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Wednesday, Parshas Eikev, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning at around 8:50, the Rebbe set out on the way to the annual visit to the summer camps of our holy institutions of Williamsburg and Boro Park.

At around 9:50, the Rebbe arrived at the bochurim's camp, Machane Rav Tuv, in Swan Lake.
The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the hundreds of talmidim of the preparatory yeshiva class, 9th grade, of Williamsburg and Boro Park. The Rebbe put on tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam in the beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The son of R' Elazar Mendel Filaff shlit"a.
The bochur Yosef Mordechai Kahana.
The baal tefillah was R' Avrohom Yonah Schwartz shlit"a, a rebbi in our holy institutions in Boro Park.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe distributed holy coins to the talmidim of our holy institutions of Williamsburg who had brought in larger sums on the past Yom Tov of Purim for the benefit of our holy institutions, and then the Rebbe wished a blessing to the bar mitzvah bochurim.

From there the Rebbe went over to the home of R' Aharon Weinberger, in the camp's lodgings, for a morning meal.

At around 12:50 the Rebbe returned to the bochurim's camp. The Rebbe entered the batei medrash where the bochurim learn and looked around with great nachas. The Rebbe went around among the tables and listened to the bochurim's learning, first in the beis medrash of the 9th grade talmidim of our holy institutions of Williamsburg, under the direction of HaGaon Rabbi Yuda Ber Teller shlit"a. Before leaving the beis medrash, already on the way out, the Rebbe asked for the microphone and left the bochurim with a question on their learning in Maseches Kiddushin. Then the Rebbe went over to the beis medrash of the 9th grade talmidim of our holy institutions of Boro Park, under the direction of HaGaon Rabbi Akiva Yosef Kahana shlit"a. The Rebbe looked at their learning and engaged in pilpul with the bochurim for an extended time.

Afterwards the Rebbe went back upstairs, where a lechayim gathering with the bochurim took place in the hall of the beis medrash. Several niggunim and rhymes were sung. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the bochurim well, and delivered holy words of preparation for the coming days of mercy and favor, concluding with his holy blessings. It ended at around 2:05.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to the boys' camp, Machane Rav Tuv, in Monticello, where the Rebbe arrived at around 2:20. The Rebbe went up to the 4 batei medrash of the older grades, 6th, 7th and 8th, the talmidim of our institutions in Williamsburg, the branch of R' Moshe Eliyahu Green shlit"a, the branch of R' Yoel Stern shlit"a, the branch of R' Elazar Eichenstein shlit"a, and then the talmidim of our institutions in Boro Park under the direction of R' Zerach Shapiro shlit"a. For over an hour the Rebbe strolled among the children, looking at their learning with great nachas and listening to the children. Among them were several of his grandchildren shlit"a, whom the Rebbe greeted especially and gave pocket money, following the custom of his father, the holy Rebbe zy"a.

On the way out, the camp children were waiting, where they sang a niggun, and the Rebbe distributed sweets to the children.

Afterwards all the children gathered in the dining hall for the welcoming ceremony.
The children welcomed the Rebbe with song and music, and then sang warm rhymes in honor of the occasion. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the children well, and then delivered holy words, expounding on the greatness of the tefillos of children, especially of saying Amen Yehei Shmei Rabbah, and concluded with his holy blessings. Then the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the rebbeim to hand out to all the children.

It ended at around 4:20, and the Rebbe left the camp and drove through the children as they stood lined up on both sides of the camp, wishing a good year of kesiva v'chasima tova.
At around 5:10 the Rebbe arrived home to his residence in Kiryas Joel.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Yoel son of R' Yosha Shmaya - R' Yoel son of R' Yaakov Acker, at the Kinor David hall.
R' Yisroel Aryeh Berkowitz a"h - R' Betzalel Chaim Bash, at the Beis Rachel Paradise hall.
R' Chaim Ber Grad - R' Chaim Friedlander, at the Ginas Klein hall.

Yechidus hours were from around 8:00 until 12:00 at night, at his residence on Uhel Court.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha at his residence.
During the yechidus hours, the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a, who is staying these weeks in the Chasam Sofer neighborhood of Kiryas Joel, came for a visit. A pleasant conversation ensued about stories of tzaddikim of the houses of Sanz and Vizhnitz. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and warmly bestowed his holy blessing, and especially wished him mazel tov on the upcoming wedding of a grandson next week, and then escorted him all the way outside.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall at his residence for the following mechutanim.
R' Akiva Zvi Gestetner - R' Yoel Rosenberg.
R' Yoel Zev Scheer - R' Yonah Dovid Perl.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00, and after Maariv set out for Shikun Skver to the wedding of the chosson, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, the grandson of his brother-in-law the Skver Rebbe shlit"a.
The Rebbe arrived at around 12:50 and greeted his brother-in-law the Skver Rebbe shlit"a and the rabbanim shlit"a. A conversation took place. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the chosson, the mechutanim and the grandfathers well, and then went out to dance with the chosson and the mechutanim, and especially with his brother-in-law the Skver Rebbe shlit"a.
The Rebbe left the wedding at around 1:15 on the way home to his residence in Kiryas Joel.

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Tuesday, Parshas Eikev — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Moshe Aharon Schonbrun, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, the Etz Chaim branch, Shiur Gimmel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The twin sons of HaRav HaGaon R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, a rebbi in Yeshivas Chochmas HaTorah, son of the Gaon Rabbi, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15, shlit"a.
The bochur Yosef Shimi Palacsek.
The bochur Naftali Yosef Weiss.
The bochur Elyakim Getzel Frankel.
The bochur Yoel Weiss.
The bochur Yerucham Zev Fried.
The bochur Shlomo Zalman Fuchs.
The bochur Moshe Yitzchak Silberstein.
The bochur Eliezer Sussman Roth.
The bochur Yoel Moshe Reisz.
The bochur Chaim Yechezkel Shraga Rosenberg.
The bochur Moshe Elya Oestreicher.

After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Heichal of the beis medrash.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to Heichal HaYeshiva, the Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppahs of the following mechutanim:
R' Avrohom Yissachar Kaim (Williamsburg) – R' Menachem Shlomo Rosenfeld, at Gineth Klein hall.
R' Levi Chaim Spitzer – R' Dovid Hecht, at Keren V'Yoel Moshe hall.
HaGaon R' Yehoshua Schnebalg shlit"a – the Chust-Nadvorna Rebbe shlit"a, at Rachel Paradise hall.

At about 8:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ahel Court.
Afterwards, there were yechidus hours in Kiryas Joel until 12:40 after midnight.

During the yechidus hours, HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, son of the Skver Rebbe shlit"a, entered the inner sanctum to receive his blessing and to invite the Rebbe shlit"a to the wedding of his son the chosson, which took place yesterday, Wednesday, in Shikun Skver, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing.

Also entering the inner sanctum was HaGaon R' Mesholam Nosson Spiegel shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Tefilla L'Moshe, Kolashin, Monsey, to receive his blessing on the occasion of the wedding of his son the chosson, mazel tov, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him and upon his son the chosson from his holy blessing.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim room in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Yisroel Yuda Yaakov Goldberger – R' Moshe Aryeh Gutman.
R' Yoel Caira and R' Eliyahu Reuven Sapdi.

During the yechidus hours, a lechayim celebration was held on the occasion of the engagement of the mechutanim HaGaon R' Yeshaya Panet shlit"a, son of the Dej Rebbe of Boro Park shlit"a, and HaGaon R' Berel Margaliot shlit"a, one of the leading members of the committee for the expansion of the borders of Kiryas Joel. A pleasant conversation ensued about the tzaddikim of the house of Dej. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the chosson, the mechutanim and the entire family well. In addition, the Rebbe telephoned to wish the grandfather, HaGaon R' Asher Margaliot shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ohel Moshe in Vienna.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 12:40.

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Monday, Parshas Eikev — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe came in to Shacharis at around 8:50.
Baal tefillah: the bochur Menachem Gershon son of Yoel Siman (Kiryas Joel).
Pesichah: HaRav R' Shlomo Bruck (Monsey); baal korei: R' Dovid Eli Greenstein (Lakewood).
Kohen: R' Yaakov son of Shlomo Glick (Williamsburg). Levi: R' Yerucham Bromberg (Lakewood). Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: R' Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberstein. Gelilah: the bochur Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Deutsch.

After davening, the entire tzibur went over to take their leave, and the Rebbe walked home to his holy residence.

At around 2:40 the Rebbe left his holy residence on the way to Mount Washington Regional Airport. The private plane took off at around 3:25 on the way home and landed at around 4:20 at Stewart Airfield, from where the Rebbe traveled home, a drive of about half an hour, to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.
Upon arrival, many talmidei hayeshiva were waiting and welcomed him with song, and the entire tzibur went over to greet him.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
HaRav R' Avigdor Herskowitz shlit"a - R' Yekusiel Yisroel Fried, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Wolf Ber Lebowitz - R' Yoel Br"a Oberlander, at Keren V'Yoel Moshe hall.

At around 8:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy residence in the small ohel.
Afterward there were times of entry (zmanei kniso) in Kiryas Joel until 12:30 at night.

During the zmanei kniso, the rabbanim of the Vaad Mishmeres Chomosayich Yerushalayim came in to the holy chamber, where they went over and discussed at length the further plans to fight the decree of the draft in Eretz Yisroel. Among other things, they went over plans and details of a large day of tefillah and outcry that the Rebbe has called, to shake the worlds over the terrible decree.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy residence, of the mechutanim R' Yoel Katz - R' Eliezer Dovid Itzkowitz.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30.

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

The Rebbe came in to Shacharis at around 9:00.
Baal tefillah: the bochur Asher Zelig son of Yoel Yisroel Wagschal (Monsey).

After davening, the many guests who had stayed for Shabbos b'tzeil hakodesh went over to take their leave.

The Rebbe came in to Mincha at around 8:25. Baal tefillah: the bochur Menachem Gershon son of Yoel Siman (Kiryas Joel). Between Mincha and Maariv, the Rebbe was engaged in his learning. At the time of Rabbeinu Tam, at around 9:00, Maariv was davened. Baal tefillah: R' Meir Steinmetz (Kiryas Joel). After Maariv, the Rebbe walked home to his holy residence.

The talmidim of Yeshiva Ketana Toras Efraim of Monsey, together with the rosh yeshiva HaGaon R' Yaakov Schwartz shlit"a, came in to the Rebbe's holy residence in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe asked them about their studies and shared brief words of blessing, and the bochurim then went over to receive a blessing from the holy Rebbe.

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Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Vaeschanan — Shabbos Nachamu, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a in the resort town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire

For Shabbos Kodesh, the talmidim of the Mesivta, Divrei Yoel branch, and some talmidim of the Vayoel Moshe branch were chosen for "B'tzeil HaKodesh."

On Erev Shabbos after the mikvah, they presented answers to the Rebbe's question.
The bochur Naftali Tzvi son of Nachum Shimshon Schwartz.
The bochur Yeshua son of Hersh Ber Meisels.
The bochur Moshe son of Yosef Leib Kaufman.
The bochur Mordechai son of Shlomo Zalman Epstein.
The bochur Yechezkel Shraga son of Yoel Wolf Schwartz.
The bochur Shimon son of Avrohom Meir Dirnfeld (Beit Shemesh).

On Friday night at around 8:20 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: HaGaon R' Yosef Dovid Levi shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva. The davening concluded at around 9:50, the congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos and to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:10 the Rebbe came to the holy tish together with the yeshiva talmidim and many guests, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson the bochur Yissachar Ber Teitelbaum, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law (chasan) the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, shlit"a. Raising of the cup: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law (chasan) the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Wagschal shlit"a (Monsey). Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Avrohom Yeshua Wertzberger shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Va'eschanan el Hashem ba'eis hahi" and explained, in the manner of a drush, the topic of whether Eretz Yisroel is ours by right of inheritance from our forefathers.

Kah Echsof: R' Yosef Chaim Malach (Kiryas Joel). Birkas Hamazon: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Barzewski shlit"a, director of the yeshiva's Vayoel Moshe branch.

Stories and anecdotes: this week the Rebbe shlit"a told over about the holy Rebbe, the author of Ach Pri Tevuah of Lisk zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on 14 Av. Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Avrohom Yaakov Yakov shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva. The new chasanim went over to take fruit. Ki Bayom Hashvi'i: Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchak Kahira shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva. It concluded at around 1:10.

U'vayom HaShabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe came in to daven at around 9:45. Brachos: R' Eliezer Weiss (Kiryas Joel). Pesukei D'zimra: R' Elchanan Taub (Kiryas Joel). The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Shimmy Kraus (Kiryas Joel). Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Avrohom Yaakov Yakov shlit"a.
Baal Koreh: the Shabbos guest R' Yeshua Mendlowitz.

Aliyos. Kohen: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Barzewski shlit"a. Levi: Rabbi Avrohom Yeshua Wertzberger shlit"a. Shlishi: the young man Moshe Aryeh son of Aharon Eliezer Wieder (London). Revi'i: the bochur Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Deutsch, the Shabbos guest. Chamishi: R' Kalman Pilif (Kiryas Joel). Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a — the Rebbe's aliyah was purchased by R' Moshe Zushe Neustadt; the Rebbe thanked him and asked that a Mi Sheberach be made. Shevi'i: R' Eliezer Weiss. Hosafos: the Shabbos guest R' Yeshua Mendlowitz. R' Mordechai Hersh Goldman (Montreal). R' Fishel Goldberger (Kiryas Joel). R' Yoel son of R' Shalom (Shaloman) (Monsey). Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Wagschal shlit"a. R' Berish Frankel (Kiryas Joel). The bochur Moshe Yehuda son of Shlomo Elazar Spielman (Kiryas Joel). R' Yoel son of Yeshua Mendlowitz. R' Shlomo Rubinstein (Kiryas Joel). R' Tuvia Lipa Gross (Williamsburg). R' Shimmy Kraus. Acharon: the young man Yeshua son of Yitzchak Friedman (Kiryas Joel). Maftir: R' Yaakov Yitzchak Steinmetz (Kiryas Joel). Hagbah: Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchak Kahira shlit"a. Gelilah: the bochur Yitzchak, son of Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Yakov shlit"a.

Mussaf: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a. Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Yoel Mittelman (Montreal). It concluded at around 12:55.

The Rebbe came over to the beis medrash for zemiros and divrei Torah at around 2:45. They sang melodies of redemption and consolation. The Rebbe tasted challah and kugel and wished "Lechaim."

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Baruch Hashem Yom Yom: R' Eliezer Weiss. Baruch Kel Elyon: R' Yisroel Yaakov Deutsch (Kiryas Joel).

The Rebbe said Torah on the Midrash "Moshe said to the Holy One, Blessed is He: Yosef's bones enter Eretz Yisroel and I will not enter," and explained, in the manner of a drush, the topic of whether before the giving of the Torah the law applied was that of a Jew or that of a descendant of Noach.

They continued with several more melodies. Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a. It concluded at around 3:40.
Ra'avah D'ra'avin

For Mincha and Seudah Shlishis the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 8:15. Mincha: Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Pilif shlit"a (Kiryas Joel). Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Meir Steinmetz (Kiryas Joel). Kohen: R' Yechezkel Shraga Glantz (Kiryas Joel). Levi: HaGaon R' Yosef Dovid Levi shlit"a. Shlishi: the bochur, son of Tuvia Lipa Gross. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a — it was purchased by R' Tuvia Lipa Gross, and the Rebbe thanked him. Gelilah: the child, son of Tuvia Lipa Gross.

At Seudah Shlishis, the zemiros were honored as follows. Odeh: R' Mordechai Hersh Goldman. Shir HaMaalos: R' Kalman Pilif.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "V'yadata hayom vahasheivosa el levavecha" and explained that from the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash one can draw consolation, for every good deed and every word of Torah makes a preparation and a spiritual impression for later.

Yedid Nefesh: Rabbi Yeshua Hersh Glick shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva. Kel Mistater: R' Yoel Mittelman. The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: Rabbi Chaim Dovid Fried shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. It concluded at around 10:45.

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