Gelilah: HaRav HaChosid R' Shmuel Leibush Weinberger.

Mussaf: the Shabbos chazan HaRav HaChosid R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman. Introduction to Anim Zemiros: HaRav HaChosid R' Moshe Yaakov Berkowitz.

After davening a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yisroel Shalom Ungar, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel. The tish ended at about 12:35.

Raava D'Raavin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe entered at about 8:25. Mincha: R' Yudel Schwartz. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Pinchas Yochanan Rotter. Kohen: HaRav HaChosid R' Shlomo Pinchas Schonbrun. Levi: R' Yoel Apfel (Monsey). Shlishi: HaRav HaChosid R' Shaul Strulowitz (Monsey). Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: HaRav HaChosid R' Shalom Yosef Gottlieb (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe honored the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: HaRav HaChosid R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Berl Glanz shlit"a of Bardiov.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "'Basukkos teishvu shivas yamim'" and explained that when one wishes to do teshuva for aveiros, he must go through fasts and self-affliction. But in our generation, through having emunah, Hashem is satisfied with teshuva. He also explained "Toraso Magen Lanu": Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai reveals that the sukkah is "b'tzila d'mehemnusa" and imparts emunah to the Jewish children, so that Jews will remain believers, children of believers, until our days, and one can come to complete teshuva before the Creator. He enlightens our eyes so that we won't need all these self-afflictions and suffering.

Yedid Nefesh: HaGaon R' Dovid Hirsch shlit"a, moreh tzedek. Kel Mistateir: HaRav HaChosid R' Yisroel Ari Fischer (Boro Park). The Rebbe made a bracha on the cup.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: HaRav HaChosid R' Avrohom Wider. After Havdalah, they wished a "gutte voch." The tish ended at about 10:45.
In his holy home, talmidim of the Yeshiva Ketana Belz in Lakewood came in together with the rebbeim of the yeshiva, who had chosen to spend Shabbos "b'tzeil hakodesh." The Rebbe inquired about their learning and gave a talk with words of preparation for Yom Tov Shavuos, and the bochurim came over to receive a holy bracha.

Later there was a visit from HaRav HaTzaddik R' Nechemya Alter shlit"a, son of the Gur Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessings.

At about 12:40 the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Vachnacht celebration for the newborn son of Rabbi Chaim Meir Stein shlit"a, grandson of the Vizhnitz Yerushalayim Rebbe shlit"a, at the home of his father-in-law HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yisroel Shimon Meir Leifer shlit"a of Satmar, Kiryas Joel. A pleasant conversation developed, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessings.

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Friday, Erev Shabbos, Parshas Emor — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 9:30, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Williamsburg for Shacharis, together with the talmidim of the 6 yeshivos ketanos and the talmidim of the 9th-grade mechina l'yeshiva.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on his grandson, the bar mitzvah boy R' Yekusiel Yehuda ני"ו, son of HaRav HaGaon R' Yoel HaKohen Glantz shlit"a, and afterwards wound the straps on his arm.

After davening, a lechayim gathering was held in honor of the occasion and in honor of Pesach Sheni, and several nigunim were sung in honor of the occasion.
The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim, bestowed his holy blessings, and delivered words of holy Torah in honor of his grandson's first putting on of tefillin, and at the end spoke words of guidance to the bochurim in their bochur years.
After the holy address, they continued singing Chasal Siddur Pesach in honor of Pesach Sheni. It ended at about 11:25.

At his holy residence, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for a proper seudah in honor of Pesach Sheni. Matzos, knaidlach and Pesach foods were served as is customary, and a pleasant conversation unfolded about the customs of Pesach Sheni, regarding when the custom is to hold the seudah in honor of the day: at the time of the offering of the Korban Pesach, which is the afternoon of the 14th, or at the time of eating the Korban Pesach, the night of the 15th. The custom of the Rebbes zt"l was to hold it on the 14th, after midday.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein.
A few minutes before midday, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a traveled back to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Chaim Bentzion Liberman.
The bochur Chaim Yaakov Mordechai Zufnik.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he learned a shiur on a sugya from the shiurim of the yeshiva, after which a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 6:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

At around 7:15 the Rebbe shlit"a set out on the way to Williamsburg. Upon arrival, the Rebbe paid a condolence call to the family of R' Avrohom Yitzchak Franzoys on the passing of his wife a"h.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at the time of Rabbeinu Tam, at around 9:10, in the Heichal HaTorah on the Rispler floor of our great beis medrash. The baal tefillah was R' Dovid Hersh Mertz. After Maariv the Rebbe counted Sefirah before the amud.

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for the bar mitzvah simcha of his oldest grandson, the bochur HaRav Yekusiel Yehuda, son of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel HaKohen Glantz shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla, son-in-law of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a. Crowds of people filled our great beis medrash in Williamsburg.
The Rebbe washed for the seudah, and after the fish he wished a lechayim to the bar mitzvah bochur, the grandfathers, and the entire assembled crowd. During the seudah, several joyous nigunim of praise and thanksgiving were sung, as well as nigunim of Pesach.
Before the fish, the bar mitzvah bochur made a siyum on the six orders of Mishnah, and the grandfather, the Tzaddik Rabbi Yechezkel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, recited the Kaddish D'Rabbanan.
Speaking were the elder grandfather, the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, the grandfathers, the Gaon and Tzaddik of Bardiov shlit"a and the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and the father of the bar mitzvah, HaGaon Rabbi Yoel shlit"a.
After the meat course, the bar mitzvah bochur delivered the pshetl, after which the students of the ninth grade class sang rhymes in honor of the occasion.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered divrei Torah, first a beautiful drush in honor of Pesach Sheni, saying, "Pesach Sheni is actually tomorrow, when the Korban Pesach was brought, but divrei Torah one can already say in honor of Pesach Sheni." He then said words of aggadah in honor of the bar mitzvah, and in doing so expressed his heartfelt emotions, "Shehechiyanu v'kiyemanu v'higianu lazman hazeh," that Hashem granted the merit to participate in the bar mitzvah of a fourth generation. He quoted from his ancestor, the holy Yismach Moshe zy"a, that "whoever sees this in words of Torah," meaning that when three generations learn Torah together, they merit the blessing of "They shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children's children, from now and forever," and this gives the strength to battle the yetzer hara. With moving emotion, the Rebbe recalled the words of Torah that his father, the holy Rebbe zy"a, said at his own (the Rebbe shlit"a's) bar mitzvah sixty years ago, on the verse "I never imagined seeing your face, and behold, Hashem has shown me even your children," that "has shown me" means that one sees oneself reflected in the children, seeing the children follow in the ways of their forefathers. He offered words of song and praise to Hashem for granting the opportunity to live to see such a simcha, and concluded with words of guidance for the bar mitzvah bochur, that becoming a great Torah scholar comes only through hard work. He then gave a blessing to the distinguished grandfathers and to the entire assembled crowd.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored the bar mitzvah bochur as is customary. The simcha concluded at around 11:30, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home in Williamsburg.

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