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

Early in the morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Chaim Landau took place, where the Rebbe shlit"a served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in our beis medrash, at an early hour, together with the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah Esek HaTorah, Monsey branch. Before davening, the Rebbe lit 5 candles in honor of the holy hilula of the holy Rebbe R' Elimelech zy"a.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a taught the daily Tehillim shiur, interwoven with holy words about the great holiness and radiant light of the one whose hilula it is, zy"a.

Afterward, a lechayim gathering took place in honor of the hilula. At the lechayim, the rebbeim of the yeshiva presented the answers to the Rebbe's question, which had been worked out by the talmidim of the yeshiva. The Rebbe looked them over with great nachas, drank lechayim, and warmly gave his holy blessings to the rebbeim and the bochurim.

In the afternoon at 4:20, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in his holy home, and before davening lit 5 candles in honor of the holy hilula.

Report from the holy trip to Manchester, England - Part 1

After Mincha, at 4:45, the Rebbe shlit"a left his holy home on the way to the holy trip to Manchester. At 7:00 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at JFK Airport. After all the formalities were arranged, the Rebbe shlit"a entered a private room where he davened Maariv.

At 9:15, after a slight delay, the plane took off, b'ezras Hashem, on its way to Manchester. On the plane, the Rebbe shlit"a engaged in Torah study, in Maseches Kesubos and Maseches Bava Kamma.

Baruch Haba B'Shem Hashem

On Wednesday at 8:00 in the morning in Manchester, the plane landed safely at the local airport. As the Rebbe descended from the plane, he was greeted by R' Yosef Sandler, the airport chaplain, and accompanied by Rabbi Yoel Horowitz shlit"a, son of the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of our Manchester kehilla shlit"a.

Outside the airport, a large crowd of chassidim waited with song and music to greet the holy countenance of the Rebbe shlit"a, along with the elders and dignitaries of the community, baalei batim, yungerleit and fine bochurim, headed by the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of our Manchester kehilla shlit"a, and HaGaon R' Dov Mordechai Warfman shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Zichron Yechezkel, and the entire crowd came over to greet him with Shalom.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the guest residence in the home of HaGaon R' Leibel Tauber shlit"a, and after a few minutes of rest, the Rebbe went to the private mikvah of R' Binyamin Lebrecht.

At around 10 o'clock the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our great beis medrash in Manchester, where the Rebbe davened Shacharis together with hundreds of talmud torah boys from the older grades. After davening, a festive lechayim gathering and reception took place with song and music by the over 500 students of our holy mosdos. Several children recited rhymes in honor of the occasion. The HaGaon, Av Beis Din of our kehilla shlit"a, warmly welcomed the Rebbe with the blessing of Shehecheyanu and spoke heartfelt words in honor of the occasion. Then the Rebbe shlit"a delivered longer holy words and guidance to the children, particularly on the quality of truth, on davening in a measured voice, and on walking with the tzitzis out, and concluded with his holy blessings.
After the holy address, the singing continued in honor of the elevated occasion, and the children of the older grades presented the Rebbe with a gift of 3,147 consecutive hours of learning, studied with diligence in just the last two weeks. Afterward all the children came to greet the Rebbe shlit"a, and the Rebbe gave each one a gift as a lasting memento. The event ended around 1:00, and the Rebbe returned to his residence.

At 5:30 the Rebbe shlit"a will daven Mincha, and from 7:00 in the evening there will be times for entering to the Rebbe for the chassidim residing in Manchester.

When the tzaddik is in the city, he is its glory, its splendor, and its majesty

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