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Sunday, Parshas Vayakhel — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh'

In the morning, before Shacharis, the brissim took place
of the newborn son of R' Chaim Ezra Brauner,
and of the newborn son of R' Moshe Aryeh Gabbai, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, the "Kedushas Yoel" branch. After davening, the Rebbe led the daily Tehillim shiur, Chapter 9, verse 6.

In the morning hours, the Rebbe shlit"a made his weekly visit to the glatt kosher slaughterhouse and to our holy kehilla's bakery.

In the afternoon at 6:10, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin:
At the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Raphael Dovid Gabbai – R' Daniel Avrohom Nivoach, at Kinor Dovid hall.
At the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Isser Yuda Berger – R' Gedalya Segedin, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

At night there were entrance times to Kodesh Penimah from 8:00 until 11:30. During the entrance times, HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Feivel Schneebalg shlit"a, Rav and Av Beis Din of Manchester, visited the Rebbe shlit"a privately, and a lengthy conversation in Torah and Chassidus ensued. The Rebbe shlit"a honored him with a lechayim, warmly bestowed his holy blessing, and accompanied him out with friendliness.

Also entering Kodesh Penimah were the administration of our holy kehilla's Mifal Chayeinu in Kiryas Joel, together with the maggid meisharim HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Bloy shlit"a of Bnei Brak, who is featured in the series of Shiurei Chayeinu taking place in these weeks. He also conveyed a greeting to the Rebbe shlit"a from the uplifting L'Doroseihem Shabbos organized by our holy kehilla's Kollel Yungerleit Association in Williamsburg, in which he participated and spoke.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home at the tenaim of the mechutanim R' Yosef Moshe Ungar (Monsey) – R' Moshe Eliezer Katz.

At around 11:30 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv in his holy home. Before Maariv, the Rebbe lit 5 candles in honor of the yahrzeit of his father-in-law, the Yeshuas Moshe of Vizhnitz zt"l.

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

On Friday night at around 6:10, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Avrohom Hertz Herskowitz.

The davening concluded at around 7:40. After davening, the appeal for the Talmud Torah in the holy city of Tzfas took place, the congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe shlit"a went home.

At around 8:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Friday night seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and began, as is his holy custom, 'Sholom Aleichem' with emotion and sweetness. Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Meir Eliezer Teitelbaum, son of HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the beis medrash, the Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored others with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Moshe Meir Teitelbaum; Menuchah V'simchah: R' Yaakov Hollander (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the statement of Chazal, "The Holy One, Blessed is He, knew that Haman would one day weigh out shekalim against Yisroel; therefore He preceded their shekalim to his shekalim," and explained it in the manner of a derush, in the topic of whether the word 'es' is expounded.

Kah Echsof: R' Yaakov Leib Sofer (Williamsburg); Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Wolf Friedman shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy Gaon, the author of Chiddushei HaRim zy"a, whose yahrzeit fell on Thursday, 23 Adar. Kah Ribon Olam: R' Yehuda Eliezer Gottesman.

Afterwards 'Or Panecha' was sung in honor of Parshas Ki Sisa, while the Rebbe shlit"a prolonged the singing with weeping.

The new chassanim passed by to take fruit, as "on the seventh day": Mendel Eckstein. The tish concluded at around 11:30.

On the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:15. Pesukei D'zimra: R' Asher Yaakov Eckstein. The Rebbe shlit"a said 'V'chrus' verse by verse, and approached the amud for Shacharis as usual.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yisroel Menachem Apfel; the verses of Shema Yisroel: R' Yudel Berkowitz (Williamsburg).

Aliyos. Kohen: Mishabbos R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman; Levi: R' Simcha Glickman (Antwerp); Shlishi: the chassan, the bochur Isaac Hersh Berkowitz — a bowarfen; Revi'i: the chassan, the bochur Chaim Yechezkel Herskowitz; Chamishi: the chassan, the bochur Yoel Eidelis; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and the naming of the daughter born to R' Yoshe Stein.
Shevi'i: the chassan, the bochur Moshe Aryeh Gutman; Acharon: R' Dovid Aharon Landau; Maftir: R' Henoch Kraus; Hagbah: R' Shlomo Mendlowitz; Gelilah: R' Yekusiel Eliyahu Eigner.

Mussaf: HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Weiss shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Monsey; opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Moshe Shmuel Eidelis.

After davening, the bris took place of the newborn son of R' Moshe, son of R' Yisroel Kaufman, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

The davening concluded at 12:35.

Ra'avah D'ra'avin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 6:10. Mincha: Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Filaff; Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Menachem Shmuel Frankel; Kohen: R' Yisroel Meir Friedman (Williamsburg); Levi: R' Meir Efraim Grossman; Shlishi: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Lipa Teitelbaum shlit"a (Yerushalayim); Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Tzvi Yehuda Weiss (Antwerp).

The Rebbe shlit"a honored others with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen; Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

In the Torah he said, the Rebbe shlit"a addressed the Midrash "Moshe found difficulty with the half-shekel," and explained that in galus even teshuva out of fear is considered like teshuva out of love, and intentional sins become merits; with a little introspection of a Jew in awe and fear, it is a complete teshuva, and Hashem raises the glory of Yisroel.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Shmuel Nechemia Hirsch (Williamsburg); Kel Mistater: R' Shalom Chananel Mendlowitz (Boro Park); Shoshanas Yaakov: R' Yisroel Meir Friedman (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed over the cup and recited Sheva Brachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Leib Kahn shlit"a.

After Havdalah, the congregation went over to wish a gut voch, and afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music with 'Ki Malachav Yetzaveh Lach' in honor of the upcoming holy journey to Manchester this coming Tuesday. The davening concluded at 8:35.

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