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

In the morning the Rebbe went over to Mivtzar HaKollelim, where the brissin took place for twins born to R' Shaul Brish Brach, and the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Talmud Torah building, the Markowitz building, together with Yeshiva Ketana, the Darkei Torah branch of Monsey, under the direction of HaRav R' Shaul Yechezkel Perlstein shlit"a.
Upon arriving at the Talmud Torah, the Rebbe looked in on the younger classes, who were gathered in the dining hall of the Talmud Torah building.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Avrohom Wolf Markowitz
- the bochur Yisroel Greenfeld (Monsey)
- the bochur Avrohom Yosef Kibudi

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash. Several nigunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the bar mitzvah bochurim, the rebbeim and the talmidim of the yeshiva well. He delivered divrei Torah on the verse "And it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set apart a portion for Hashem," explaining that "terumah" is from the root of "elevation" (hisromemus), and spoke guidance about elevating oneself in the study of Torah, with more diligence in Torah and more toil in Torah. "The bread of the land" alludes to the physical; even with a physical matter, one must conduct oneself "you shall set apart a portion for Hashem" with an elevated spirit, as befits a Chassidic bochur: when eating, one should eat with a hat, and bentch with kavana, and so on. The Rebbe concluded with his holy blessing that everyone should be able to conduct themselves "in the ways of Torah" in all matters.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe paid a shiva call to the mourner, R' Menachem Yuda Ungar, who is sitting shiva for his father, R' Aryeh Ungar a"h.

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Thursday, Parshas Shlach '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 Yisroel Braun.
- The bochur Yoel, son of R' Lipa Rubin.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went to hagbah. After davening, he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 31, verse 20. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon hours, members of the board of our holy mosdos from Monsey came in for a private audience and brought five necklaces for protection and success, which will be distributed to the Beis Rachel students who accepted upon themselves commitments for improvement in matters of technology. The Rebbe blessed the necklaces and wished them his holy blessing.

At around 6:15, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Tzanz 19.

At around 7:40, the Rebbe went over to the home of HaRav R' Yitzchak Feder (may he have a speedy recovery), where a signing of the contracts took place, in which his son, the distinguished philanthropist R' Shlomo Feder of Williamsburg purchased the merit of the new 'Takanos Chasuna Halls', which are being built in the new Beis Rachel building, 'Binyan Klein', in Kiryas Joel, for the phenomenal sum of five million dollars. Present were members of the mosdos board and the members of the Takanos Chasuna Committee.
HaRav R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss, administrator of Mosdos Kiryas Yoel, spoke and presented the current situation with the many takanos halls in Kiryas Joel for weddings, tenaim, Shabbos sheva brachos, and the great need for yet another wedding hall in Kiryas Joel. A pleasant conversation ensued about the many initiatives of the Takanos Chasuna Committee in the past, and, b'ezras Hashem, "its hand is still outstretched" with further plans for the future.
The Rebbe signed the contracts together with the philanthropist and the mosdos board, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessing upon R' Shlomo, upon his father R' Yitzchak (may he have a speedy recovery), and upon the whole family. He then delivered words of Torah and highlighted the great merit of being able to help build a building for Beis Rachel, from which, b'ezras Hashem, proper Jewish mothers of the coming generation will emerge, and the merit of helping Yidden at the time of their simcha, and concluded with abundant blessings.
The Rebbe then gave R' Shlomo a gift: a silver lighter with which the Rebbe had lit the lights before Maariv on the night of Lag B'Omer, in honor of the Tanna, the divine Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, at the great lighting ceremony before multitudes of Yidden. It ended at around 8:10.

Private audiences were held from 8:15 until 11:45 at night in his holy home on Uhel 19.

At around 9:00, the Rebbe went down to the halls in his holy home, where he read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- HaRav R' Yom Tov Lipa Weinberger and HaRav R' Eliyahu Yehuda Roth.
- HaRav R' Yitzchak Weinstock and HaRav R' Yoel Bar"sh Rubinstein.

After the tenaim, the Rebbe went into the new kitchen that was just completed in his holy home, where the Shabbos seudos will be cooked for the four Shabbos sheva brachos halls in his holy home, and for the many 'honorees' of the halls at many locations throughout Kiryas Joel, at affordable prices. The Rebbe looked around at the kitchen's facilities, and heard a report from the members of the Takanos Chasuna Committee, and bestowed his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:00 and then continued receiving the public.

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

This morning the brissen took place.
- For the newborn son of R' Yisroel Meir Acker, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Yoel Nechemia Rolnitzky, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Shimon Mertz of Montreal, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Shimshon Eliezer Marmorstein.
- the bochur Eliezer Zusya Fleischmann.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 31, verse 20. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At around 6:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Zanz Street, Kiryas Joel.

At around 8:20 the Rebbe went over to the halls of the shopping center for the Sheva Brachos celebration arranged by the HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a, on the occasion of the marriage of his granddaughter, mazel tov to the kallah, daughter of his son HaRav R' Moshe Hersh Berkowitz shlit"a.
A beautiful conversation took place on halachic matters regarding marriage. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and especially to his friend the HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a. Afterward the Rebbe stood up and danced together with all those at the head table, and then separately with the chassan and with the HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a. The Rebbe left the hall at around 8:35.

Entry times for kvitlach were from 8:40 until 12:40 at night in his holy home on Uhel Street, Kiryas Joel.

At around 9:10 the Rebbe went down to the halls in his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim, R' Moshe Eli Fried and R' Yaakov Zev Katz.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:40.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Eitz Chaim branch – the third minyan. After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim portion, up to chapter 31, verse 6.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe went over to the home of his grandson R' Lipa Rubin shlit"a, son of the Rafshitz Rebbe shlit"a and son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Moshe shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash, for the chalaka of his son, the child Shmuel Shmelka, may he live. The Rebbe cut off a few hairs, put on the kappel and tzitzis, and bestowed his holy blessing.
Afterwards the Rebbe washed for pas Shacharis. Pleasant conversation ensued, with stories of tzadikim, and joyous melodies were sung. At the bentching, the Rebbe honored the Rafshitz Rebbe shlit"a.

At about 4:45 the Rebbe arrived in Monsey for the chanukas habayis of the new building of the 'Golden Taste' company, owned by the distinguished philanthropist R' Refoel Perlmutter. The Rebbe looked around at the massive production of the widely known company, and greeted his brother, HaGaon Rabbi, the rav of our kehilla in Boro Park, shlit"a, who came to the event in honor of R' Refoel, as an expression of gratitude for his many efforts and donations for the benefit of Kollel Eitz Chaim in Bnei Brak. The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance.
Afterwards the Rebbe entered the conference room, where a lechayim celebration was held in honor of the chanukas habayis of the building, together with a lechayim celebration for the simcha of the engagement of his son, mazel tov. At that time a signing of contracts took place, in which R' Refoel purchased the merit of the library in the new building of the Yeshiva Ketana, Kinyan Torah branch, in Monsey. A pleasant conversation ensued about the expansion of the borders of holiness of our holy kehilla, where a cornerstone is already being laid for the seventh beis medrash of our holy kehilla.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings. The Rebbe then signed the contracts together with the philanthropist and the yeshiva's administration, and warmly wished R' Refoel and his family well.

Afterwards the Rebbe went up to the new hall on the second floor, where the cornerstone-laying ceremony for our new beis medrash in the Ridge neighborhood of Monsey, donated by the distinguished philanthropist R' Refoel, took place. HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Weiss shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Monsey, spoke. Afterwards the writing of a Sefer Torah, donated by R' Refoel for the benefit of the new beis medrash, was begun. The Rebbe wrote the first letters and honored his brother, HaGaon Rabbi, the rav of our kehilla in Boro Park, shlit"a, and the HaGaon Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, to write a letter in the Sefer Torah.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the entire assembly well. The singing of inspiring melodies continued, and the Rebbe poured the cornerstone for the beis medrash, and honored his brother shlit"a, the HaGaon Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, and the philanthropist and his family to pour the cornerstone.
The Rebbe delivered holy words on the verse "And it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set aside a portion for Hashem." He repeated from the Amrei Noam that "terumah" has the numerical value of "kol tefilla" (the voice of prayer). The Baal HaTurim likewise says that "terumah" consists of the letters of "Torah" and "mem". The simple meaning of terumah is tzedakah. He brought out the joy of a cornerstone-laying, where a beis medrash is about to be built, in which "terumah to Hashem" will be fulfilled in all its meanings: Torah, avodah and gemilus chasadim. The Rebbe went on to praise our holy kehilla and the HaGaon Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, who stands at the head of the community that grows and flourishes, bli ayin hara. He named the new beis medrash 'Beis Medrash Divrei Yoel,' in honor and memory of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, founder of the kehilla. He wished that we may soon build and inaugurate this beis medrash and conduct ourselves in accordance with the tradition handed down to us, and concluded with his holy blessing.
The singing of joyous melodies continued, and the Rebbe stood up and danced together with all the distinguished attendees, and afterwards separately with the chassan, and then in a circle with the entire family.

The event concluded at about 6:00, and the Rebbe left the event on his way back to Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.

At about 7:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Hewes St.
Afterwards there were reception hours until 10:40 at night in his holy home.

During the reception hours, R' Chaim Meir Hager shlit"a, son of the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a, entered to receive the Rebbe's blessing for the simcha of the engagement of his daughter, mazel tov. A pleasant conversation ensued and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

Also entering was HaGaon Rabbi Meshulam Feish Ginsburg shlit"a, the Chust Rebbe in Boro Park, together with his son HaGaon R' Elazar Yona shlit"a, rav of the Svaliava beis medrash, on the occasion of the wedding of his son/grandson. A longer, friendly conversation took place, with recollections from days of old, and the Rebbe shlit"a bestowed his holy blessing for the simcha.

After the reception hours, at about 10:45, the Rebbe arrived at the Eden Palace halls for the grand event 'Shemira L'Doros' (Guarding for the Generations), with the participation of thousands of men in Williamsburg.
The HaGaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a continued with his fiery address on the topic of tznius, particularly regarding the severity of a woman's hair and the problems with today's sheitels, as well as the chinuch of boys among yeshiva students and several other matters in need of correction.

At about 11:10 the Rebbe began his holy words on the verse "And it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set aside a portion for Hashem." "Bread" refers to a wife; "terumah," says Rashi, is an expression of separation. This comes to say that when one marries, one must make a separation, one must separate from various things. The Rebbe brought out how our holy predecessors zy"a were extremely strict about tznius and kedusha, regarded it as among the most severe matters, and spoke out about it in the holiest times. The Rebbe related what occurred with the holy Sanzer Rav zy"a, who answered a gadol b'Yisroel who asked about a matter, "where does it say so?" — "It says in me, and I am the Torah!"
"These matters are written in my uncle z"l, and he is the Torah!" And Heaven forbid to be lenient with such a question of "where does it say so?" The Rebbe expressed with pain the situation, seeing the difference in how the grandmother, the children and the grandchildren go dressed. It is terrible! A steep decline of the generations. One must be careful to conduct oneself "you shall set aside a portion for Hashem" — "terumah" from the root "hisromemus" (elevation). One must conduct oneself in an elevated manner, not let oneself be dragged along by neighbors and friends, but remain proud of our tradition. Part of the problem comes from sending bochurim to learn in foreign yeshivos, where they become acquainted with foreign outlooks and grow cold to these matters, and later it is no problem for them that their wives are lenient in these matters. The Rebbe continued, saying that his son, HaGaon the Rav shlit"a, delivered a fiery address, words that come from the heart, which b'ezras Hashem will enter the heart and the mind. He strongly reinforced his words and said to each individual that he is the one meant, and that each one privately must make sure that in his home, and among his children and grandchildren, they conduct themselves as is fitting, and make fences as much as possible. The Rebbe strongly praised the efforts in which many Bais Rochel students had their long hair cut in recent weeks, and reinforced it strongly. He concluded and wished that we should succeed in fulfilling all the takanos, and in the merit of righteous women we were redeemed, speedily in our days.

Afterwards the Rebbe davened Maariv in the hall. The baal tefilla was R' Yeshaya Yitzchak Rubin shlit"a.
At about 11:50 the Rebbe traveled home to Kiryas Joel.

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Branch Divrei Yoel. During the Torah reading, the Rebbe received the third aliyah. After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 31, verse 2.

In his private room, the Rebbe shlit"a put on for the first time the holy tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam which had belonged to his grandfather, the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, and after him to the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, and after him to his great father, the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, and which fell to the Rebbe shlit"a in his lot at the time of the division of the inheritance.

In the afternoon hours, the mashgichim, HaGaon Rabbi Hersh Leib Bernstein shlit"a, chairman of the Vaad HaKashrus of Kiryas Joel and dayan and moreh d'asra of Beis Medrash Beis Menachem Tzvi of our kehilla in Williamsburg, and HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, dayan at Beis Medrash Dinov in Kiryas Joel, connected by phone with the Rebbe. They had traveled specially on a holy mission to Yuma, Arizona, together with the wheat expert HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Keim shlit"a, who is appointed over the supervision of the wheat on behalf of our holy kehilla, and the managers of the bakery of Kiryas Joel and Williamsburg. On the occasion of the first "wheat harvest" for the matzah production under the auspices of our holy kehilla for the Yom Tov of Pesach 5787, b'ezras Hashem, the dayanim and managers gave a report from the field as they prepared to begin cutting the wheat in the coming minutes. The Rebbe gave several instructions and guidance, and imparted his holy blessing.

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

A group of learners from the Mivtzar Kollel entered the yeshiva for a private audience. They are currently engaged in the halachos of treifos, and they brought a fowl that had been slaughtered today in the mehudar slaughterhouse and had three legs. A fine discussion in the halachos of treifos developed, and the Rebbe discussed several questions that arise from time to time, and wished the kollel members his holy blessing.
Around 6:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

Private audience hours were held from 8:30 until 11:30 at night at his holy residence on Ohel Court.

During the audience hours, HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Heichal Horaah in Yerushalayim, the holy city, came for a private visit. A fine discussion ensued in halacha and on the situation of the decree of the draft in Eretz Yisroel, and the Rebbe imparted his holy blessing to him.

Around 9:10 the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim, R' Gedalya son of R' Boruch Appel and R' Yehuda Leib son of R' Avrohom Weiss.

There was also a writing of the letters for the Sefer Torah being written by R' Eizik Lipa son of R' Shmuel Weider, which will be brought in this coming Sunday, Parshas Korach, to Beis Medrash Ohr LaShamayim. The Rebbe wrote in several letters, drank a lechayim, and imparted his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 11:30.

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

On Motzei Shabbos the Rebbe offered telephone nichum aveilim to the brothers, the Rebbes of Rachmistrivka shlit"a, who are sitting shiva for their mother, the Rebbetzin of Rachmistrivka a"h.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah branch, Kedushas Yoel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Naftali Stern.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 31, verse 2. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

At about 1:00 the Rebbe traveled into Boro Park for the Chumash seudah of the students of our holy mosdos in Boro Park.
At about 2:45 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol. The Rebbe entered the main hall of the beis medrash, where hundreds of the children's parents and grandfathers were present, among them many Rebbes and rabbanim. The Rebbe was welcomed by the students of the Talmud Torah with beautiful rhymes in honor of the occasion. Rabbi Yosef Binyamin Stern shlit"a, the principal, spoke, followed by the director of the mosdos, R' Aharon Veltz, and the Rav of the Yismach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a, the grandfather of one of the Chumash graduates, also spoke.

The children recited the verses of Chumash from Parshas Vayikra, led by the expert melamed Rabbi Yudel Wertzberger shlit"a. Afterwards all the children passed before the Rebbe, and the Rebbe distributed a siddur to each child.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave blessings to the entire gathering, and delivered words of Torah in honor of the Chumash graduates, repeating the saying of the Chasam Sofer that a beginning is half of the whole, and that this is the great simcha of beginning to learn Chumash, a Yom Tov both for the children and for their parents, and he bestowed his holy blessing.
The event concluded at about 3:45.

Afterwards the Rebbe traveled to the site of our new beis medrash, Lev Aharon, where the actual construction work is beginning in these days. The Rebbe drove up by car, looked over the construction work, and gave his holy blessing to the members of the building fund committee.

From there the Rebbe traveled to the city mikvah, which was magnificently renovated by the esteemed brothers R' Mendel and R' Yechezkel Shraga Goldberger, sons of R' Yaakov Moshe Goldberger. The Rebbe toured the entire mikvah accompanied by the HaGaon Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a and other dayanim of our kehilla, among them HaGaon R' Elazar Nisan Strahli shlit"a, dayan of the 36th Street beis medrash, who headed the project of renovating the mikvah, and HaGaon R' Yitzchak Trieger shlit"a, one of the leading experts in the laws of mikvaos. The Rebbe discussed various hiddurim and chumros in the laws of mikvaos, and at the end the Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance.

Afterwards the Rebbe went up to a lechayim gathering in the home of the benefactor R' Yechezkel Shraga. A fine conversation took place about the history of the mikvah in Boro Park, which the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, built, and about various other mikvaos around the world. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave blessings to the benefactors and their families, to the dayanim shlit"a who were present, and to the entire assembly.

From there the Rebbe went to be menachem avel the family of R' Shlomo Yechiel Felberbaum a"h.
At about 4:50 the Rebbe set out on the way home to Kiryas Joel.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- R' Yoel Berzl Indig and R' Yosef Chaim Polacek in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.
- Rabbi Yuda Stolzberg shlit"a and Rabbi Moshe Aharon Teitelbaum shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Lapish, in the halls of Ginas Klein.

The times for entering for kabbalas panim were from 8:20 until 11:15 at night in the Rebbe's holy residence on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at about 8:50 and Maariv at about 9:50.
After Mincha the Rebbe went down to the halls in his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- R' Chaim Avrohom Weiss and HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a.
- R' Yoel Wolf Shehr and R' Elchanan Taub.
- R' Chaim Meir Ehrenthal and R' Yoel Sandel.

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