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Motzei Shabbos Kodesh, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

After Havdalah, the bochurim-mezamrim who lead the nigunim at the tish every Friday night entered the Rebbe's room. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon them and gave them holy coins.

The Rebbe also paid a visit to the new home of HaRav R' Moshe Dovid Friedman, where the Rebbe affixed a mezuzah. Afterwards, the signing of the documents took place, in which R' Moshe Dovid purchased a seat in the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Kiryas Joel.
The Rebbe then drank a lechayim and warmly blessed the donor and his family.

Late in the evening, as already reported, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg to comfort the mourner, the distinguished and philanthropic R' Chaim Yuda Lefkowitz, and the rest of the family, who are sitting shiva for his mother a"h.

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Ra'avah d'Ra'avin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 5:05. Mincha: HaRav R' Yaakov Yosef Philipp; Hotzaah and Hachnasah: HaRav R' Pinchas Brach (Montreal); Kohen: HaGaon R' Hershel Weiss shlit"a, the Uhel Rav of Boro Park; Levi: HaRav R' Efraim Moshe Levi; Shlishi: HaRav R' Shmuel Rosenfeld (Williamsburg); Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: HaRav R' Shimon Stern (Monsey).

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe shlit"a honored the following to lead the zemiros. Odeh: HaRav R' Noach Gefen; Shir HaMaalos: HaRav R' Moshe Goldstein.

During the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a based his words on the verse "And G-d sent me before you to ensure your remnant in the land," and explained that even when one conducts himself with holiness, he is not yet called holy; rather, when one makes fences and safeguards in matters of kedusha and taharah, in the home and at work, then he receives the status of holy, for "wherever you find a fence against immorality, you find holiness."

Yedid Nefesh: HaRav R' Elazar Yosef Deutsch (London); Kel Mistater: HaRav R' Mordechai Gimpel Kahn (Williamsburg). The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup and said the Sheva Brachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: HaRav R' Moshe Chaim Spitzer. After Havdalah, everyone went over to wish the Rebbe a gutte voch. They concluded at 7:15.

Late in the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to Williamsburg to comfort the mourner, the distinguished and philanthropic R' Chaim Yuda Lefkowitz, who is sitting shiva for his mother a"h. The Rebbe sat there for an extended time and related stories and history from his holy forebears, and from there the Rebbe traveled back to Kiryas Joel, to his holy home.

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

Friday night at around 5:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: HaRav R' Shimon Ezer Mittelman (Monsey). The davening ended at around 6:30. After davening the congregation went over to wish a "gut Shabbos," and then the Rebbe shlit"a went home.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and began, as is his holy custom, "Shalom Aleichem" with great emotion.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the beis medrash Berach Moshe shlit"a. The one honored with holding the cup for Kiddush: R' Efraim Moshe Lowy (one of the leaders of our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak).

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with leading the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Efraim Moshe Lowy. Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon Rabbi Aryeh Asher Indig shlit"a, moreh d'asra of our beis medrash Maharsha in Kiryas Joel.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "U'vnei Dan Chushim" and explained, in the manner of drush, the matter of how the count of the seventy souls who went down to Egypt is made.

Kah Echsof: R' Meir Hirsch. Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Meisels shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the beis medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the Baal Erech Shai zt"l, whose yahrzeit fell on Wednesday, 11 Teves. Kah Ribon Olam: R' Baruch Mordechai Oberlander (Montreal). The new chasanim went around taking fruit, and afterwards the Shalom Zachor took place at R' Shlomo Baruch Teitelbaum, and at R' Yoel Berkowitz. Uvayom Hashevi'i: R' Yechezkel Yoel Sandel (Williamsburg). The tish ended at around 11:10.

Uvayom Hashabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos Kodesh morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:15. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Hershel Katz (Williamsburg). For Shacharis the Rebbe shlit"a sent HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Meisels shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Montreal shlit"a.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah of the Torah: R' Berel Palachek. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Avrohom Shalom Landau.

Aliyos. Kohen: the chasan, the bochur Moshe Katz - bavarfen (a chasan's aufruf-style honor). Levi: the chasan, the bochur Chaim Shalom Wertzberger (Montreal). Shlishi: the baal simcha HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Meisels shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Montreal shlit"a - the Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and naming on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Revi'i: the chasan, the bochur Yaakov Mordechai Gross - bavarfen. Chamishi: the chasan, the bochur Yoel Dovid Weiss - bavarfen. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah the Rebbe shlit"a made the Mi Sheberach and naming on the occasion of the birth of a daughter for the baal simcha R' Shaul Gershon Weiss.
Shevi'i: the chasan, the bochur Elazar Yosef Deutsch. Hosafos: the chasan, the bochur Yehoshua Hersh Freund, the chasan, the bochur Shimon Stern. Acharon: the chasan, the bochur Yoel Rosenfeld. Maftir: R' Lipa Gross. Hagbah: R' Elchanan Moshe Feldman (Williamsburg). Gelilah: R' Dovid Yuda Kahn.

Mussaf: Rabbi Yeshaya Rubin shlit"a, son of the Sulitza Rebbe shlit"a. Pesicha for Na'im Zemiros: R' Yonason Schwartz (Boro Park).

Kol Rinah V'Yeshua B'Aholei Tzaddikim

After davening the Rebbe shlit"a went down to the 'Cheder Dovid' in the Beis Medrash HaGadol, where the Rebbe participated in the Kiddush Rabbah simcha in our holy courts for the newborn daughter of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Meisels shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Montreal shlit"a. The Rebbe made Kiddush and spoke about stories of tzaddikim. Songs were sung in honor of the simcha, and the Rebbe wished a lechayim to the baal simcha, to the family members, and to the entire assembly. It ended at 12:30.

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

This morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Simcha Yisroel Landau took place, at which the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandekaus and with mohelus.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in our great beis medrash in Kiryas Joel. Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Shimon Sander.

In the afternoon at around 5:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home. At around 6:00, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv. Before davening, the Rebbe lit 5 candles in honor of the hilula kadisha of the holy Rebbe of Shinova zy"a.

At around 6:25, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Beis Rachel building, 'Binyan Leah Esther,' in Kiryas Joel, where the Rebbe graced his pure table in honor of the yahrzeit of the holy Rebbe of Shinova zy"a, together with the talmidim of our holy yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedolah in Boro Park.

The Rebbe shlit"a washed for the seudah. At the lechayim after the fish and after the soup, the Rebbe said "Lechayim, may his merit protect us."

The Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon Rabbi, the Zhishnover Rav shlit"a, to rise and relate stories about the one whose hilula it was.

After the meat course, the Rebbe shlit"a related, for an extended time, holy stories about the one whose hilula it was.

With a Michtam LeDavid, the Rebbe honored the administrator, HaRav R' Dovid Shlomo Teitelbaum shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Zhishnov shlit"a.

Afterward, the Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words on the teachings of the one whose hilula it was, spoke words of guidance to the bochurim, and concluded with his holy blessings.

With Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored the Rosh Yeshiva, the Zhishnover Rav shlit"a. It concluded at around 8:30.

In the evening, there were times for entering the holy chamber from 8:45 until 12:40.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home, at the tenaim of the mechutanim R' Dovid Yuda Silberstein and R' Yitzchak Elkum Schwartz.

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

Early in the morning, before Shacharis, the brisos took place
of the newborn son of R' Gershon Acker, where the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandkaus and mohel duties.
And of the newborn son of R' Yaakov Yechezkel Gandel, where the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandkaus and mohel duties.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in our great beis medrash in Kiryas Joel. Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Avrohom Ajami.
After davening, a lechayim gathering was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

In the afternoon, around 5:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Yoshe Hersh Freund - R' Dovid Yuda Kahn, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Yoel, son of R' Shlomo Rosenfeld - R' Chaim Mordechai Schnitzer, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

In the evening, there was a time of entry to the Rebbe's inner chamber from 8:00 until 11:30.

Around 11:35, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv in his holy home.

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