This past week, Parshas "Eileh Masei Bnei Yisroel," the great preparations for the large Satmar Shabbos in Meron, planned b'ezras Hashem for Parshas Toldos 5786, IY"H, kicked into high gear, when HaRav HaChassid Rabbi Naftali Hirtzka Stein, a trusted confidant of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, came from America for a short visit here in Eretz Yisroel. Accompanying him was HaRav HaChassid R' Shlomo Hersh Eckstein, a member of the administration of our holy mosdos, Mosdos Yitav Lev, who has been for years among the lead askanim of all the Rebbe shlit"a's trips. They held meetings with the local askanim of our holy kehilla in Yerushalayim, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh, and sat for many hours in meetings with the leading organizers at the holy site of Meron, who will, b'ezras Hashem, arrange the historic Shabbos Kodesh in the shade of emunah, in the gatherings of thousands upon thousands of Jews, from within Eretz Yisroel and abroad.

Upon their arrival at the airport here in Eretz Yisroel on Monday evening, the guests were received by the leading askanim in Eretz Yisroel, and from there they traveled straight to Bnei Brak, where the first meeting took place with the leading askanim of our kehilla who led last year's unforgettable Shabbos Parshas Pekudei in Meron. They went over every detail of what is to be expected at the planned Shabbos, b'ezras Hashem.

The next morning, Tuesday, from very early on, they were at the holy site of Meron, sitting with the main organizers over all the plans and parts of the Shabbos in every detail and nuance, while remaining in constant telephone contact with Kiryas Joel with the Shabbos coordinator, HaRav R' Chaim Shlomo Fischer, to review each and every detail of the Shabbos so that it should go, b'ezras Hashem, one hundred percent, IY"H.

In addition, they discussed the areas throughout the entire village and especially around the Meoras HaRashbi"y, and likewise all the surrounding areas, to plan the layout for the great Shabbos, in order to be able to accommodate such a crowd, ka"h, which is expected to be like a kibbutz galuyos of many thousands upon thousands of Jews from all corners of the world, with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a at their head.

The holy work of arranging such a Shabbos in Meron today is much, much harder, in every sense, due to the strict legal restrictions that were introduced after the tragic Lag B'Omer in Meron, with entirely new laws, regulations and the like, which of course brings with it higher costs and more complicated work.

Under a blazing sun and heavy heat of over 105 degrees [as it is measured in America] that prevails in Meron these days, the askanim together with the guests and organizers stood in the fields planning all the options, to try to arrange the elevated gatherings during the Shabbos, the tefillos, the seudos, the setting of the tables, the great lighting ceremony, and so on, in the best way possible.

Late in the evening, though not before a fervent prayer at the holy tomb in the cave for a successful Shabbos, the guests traveled back to Bnei Brak to sit at a meeting with the local askanim of the kehilla, to arrange the days of the visit that the Rebbe shlit"a will spend in the city, where the highlight will be the magnificent gathering of the chanukas habayis celebration for the new, splendid building, the girls' school built by the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a through the generous donations of the wealthy members of our community, which is about to be completed, b'ezras Hashem, in all its glory.

The next morning, Wednesday, the guests came to Yerushalayim, the holy city, and held a longer meeting with the local askanim of the kehilla, to arrange the days of the visit that the Rebbe shlit"a will spend in the holy city, may it be rebuilt, where the highlight will be the grand gathering for the laying of the foundations for the floor of the great beis medrash in the magnificent building on Tel Talpiot of our holy kehilla and its mosdos, which is being built with great momentum for the sake of Hashem's name and glory.

Afterwards, in the afternoon hours, a central meeting took place here in Yerushalayim of the administration of the Satmar kehillos and mosdos in Eretz Yisroel, which was also attended by the heads of the administration from Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh, where they discussed together the details of the holy journey and the elevated Shabbos.

Our distinguished guest, HaRav R' Naftali Hirtzka, addressed the assembled, the devoted members of the administrations from all the cities, and with fitting words praised the askanim of our holy kehilla in Eretz Yisroel, who are known among our chassidim everywhere for their dedication and loyalty with heart and soul to all the sacred values of our holy kehilla. He stressed the importance of broad cooperation among all the askanim as one man with one heart, with each person carrying out his share to the maximum

success, which will surely bring the anticipated success to the elevated Shabbos and to the entire elevated journey in general, to raise the glory of Torah and Chassidus.

Toward Shabbos Meron, "Let us go," for it is the source of blessing!

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Before candle-lighting, the Rebbe placed the shtreimel on the chassan Moshe, son of Yoel Malach.

On Friday night at around 5:15, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went to Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Dovid Aryeh Yaakov (Williamsburg).
The davening ended at around 6:45. The tzibur went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 8:25, the Rebbe entered the tish at the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch, together with the talmidim of the yeshiva, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
- Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yissocher Ber Teitelbaum, son-in-law-to-be of... correction: son of the Rebbe's chosson-in-law, the Rav of the beis medrash Barech Moshe shlit"a.
- Hagbahas HaKos: R' Chaim Yekusiel Halpert.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros.
- Kol Mekadesh: his grandson Rabbi Meir Yuda Ashkenazi shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rav of beis medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.
- Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon R' Lipa Berkowitz shlit"a, a moreh tzedek.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Midrash, "In the merit of Rivkah saying 'I will go,' Yisroel merited to leave Mitzrayim," and explained it in the manner of a derush on the sugya of aseh docheh lo sa'aseh.

- Kah Echsof: R' Yosef Hersh Miller (Williamsburg).
- Birkas HaMazon: HaGaon R' Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of beis medrash Divrei Chaim.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a told stories about the holy Rebbe R' Hersh of Rimanov zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on 30 Cheshvan.
- Kah Ribon Olam: Rabbi Berish Gross shlit"a (Montreal).
The new chasanim went over to take fruit. A shalom zachor took place at the home of R' Yechezkel Shraga Glantz.
- Az B'Yom HaShevii: R' Avrohom Sofer (Williamsburg)
Afterwards, they continued with Meron niggunim in honor of the holy journey to Eretz Yisroel and Shabbos Kodesh at the holy site of Meron.
It ended at around 11:15.

And on Shabbos Day

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe entered at around 9:25.
- Brachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Yaakov Yosef Filaff.
The Rebbe went to Shacharis.

- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Fishel Farkash.
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Moshe Yona Rosenfeld – Yerushalayim.
Aliyos.
- Kohen: the chassan Shimon, son of Fishel Katz.
- Levi: R' Shlomo Wertzberger – Williamsburg.
- Shlishi: the chassan Moshe, son of Yeshaya Shabsi Brach.
- Revii: the Shabbos Mevarchim ba'al koreh, R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz.
- Chamishi: R' Yoel Zev Naftali Neiman; the Rebbe called him up by name in honor of the birth of his daughter. Mazel tov!
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Shevii: R' Zalman Leib Kappel.
- Acharon: the chassan Yudel, son of Yoel Schoenbrun.
- Maftir: R' Yehoshua Shmuel Wieder.
- Hagbah: R' Yisroel Elimelech Weissman.
- Gelilah: R' Yoel Hershkowitz.

After the leining, the Rebbe shlit"a blessed Rosh Chodesh with great stirring.
- Musaf: the Shabbos Mevarchim ba'al tefillah, R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz.
- Introduction to Anim Zemiros: R' Berel Hershkowitz.
It ended at around 12:15.

Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered for Mincha at around 5:10.
- Ba'al Tefillah: R' Yehoshua Shmuel Wieder.
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Wolf Farkash.
- Kohen: R' Yoel Schoenbrun.
- Levi: Rabbi Yehoshua Zalman Wertzberger shlit"a.
- Shlishi: HaGaon R' Hershel Rosenfeld shlit"a, moreh tzedek in Shikun Skvira.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yaakov Mordechai Gross.

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe honored people with the zemiros.
- Odeh: R' Noach Gefen.
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe spoke on the verse "And Hashem blessed Avrohom with everything," and explained that the Holy One, Blessed is He, in His abundant mercy and kindness, joins the deeds of a mitzvah of a simple Jew with the thoughts of the mitzvah of the tzaddikim, and together it becomes a complete mitzvah.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Shmuel Leib Brach – Williamsburg.
- Kel Mistatter: HaGaon R' Hershel Rosenfeld shlit"a.
The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Brachos.

- Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Mendel Levi.
After Havdalah, the Rebbe stood up and wished the entire tzibur, "A gutte voch, may we travel in peace and good health, and we hope to be back for Shabbos Parshas Vayeitzei." Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and zemiros in honor of his departure on the holy journey to Eretz Yisroel and Shabbos Kodesh at the holy site of Meron. It ended at around 7:25.

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The holy journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Eretz Yisroel - Shabbos Kodesh in the holy place of Meron

Motzei Shabbos Chayei Sarah - Sunday, Parshas Toldos

At around 9:00 the Rebbe went over to the Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe in the Beirach Moshe neighborhood for the bar mitzvah simcha of a great-grandson, the bochur Yosef Rokeach ny"u, son of HaGaon R' Chaim Yaakov shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Kol Eliyahu, and grandson of the HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.
Songs of simcha were sung, and the Rebbe drank l'chaim and warmly blessed the bar mitzvah bochur, his father, the HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Kol Eliyahu shlit"a, his grandfather, the HaGaon, Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, and the entire assembly.
Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song, "Ki Malachav."

The Rebbe immediately set out on the way to Newark Airport, from where the Rebbe's flight took off at around 12:00 on the way to Athens, Greece, where the Rebbe will stay for a short stopover until Monday afternoon, when the Rebbe will continue the journey on a private flight to Eretz Yisroel, on the elevated holy journey.

Upon arriving on the plane, the Rebbe occupied himself for an extended time with Torah study on the mitzvos that apply in Eretz Yisroel, such as separating terumos and maasros and the like. Afterwards, the Rebbe was handed the Kovetz Shaashuei Oraisa with the hundreds of answers from the learners of the Yesodei HaTorah chaburos to the question that the Rebbe shlit"a left over at his general shiur at the historic siyum of half of Shas, this past Parshas Lech Lecha. The Rebbe reviewed it for an extended time with great nachas.

At around 4:00 in the morning (New York time) the Rebbe davened Shacharis on the plane. The baal tefillah was HaRav HaTzaddik R' Menachem Mendel Hager shlit"a, son of the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a, who is in the year of mourning for his mother, the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbetzin a"h. After davening, R' Mendel shlit"a conveyed greetings from his father, the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a, who is spending Shabbos in Kiryas Vizhnitz in Monsey, and a pleasant conversation developed about Kiryas Vizhnitz and other topics.

The Rebbe's plane landed at the airport in Athens, Greece, at around 3:55 (8:55 New York time).

Upon disembarking, the Rebbe davened Mincha at the airport. The baal tefillah was HaRav HaTzaddik R' Mendel Hager shlit"a.

Afterwards the Rebbe set out for the hotel in Athens, a drive of about half an hour.

At around 7:30 (12:30 New York time) the Rebbe davened Maariv at the hotel. The baal tefillah was R' Yosef Chaim Weiss (Bnei Brak).

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went out for a walk with a select few mekuravim on the streets around the hotel where the Rebbe is staying. While walking, the Rebbe related a little about historical periods of the Greek kingdom in the history of the Jewish people.

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Monday, Parshas Toldos: Athens, Greece - Yerushalayim, the Holy City

In the morning the Rebbe went to the local mikvah, which was built by the World Mikvah Fund, and then went over to daven at the local Beis Medrash Beis Chabad, accompanied by Rabbi Avrohom Meir Schwartz, chairman of the Mikvah Fund.

- Baal Tefilah: R' Yoel Wertheimer.
- Opening: HaRav HaChassid R' Yosef Chaim Weiss (Bnei Brak)
- Kohen: Mishabbak HaRav HaChassid R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman.
- Levi: HaRav HaChassid R' Efraim Moshe Lowy (Bnei Brak).
- Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: HaRav HaChassid R' Meir Hirsch.
- Gelilah: Rabbi Avrohom Meir Schwartz.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a learned Torah for an extended time. Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place, and a conversation developed about the many activities of the Mikvah Fund for the purity of Klal Yisroel around the world. The Rebbe greeted the local mispallelim, drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

At 1:45 the Rebbe left the lodging for the airport, where the private plane took off at 2:50 in the afternoon.

"Cry out and rejoice, inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel"

At 4:29 in the afternoon (9:29 a.m. New York time) the plane landed at Lod Airport in Eretz Yisroel. At the door of the plane, the rabbonim and elders of our kehilla in Yerushalayim, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh were waiting, as well as a delegation from the leadership of the Eidah HaChareidis. With hearts full of emotion, three of the elders recited the two blessings with Hashem's name, Shehecheyanu and "Shechalak MeiChochmaso Lirei'av" (who has given of His wisdom to those who fear Him), among them HaGaon HaChassid R' Chaim Shalom Klein shlit"a.

The Rebbe then entered a side room where many more of our chassidim were waiting and greeted him. Then the Rebbe davened Mincha. Baal Tefilah: HaGaon R' Isaac Friedman shlit"a, Rosh Kehilla of Beit Shemesh.

After Mincha, at 5:35 in the afternoon, the Rebbe left Lod Airport on the way to Yerushalayim, the holy city. The Rebbe arrived at 6:20 at the holy home of the Posek HaDor, Mara d'Atra Kadisha, shlit"a, for a holy visit and welcome reception. The Rav received the Rebbe shlit"a with a radiant countenance, and a wonderful, warm conversation took place about the power of holiness and zealotry of the holy Divrei Yoel zy"a, and about the situation of the draft decrees in Eretz Yisroel. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe warmly bestowed from his holy blessing; in turn the Rav gave warm blessings in return and warmly escorted the Rebbe out.

From there, at 6:40, the Rebbe went to the office of the Beis Din Tzedek in the Zupnik buildings, for a welcome reception by the sarei haTorah, the rabbonim HaGaonim, members of the Beis Din Tzedek of the Eidah HaChareidis of Yerushalayim. The Rebbe arrived at 6:55. HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shlomo Bloy shlit"a, the secretary of the Beis Din, rose and greeted the Rebbe, expressing that here, in the very place where the Rebbe z"l (the Divrei Yoel) once sat as Mara d'Atra Kadisha, and after him the rabbonim HaGaonim, rabbis of Yerushalayim z"l, now sits our Rebbe shlit"a, who is the driving force of leadership abroad and who is constantly in contact and working together with the Beis Din to restore the glory of the faith. Then the members of the Beis Din, HaGaon HaGadol R' Avrohom Yitzchak Ullman shlit"a and HaGaon HaGadol R' Yehoshua Rosenberger shlit"a, rose and greeted the Rebbe.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim, delivered divrei kibbud, expressed his appreciation for the strength of the Beis Din of the Eidah HaChareidis, who stand on guard in Eretz Yisroel, and warmly bestowed abundant blessings. It concluded at about 7:15.

From there the Rebbe went to visit at the holy residence of the Rebbe HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Meir Schechter shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place about the situation in Yerushalayim and memories of Yerushalayim of old. The Rav began to sing and honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and gave the Rebbe lengthy blessings. The Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing, and the Rav escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the Gerrer Rebbe shlit"a. The Gerrer Rebbe greeted the Rebbe and a pleasant conversation took place. The Rebbe thanked him for all the efforts that the askanim of the Gerrer kehilla are making to help our kehilla in Yerushalayim and Bnei Brak, and mentioned the visit of his children with the Rebbe together with the orphans of the kehilla, and spoke of the gathering on the night of Chanukah with the orphans. He honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing, and wished well to his grandson, the chosson, who is getting married next week. The Gerrer Rebbe escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to his lodging at the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Berel Karniel. After a short break the Rebbe davened Maariv.

At about 9:30 in the evening the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the welcome reception and gathering of our chassidim in Yerushalayim, the holy city, with the participation of chassidim from across Eretz Yisroel, in the large tent on Rechov Doresh Tov in the center of the holy city.
The Rebbe shlit"a was welcomed with song and music and with fiery dancing. His mechutan, the Krestirer Rebbe shlit"a, also participated.
HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Yerushalayim shlit"a, rose and welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a, and mentioned that it is now 80 years since the Divrei Yoel zy"a lived here and left behind his holiness, which still burns within every Jew. He expressed the emotion at having the privilege of welcoming the Rebbe shlit"a and wished him full blessings.
Stirring melodies began for the siyum of the writing of a Sefer Torah, which is being written by all of our chassidim after two Sifrei Torah were burned in the fire at the Beis HaKnesses, the building of our holy kehilla.
The distinguished avreich R' Yaakov Yosef, a member of the committee, brought in the Sefer Torah. They continued with Torah melodies, as the Rebbe shed rivers of tears.
They sang "Vi'hi Noam," and the Rebbe wrote in the final letters.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and delivered divrei kibbud about the great holiness of Yerushalayim, which influences the entire world and through which all tefillos ascend. He expressed his joy at being able to meet with chassidim, friends and students of his uncle z"l who follow in his ways. He said that Yerushalayim is enduring difficult times, and the holiness of Yerushalayim will protect, "they shall neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain." Now, when gathering for the writing of the letters of the holy Torah, we pray that they will not be able to disturb those who learn Torah. He concluded that it is a joy to come here to Yerushalayim for the expansion of the borders of holiness, for such a magnificent building, and wished abundant blessings to the entire assembly.

Two members of the committee lifted the Sefer Torah open to its center, and the Rebbe went for Hagbah and danced with fire of holiness with the open Sefer Torah. HaRav HaChassid R' Meir Hirsch went for Gelilah, and the Rebbe continued dancing for an extended time.
The Rebbe handed over the Sefer Torah to HaRav HaChassid R' Yaakov Yosef and continued dancing, and the entire assembly danced toward the Rebbe for an extended time. It concluded at about 10:55.

After the gathering the Rebbe went to visit his brother-in-law, the Belzer Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place with stories connected to the tzaddikim of Sighet and Belz. The Belzer Rebbe presented his grandchildren and honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing. He then escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit his mechutan, the Krestirer Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place about old memories. He honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out with great warmth.

From there the Rebbe went to visit HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Moshe Teitelbaum shlit"a, Dayan of our holy kehilla. A pleasant conversation took place; he honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing.

After the visit, at 12:10 at night, the Rebbe arrived home at the lodging in the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Yuda Dovid Rubinstein.

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Tuesday, Parshas Toldos - Yerushalayim, the holy city

In the morning, the Rebbe went to the mikvah at the guesthouse.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the hundreds of children of our holy mosdos in our great beis medrash.
Upon arriving at the beis medrash at around 9:50, the Rebbe looked in on the learning of the talmidim and walked among the tables, listening to the children with great nachas for an extended time.

At around 10:15 the Rebbe entered for Shacharis and put on tallis and tefillin. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Dovid Moshe Zipper.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Menachem Zev Heilbrunn, at which the Rebbe was the sandek. During it, a conversation took place with the renowned mohel, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Gelber shlit"a.

Afterwards, a lechayim and reception was held in the hall of the beis medrash. HaRav HaChasid R' Yissachar Yakobi, director of our holy mosdos, spoke and welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a, and mentioned HaRav HaChasid R' Meir Hirsch, who stands at the Rebbe's right hand in strengthening the mosdos at all times, and presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a general kvitel on behalf of the continuous learning hours of the talmidim of our holy mosdos.
The children sang warm melodies and Yiddish rhymes in honor of the occasion, while the Rebbe wept at length with emotions of longing for the holy city of Yerushalayim, may it be rebuilt.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and delivered holy words on the verse "V'yiten licha Elokim," emphasizing the importance of the young years, which must be used to build oneself for the older years. The most important thing is the "hevel pihem" (the breath of the mouths) of schoolchildren, and in Yerushalayim it is even more important. This obligates every single person, and one must conduct oneself as befits a child of Yerushalayim. The Rebbe continued with words of guidance and concluded with his holy blessing.

After the holy words, the good commitments of all the children were handed to the Rebbe, and the Rebbe distributed a Zemiros for Chanukah, Divrei Yoel, to all the children.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went up to the upper floors of the talmud torah, where the Rebbe walked through the classrooms for an extended time and listened to the learning. The younger children were also gathered, and the Rebbe distributed sweets. Then, at around 1:30, the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music.

At around 3:30 a delegation of Kollel Shomrei HaChomos, the rabbanim and administration of the kollel, headed by HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Yehoshua Lieberman shlit"a, rosh hakollel of Shomrei HaChomos, entered a private audience at the guesthouse. They came to invite the Rebbe to deliver a derasha at the historic Kesav Sofer shul. A pleasant conversation ensued, HaRav R' Yitzchak Blau shlit"a, rosh hakollel, spoke, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon them.

After a few minutes, the Rebbe went over to deliver the derasha. All the children were waiting around the entire Kiryat Kollel Shomrei HaChomos, standing all around and on the roofs and terraces, to greet the holy countenance of the Rebbe shlit"a with song and music.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the Kesav Sofer beis medrash and greeted the rabbanim, among them HaGaon R' Matisyahu Deutsch shlit"a, av beis din of Ramat Shlomo, and then wrapped himself in his tallis.
HaGaon Rabbi Yehoshua Lieberman shlit"a, rosh hakollel, spoke and welcomed the Rebbe, and expressed the privilege that the Rebbe was coming to deliver holy words in the very place where our holy Rebbes, the Divrei Yoel and the Beirach Moshe zy"a, had spoken.
At around 5:00 the Rebbe began his holy words, a lengthy, deep pilpul of over an hour on the sugya of "sho'el shelo midaas," which captivated all the learners, as on Simchas Torah. At the end he issued a rousing call regarding the pressing matters of the day, concerning the decrees of the draft, saying that one must stand firm without compromise, and that all who compromise are raising a hand against the Torah of Moshe. He concluded with his holy blessing.

Afterwards, the Rebbe davened Mincha. The baal tefillah was HaRav HaChasid R' Yoel Waldman (Williamsburg). It concluded at around 5:50 and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music.

From there the Rebbe went for a brief visit to the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a, who is recovering, and the Rebbe inquired about his well-being and bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

At around 6:05 the Rebbe arrived at our great beis medrash for the hachnasas sefer Torah ceremony, by the anash in Yerushalayim, in memory of our holy Rebbes zy"a. The Rebbe took the Torah and danced with fiery joy for an extended time, and in the course of it stopped by the children's section and danced for a while.
HaRav HaChasid R' Avrohom Brach was honored with placing the sefer Torah in the Aron Kodesh, and the Rebbe recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as customary. It concluded at around 6:25.

At the guesthouse, private audiences were held for anash residents of the holy city of Yerushalayim from around 7:00, with a long line stretching for nearly 6 hours of anash coming to be remembered for salvation and mercy.

During the audiences, the following visited privately:
- The Strafkov Rebbe shlit"a; a pleasant conversation took place, the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

- The Kalushin Rebbe shlit"a; a pleasant conversation took place, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

- HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Karp shlit"a; a pleasant learned conversation took place regarding the halachos of shmittah, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

- HaGaon R' Aharon Rubinfeld shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Belz; a pleasant conversation took place and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

- A delegation from the administration of Kollel Chibas Yerushalayim, headed by HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Naftali Nussbaum shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Chaim Moshe; HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Aharon Goldminzer shlit"a, dayan of Skver Yerushalayim; HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shimon Shmuel Halberstam shlit"a, av beis din of Zanz Chakova and rosh hakollel of Toldos Elazar; HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yitzchak Leib Schreiber-Sofer shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Orchos HaTorah; HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Avi'ezer Shapira shlit"a, av beis din of Drohobych; and the directors of the kollel.
A pleasant conversation took place about the activities of the kollel, and they showed the Rebbe historic holy writings of the tzaddikim of the generations from the treasury of the kollel's office, among them the historic dedication booklet of the Shinover Rebbe zy"a, which contains full dedications from tzaddikim of the generations, may their merit protect us, headed by the Shinover Rebbe zy"a. The administration honored the Rebbe shlit"a to write his holy signature in it.
At the conclusion the Rebbe gave tzedakah, a generous contribution to the kollel, and bestowed his holy blessing.

- A delegation from the administration of Kollel Siebenbürgen; a pleasant conversation took place, the Rebbe inquired about the kollel's activities and bestowed his holy blessing.

- Likewise, several kollelim sent groups of their kollel members to be tested by the Rebbe shlit"a, among them young men of Gur chassidim in the framework of the "Mezumanim" program.
The Rebbe listened to each one's learning and bestowed his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:15 and then continued the audiences.

After the audiences, at around 1:10, the Rebbe shlit"a went for a visit to the Rachmistrivka Rebbe shlit"a. A lengthy conversation took place about the sanctity and purity of the mikvah. He honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

At 1:45 the Rebbe arrived at the guesthouse of the philanthropist R' Yuda Dovid Rubinstein.

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The Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Eretz Yisroel - Shabbos Kodesh at the Holy Resting Place in Meron

Wednesday, Parshas Toldos - Har HaTzofim, Beit Shemesh, Yerushalayim

In the morning, after the mikvah at 8:50, the Rebbe shlit"a left the guesthouse on the way to Har HaTzofim, opposite the site of the Beis HaMikdash, where the Rebbe arrived at 9:05.
The Rebbe shlit"a ascended a special platform, around which stood many hundreds of our chassidim from across Eretz Yisroel, and fresh guests from abroad could also be seen. Several melodies of exile and redemption and faith in the coming of Moshiach were sung, as the Rebbe lingered in tears, longing for the redemption.
Afterwards, chapters of Tehillim were recited, and the Rebbe tore kriah and recited the blessing of Dayan HaEmes, and broke out in stormy weeping, in crying and lamentation, which shook the hundreds of participants.
After several long minutes, as the recitation was concluding, the Rebbe repeated the verse, "Rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her," saying that if we already rejoice now over the future redemption, we will merit to rejoice at the complete redemption. The Rebbe began to sing the melody "Yibaneh HaMikdash," and with great joy broke into a fiery dance on the spot, with emotions of longing.

After the gathering, at around 9:45, the Rebbe shlit"a left Har HaTzofim for Beit Shemesh, where the Rebbe arrived at 10:25.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered our beis medrash in the Ramat Avraham neighborhood of Beit Shemesh for Shacharis together with the students of our mosdos, and first looked in on the children's studies with great nachas, going around among the tables and testing the children.

Afterwards the Rebbe put on tallis and tefillin in the beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Shmuel Hirsch (Beit Shemesh).
The baal tefillah was R' Shimon Yazhef (Beit Shemesh).

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place together with the talmud torah students. The children sang several melodies and rhymes in honor of the occasion, and presented the history of the mosdos, which were established by the Rebbe shlit"a. The menahel, HaRav R' Avrohom Meir Dirnfeld shlit"a, spoke, welcoming the Rebbe shlit"a on behalf of the students of the mosdos, and then presented the Rebbe with a kvitel summarizing the consecutive hours with which the children had prepared for the exalted visit.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly wished the menahalim and melamdim, and the administration of the talmud torah in Beit Shemesh and abroad, well. He delivered words of holy guidance to the children, and strengthened the administration of the mosdos from Beit Shemesh and abroad who were present in the beis medrash. He blessed the mosdos with "this small one shall be great," and concluded with his holy blessing to the melamdim and children.
Afterwards the Rebbe distributed blessed coins to all the children. It ended at around 12:45.

From there the Rebbe went to the beautiful beis medrash of Kehal Chassidim in the Ramat Avraham neighborhood, headed by HaGaon R' Asher Ullman shlit"a, where a pouring of the foundation pits for the new mikvah being built next to the beis medrash took place. The Rebbe poured into the pits and honored the rav of the beis medrash to pour as well. Then he entered the beis medrash hall, where a lechayim and welcome gathering took place. Several melodies were sung, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

From there the Rebbe went to the home of the esteemed philanthropist R' Aviezer Shapira, one of the great supporters of our kollel in Beit Shemesh. R' Aviezer spoke and welcomed the Rebbe, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

At around 1:45 the Rebbe arrived for a visit to the building of our mosdos. The Rebbe went into all the classes on all the floors and tested the children in their studies with great nachas for an extended time.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the guesthouse at the home of HaRav R' Tzvi Akiva Breitstein, of the Eretz Yisroel and mosdos.

At around 3:30 the Rebbe began receiving our chassidim, residents of Beit Shemesh. A long line formed, and the Rebbe received them for close to 3 hours straight, to be remembered with regard to yeshuos and mercy.

During the reception, the writing of letters in a Sefer Torah being written by the Rosenbaum family, of the Gur chassidim of Beit Shemesh, took place. The Rebbe wrote in the letters, drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

At around 5:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha at the guesthouse. The baal tefillah was R' Yosef Chaim Danzinger.
After Mincha, the bochurim of our community from Beit Shemesh entered for a private audience, and the Rebbe delivered words of guidance and distributed his sefer Amara Tava to the bochurim.

At around 7:50 the Rebbe went to our beis medrash Ohel Yehoshua for the gathering marking the completion of a Sefer Torah written by members of our holy kehilla l'iluy nishmas our holy Rebbes zy"a.
Melodies of inspiration were sung. The Rebbe wrote the final letters, drank a lechayim and wished the entire gathering well. Afterwards the Rebbe went to hagbah and danced with the open Sefer Torah. R' Tzvi Akiva Breitstein, one of the great donors of the Sefer Torah, was honored with gelilah.
Then the Rebbe broke into a festive dance with the Sefer Torah for an extended time, and honored HaGaon HaGadol R' Shmuel Bransdorfer shlit"a, member of the Beis Din, to dance with the Sefer Torah, as well as HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Moshe Friedman shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Boro Park, who led the Sefer Torah out of the beis medrash.

From there, at around 8:15, the Rebbe went to visit HaGaon HaGadol R' Nosson Kupshitz shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kiryat Nachala U'Menucha in Beit Shemesh. A pleasant conversation took place regarding matters of bris milah. He honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the home of HaGaon R' Yehoshua Rosenberger shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kiryat HaRama in Beit Shemesh and member of the Beis Din of the Edah HaChareidis in Yerushalayim. A pleasant conversation took place about the holy Rebbe R' Hersh of Rimanov zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls in these days. He honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him and upon his son-in-law, the Nadvorna Rebbe of Beit Shemesh shlit"a, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the Vizhnitz Rebbe of Beit Shemesh shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place about memories of the House of Vizhnitz. He honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

At around 8:45 the Rebbe arrived at the hachnasas sefer Torah of our holy kehilla l'iluy nishmas our holy Rebbes zy"a, in a specially rented hall. The Rebbe took the Sefer Torah and conducted the holy dancing, and then recited Ledavid Mizmor as is customary.

Afterwards the Rebbe went up to a side room and davened Maariv. The baal tefillah was R' Shalom Mittelman (Boro Park).

At around 10:00 at night the Rebbe returned to the hall for the lechayim gathering in honor of the hachnasas sefer Torah.
Among those who participated at the gathering were the Vizhnitz Rebbe of Beit Shemesh shlit"a, the Nachalas Aharon Rebbe shlit"a, and many other rabbonim of the city.
R' Tzvi Akiva Breitstein spoke, welcoming the Rebbe shlit"a, and brought out the beauty of the kehilla and of the mosdos, which now stand in their tenth year, a place where the Rebbe shlit"a himself established mosdos where there were none before.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the entire gathering well, and delivered words of holy guidance, connecting the end of the Torah with its beginning. He spoke at length with guidance to our chassidim, residents of Beit Shemesh, saying that unlike other cities, in our holy kehilla in Beit Shemesh there are no older Yidden to look up to; therefore, each person must make sure to conduct himself properly so that the children will have someone to look up to. He strongly urged regarding matters of tznius and matters of outlook and hashkafa, and concluded with abundant blessings.
Several more melodies were sung. It ended at around 10:40, and the Rebbe set out on the way back to Yerushalayim.

On the way, the Rebbe stopped in Telzstone, where a pouring of the foundations for the new building of the postpartum recovery home for women took place. The Rebbe toured the entire building accompanied by R' Gavriel Pappenheim, director of the institution.
The Rebbe poured the foundations, and then conducted a lechayim gathering and wished the administration and the assembled gathering well.

At around 11:15 the Rebbe arrived at the guesthouse in the home of the esteemed philanthropist R' Berel Karniel in Yerushalayim, where the Rebbe continued receiving our chassidim, residents of the holy city of Yerushalayim. A long line formed, and the Rebbe received them for several hours straight, until around 2:20 late at night, when all

our chassidim in the holy city of Yerushalayim had the merit to enter for a private audience.

During the reception, the Rebbe was visited privately by:
- A return visit by the Rachmistrivka Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing, and then escorted him out.

- The Bialia Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

- The Trisk Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place on the topic of a mitzvah habaah ba'aveirah; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

- HaRav HaTzaddik R' Aharon Mordechai Rokeach shlit"a, son of the Belz Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place about the upcoming great wedding of the Rebbe shlit"a's eldest great-grandson, and about the great lineage of the chasan and kallah, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him. On the way out, one of R' Aharon Mordechai's escorts thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for establishing and funding the "Merkaz Ezra V'Yeutz" of the Edah HaChareidis, and related how he and others were helped through the rescuers, may they live.

- HaGaon Rabbi Simcha Rabinowitz shlit"a, author of Piskei Teshuvos. A pleasant conversation took place in matters of Torah and halacha, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him.

- HaGaon R' Moshe Soloveitchik shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Brisk, Shechunas Achva. A pleasant conversation took place and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him.

Also, the beginning of the writing of a Sefer Torah by R' Nachman Yaakov Fuchs took place. The Rebbe wrote in the first letters and bestowed from his holy blessing.

After the reception, at around 2:30, the Rebbe went to the building of the organization "Maalah." The Rebbe heard a report on the institution's activities, drank a lechayim and wished well those engaged in the holy work and the assembled gathering. Afterwards the Rebbe returned to the guesthouse at the home of the esteemed philanthropist R' Yuda Dovid Rubinstein.

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The Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Eretz Yisroel - Shabbos Kodesh in the Holy Place of Meron

Thursday, Parshas Toldos - Yerushalayim, the holy city

In the morning the Rebbe went to the private mikvah at the guest residence in Yerushalayim.

At about 10:05 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis together with the talmidim of the Yeshiva Ketana of Yerushalayim.
Upon arriving, the Rebbe looked in on the learning with great nachas for a while.

At about 10:25 the Rebbe entered the main hall of the beis medrash for Shacharis.
- Baal tefillah: the bochur Moshe son of R' Chaim Tzvi Davidovitch.
- Baal korei: the bochur Yoshe, son of Nosson Binyamin Eckstein.
- Pesicha: R' Zalman Yuda Kahana shlit"a (Beit Shemesh).
- Kohen: R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman, a member of the Rebbe's entourage.
- Levi: R' Mordechai Zisskind Landau (London).
- Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a, and the Rebbe recited the blessing of Gomel and Motzi for all the guests.
- Hagbah: R' Yoel Landau, son of R' Shloime (Kiryas Joel).
- Gelilah: a grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Dushinsky shlit"a (Boro Park).

After davening, at about 12:05, the Rebbe entered the lechayim in the main hall of the beis medrash together with the talmidim of the Yeshiva Ketana. Several niggunim were sung, the Rebbe drank a lechayim, delivered words of Torah and guidance, and concluded with his holy blessing. It ended at about 12:50.

After Shacharis the Rebbe went to visit the Mishkenos HaRoim Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place; the Mishkenos HaRoim Rebbe shlit"a honored the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing on him, and he escorted the Rebbe out. The Rebbe then returned to the guest residence at the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Berel Karniol.

At about 3:00 the Gur Rebbe shlit"a came to the guest residence for a return visit to the Rebbe. A pleasant conversation took place; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing, after which the Rebbe spoke privately with the Gur Rebbe shlit"a for a while, and the Rebbe escorted him out.

A group of young men from Zionim, members of the "Veshinantam" chaburah, also came in to the Rebbe and presented themselves to be tested on all of Shas by heart. The Rebbe tested the young men for a while and bestowed his holy blessing. It ended at about 3:40.

At about 4:00 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the halls of Vayomer Yitzchak on Rechov Shimon HaTzaddik, for an appreciation event for the dozens of donors and supporters of the great Tel Talpiyot building of our kehilla and mosdos in Yerushalayim, the holy city, which is currently being built.
HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a spoke with a derasha, explaining the verses in Parshas Vayakhel as they allude to the journey to Meron to the tanna Rabbi Shimon, and the spiritual influences one can feel from a lighting in honor of the tanna. He spoke about the daily mesirus nefesh of the residents of Eretz Yisroel and the mesirus nefesh demanded of those who come to Yerushalayim to contribute large sums even when it is not yet finished and the results are not yet visible. He spoke at length in praise of the donors, especially the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach, who ensures that Yerushalayim not be left out, and with him R' Akiva Hersh Klein and R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, who stand at the head of the project and help with all of the Rebbe's projects throughout the years. He pointed out that two years ago, when they were in Yerushalayim with the askanim, headed by R' Avrohom Yehoshua Glantz, no one dreamed that two years later they would be standing here, already this far along. He said that the Rebbe z"l accompanies us and is present throughout this entire holy journey, and that all the tzaddikim will bring down holy influences from Above. The Rav continued that we are going to Meron, and the entire congregation will pray that the Rebbe shlit"a be able to continue leading the entire kehilla until the arrival of the Redeemer.
Afterward R' Yissocher Jacob, director of our mosdos, spoke and welcomed the donors and the heads of the building fund committee.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the entire gathering well, and delivered a holy blessing on the verse "And may G-d give you of the dew of heaven," explaining that, in its plain meaning, Jews will have great abundance and much money. He pointed out that, based on how the work is progressing, we see that great progress is being made, and with the help of the donors the building will be able to be completed soon, and he concluded with many blessings.

"Vesavnehu Meheira" was sung, and the Rebbe honored the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach to speak. R' Avrohom gave a report on the construction work and on the funds being sent from America for the building costs, and said that over $14 million has already been sent for the building expenses! Forty million will be needed until completion. He said that if there will be a million dollars each month, within 25 months the building will be able to be completed, IY"H, and he thanked all the donors on behalf of the building fund committee.
The distinguished philanthropist R' Shmuel Chaim Brach was honored with Birkas HaMazon.
The Rebbe then davened Mincha in the hall. Baal tefillah: R' Moshe Eliezer Landau (Williamsburg).

At about 4:50 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the construction site of the great and splendid Tel Talpiyot building of our holy kehilla and mosdos, with the participation of the esteemed donors of the building, together with many askanim, builders and many members of the kehilla.
The Rebbe shlit"a went up on a special platform and looked over the construction work at the site, and heard a report from R' Avrohom Brach, chairman of the building fund committee in America, together with R' Yoel Shimon HaKohen Rubin, one of the active askanim of the building fund, and R' Gershon Felberbaum, chairman of the building fund committee in Eretz Yisroel, who showed the Rebbe the building plans and sketches of the site. It ended at about 5:10.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place; he honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing on him, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.
On the way out the Rebbe shlit"a entered the main beis medrash of Toldos Aharon and looked in on the learning in the kollel together with the Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a, and then at about 5:40 went to the guest residence at the home of the philanthropist R' Yuda Dovid Rubinstein.

"And he was king in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people gathered, the tribes of Israel together"

At about 6:20 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the historic gathering "Yerushalayim Shel Maalah" in a gigantic tent on Rechov Malchei Yisroel, in the presence of thousands upon thousands of Jews, headed by the great luminaries of the generation, and at their head the Posek HaDor, Mara D'Atra of the Holy Land, shlit"a.

The Rebbe greeted the rabbonim at the dais, and the crowd of thousands received the Rebbe with song and music.

Among those seen at the gathering, among other geonim, admorim and roshei yeshiva of the holy city of Yerushalayim:
- Their king, at their head, the Posek HaDor, Mara D'Atra of the Holy Land, shlit"a.
Members of the Beis Din, the geonim and tzaddikim, the leaders of Torah:
- HaGaon HaGadol R' Avrohom Yitzchak Ullman shlit"a.
- HaGaon HaGadol R' Chaim Uri Freund shlit"a.
- HaGaon HaGadol R' Yehuda Fischer shlit"a.
- HaGaon HaGadol R' Yaakov Mendel Yurovitch shlit"a.
- HaGaon HaGadol R' Shmuel Bransdorfer shlit"a.
- HaGaon HaGadol R' Aharon Brandsdorfer shlit"a.
- The Chassidic Rebbe HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Meir Schechter shlit"a.
- The Rebbes of Mishkenos HaRoim, Toldos Aharon, Strikov, Kalshin, Chakova, Zidichov, Trisk, Skolen Yerushalayim, Seklehid, Spinka of Boro Park; the mashgiach HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Gamliel Rabinowitz shlit"a; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Moshe Kramer shlit"a, one of the Breslov rabbonim and president of the Shaar HaShamayim institutions; HaRav Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak shlit"a; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Tzvi Meir Zilberberg shlit"a, president of the Nachalas Yaakov institutions; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Moshe Bransdorfer shlit"a, Gavad of Heichal Horaah; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yosef Kadish Bransdorfer shlit"a of Tiberias, moreh tzedek of the Eida; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, Gavad of Geneff and rav of Beis Medrash Betzel HaChochma; HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Naftali Nussbaum shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Chaim Moshe; HaGaon HaTzaddik, the rosh yeshiva of Toldos Aharon shlit"a; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Dushinsky shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Beis Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, on behalf of his father the Dushinsky Rebbe shlit"a; HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Taub shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sassov Yerushalayim, son of the Sassov Rebbe shlit"a.

- The mashpia HaRav R' Yehuda Deutsch shlit"a; HaRav R' Akiva Wasner shlit"a, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis; HaRav R' Yoshe Asher Kahana, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis and rav of the Mishkenos HaRoim kehilla; HaRav R' Yaakov Shlomo Kahana shlit"a; HaGaon R' Yoshe Cohen shlit"a; HaRav R' Alexander Haberfeld shlit"a, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis; HaRav R' Yitzchak Eizik Kahana shlit"a, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis; HaRav R' Chaim Yosef Blau shlit"a, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis; HaRav R' Gavriel Neufeld shlit"a, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis and one of the rabbonim of the Vaad HaKashrus; HaRav R' Aharon Dovid Neustadt shlit"a, moreh tzedek in the Eida HaChareidis.

The chairman, R' Yitzchak Dovid Jacob shlit"a, chairman of the education committee of our holy mosdos, continued with his address, and called upon HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shimi Lev shlit"a, dayan and rosh av beis din of our kehilla in London, to speak.

At about 6:35 the Posek HaDor, Mara D'Atra of the Holy Land, shlit"a was received. The Rebbe shlit"a stood up to his full height before the Rav shlit"a, and HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shimi Lev shlit"a called upon the Rav to deliver the word of Hashem from Yerushalayim.
The Rav shlit"a welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a on behalf of the Eida HaChareidis, and expressed the tremendous joy, chizuk and kiddush Hashem that the Eida HaChareidis draws from the Rebbe's visit in Eretz Yisroel. He spoke of the new building being built entirely with pure funds, may Hashem protect us, without benefiting from any non-kosher funds of the impure state, and described the difficult situation in Eretz Yisroel regarding chinuch, where the apostate government is set on altering the curriculum of the Torah-observant schools. He repeated the words of the holy Rebbe zy"a, who warned from the very first moment that the only way to be able to survive is by separating entirely from the wicked and having no connection whatsoever with them, and who established the "Keren Hatzalah" to sustain all the mosdos, may Hashem protect them. He went on about the bitter decrees of the draft and proclaimed that the Torah-observant community will fight against it with mesirus nefesh, will shake the entire world, and is prepared to go to prison, but never to compromise, G-d forbid. In this regard the Posek HaDor shlit"a proclaimed with holy fire that "it is an absolute prohibition according to halacha to compromise even for a single bochur." He thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for having open eyes and foreseeing the bitter plans of the wicked, and for establishing the "Merkaz Ezra V'Yoetz" under the Eida HaChareidis, which is fully funded by the Vaad Mishmeres Chomosayich Yerushalayim of our holy kehilla and is working intensively on the front lines to rescue the bochurim from the bitter decree. "From Hashem are the steps of a man established." Hashem arranged it that precisely now, when there are those who, G-d forbid, wish to compromise on this harsh matter, the Rebbe came to Eretz Yisroel to cry out that one may not compromise and to strengthen the Torah-observant community. He called upon the Jews of the Diaspora to join the battle against the wicked, and noted how the residents of Eretz Yisroel look forward to the support of the Rebbe shlit"a for the mosdos, may Hashem protect them. He especially praised the enormous sums the Rebbe shlit"a sends to the more than one hundred rabbonim and moros horaah of the Eida HaChareidis before every Yom Tov through the "Vaad HaPeulah" of the Eida HaChareidis, strengthening the Eida and bolstering the power of its rabbonim. The Rav shlit"a then wished the Rebbe shlit"a that he have the strength to raise up the power of protest against the wicked and all breaches.

After the fiery words, "Tzaddik Katamar Yifrach" was sung, and the Rebbe encouraged the dancing with the verse "Od yenuvun beseivah, deshenim v'ra'ananim yihyu."

At about 7:00 the Rebbe shlit"a began his fiery words of Torah and call of the hour before thousands upon thousands of members of the kehilla.
The Rebbe greeted the great rabbonim, members of the Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis, headed by the Rav shlit"a, and all the great rabbonim and roshei yeshiva, rabbonim and their students, and continued with brief words for the Jews of the Diaspora about the mighty building being built for our holy kehilla and mosdos in Yerushalayim. The verse "And may G-d give you of the dew of heaven" is a blessing that was said to Jews in exile that they will sustain themselves only through the holy Torah, Mikra, Mishna and Talmud. Through Yerushalayim, the holy city, the gate of heaven, we merit that by helping to build Torah in Yerushalayim, abundance will flow to the entire world. For this we gathered tonight: "veyiten," and again "veyiten" — we will give to Yerushalayim and thereby also to the entire world.
The Rebbe then continued with guidance for the members of the kehilla who live in Yerushalayim, and spoke about the tremendous harm of staying up and wasting hours late at night. He called upon the members of the kehilla to have a holy pride, and to know that we were taught the opposite: to go to sleep early and rise early to learn before davening. A day on which one learns before davening is an entirely different day. He spoke against davening on Shabbos in small shtiblach and minyan centers, and sharply called upon people to daven in a fixed beis medrash every week at the same time, like chassidic Jews. Davening in shtiblach on Shabbos morning is poison for oneself and for the children, and

He urged strict adherence in all matters and raising the children in the path of the holy Rebbe zy"a in all areas, especially against the impurity of Zionism, and to remain separate from all the parties of all kinds that have joined with Zionism and become flesh of its flesh and bone of its bone. There is no difference between the chassidic, Litvish, Sephardic and Ashkenazic ones, for they are the "four principal damagers."

Then the Rebbe shlit"a proclaimed in a voice that hews flames of fire the true, pure outlook as explained in the holy sefer Vayoel Moshe, and proclaimed the Torah stance regarding the impurity of the klipah of Zionism, and the tremendous heresy that lies beneath this defiled idea. "Because of our sins we were exiled from our land": Hashem scattered Klal Yisroel into exile, unfortunately, not because we lacked enough weapons or enough capable soldiers. "Know that I gather them" — one must know that Hashem Himself, in His glory, will take us out of this bitter exile, and G-d forbid to think that one can take a redemption by the arm of flesh and blood and leave exile on one's own.

The Rebbe continued with flaming words regarding the bitter situation of the decree of drafting yeshiva students, for the army is a place "all who enter do not return," may Hashem protect us, a decree of transgressing the faith in the fullest sense of the word. In a voice that hews he made it clear that one must never compromise, G-d forbid. They want to make a deal, G-d forbid: "you give me and I'll give you; I'll concede this and you'll concede that," may Hashem protect us. They sit down at the table and negotiate: I'll give you this much and you'll give me that much, etc. With a cry of anguish he continued: I have no comprehension how a Jew who is an observer of Torah and mitzvos, a Jew who has a home and children, can negotiate over such things. Could such a thought, such a compromise, even enter the mind?! Whoever lends a hand to this is one who raises a hand against the Torah of Moshe.
The Rebbe continued and strengthened the residents of Eretz Yisroel to stand firm and resist the bitter decree with all their strength, and to fight with mesirus nefesh like a flint rock, and with the help of Hashem they will succeed. He concluded with many blessings for all the donors and askanim for the new building of our holy kehilla in Yerushalayim, the holy city, and ended with a holy blessing for the entire gathering.

After the words, the singers sang the well-known kiddush Hashem niggun "Hashem Hu Malkeinu" and "Utzu Eitza V'Tufar," and for several long minutes the thousands of participants danced and cried out the cry of "under the rule of the heretics, we believe."

After the fiery words, the Mishkenos HaRoim Rebbe shlit"a and the members of the Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for the tremendous chizuk and fiery words of Torah, and for standing up without fear, with complete sharpness, to strengthen the pure Judaism in Eretz Yisroel, and for standing up with full boldness against the party circles and their bitter compromises, which is a tremendous chizuk for the Torah-faithful Jewry in Eretz Yisroel.

Then the Chassidic Rebbe HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Meir Schechter shlit"a arrived at the gathering. The Rebbe shlit"a received him with the utmost honor and honored him with a lechayim. The Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a also arrived, and the Rebbe shlit"a received him with the utmost honor and honored him with a lechayim.
The Rebbe shlit"a then stood up and went out in a dance of tzaddikim together with the Rebbes and geonim shlit"a, and was then escorted out to the street.
It ended at about 8:00 and the Rebbe went back to the guest residence.

At the guest residence the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv. Baal tefillah: R' Yoel Friedman (Boro Park).

At about 9:25 the Rebbe shlit"a left Yerushalayim on the way to the holy place of Meron for the coming Shabbos, together with thousands upon thousands of members of the kehilla from all over the world. The Rebbe shlit"a arrived in the holy place of Meron at about 11:45 and traveled to the guest residence at the home of HaRav R' Menachem Mendel Pomerantz shlit"a, rosh mesivta of Oz VeHadar.

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Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Toldos – Rosh Chodesh Kislev – 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning at around 7:20, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the cave of the Tanna HaElokei Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and lit five candles at the holy tziyun.
Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a began the derasha with trembling awe, on the verse "V'yiten lecha Elokim mital hashamayim," and explained that with the power of Shabbos a tzaddik can bring about salvations for Jewish children through speech alone, without any other segulos. By the Tanna Rabbi Shimon, who is "Shabbos of the entire week," one can always bring about salvations. Likewise, through being in the precincts of Rabbi Shimon, a level of yirah comes upon a person and it awakens the heart to complete teshuvah. Especially now, Rosh Chodesh Kislev, which is like a Yom Kippur, everything can be rectified. He spoke at length with awesome weeping, on behalf of the entire congregation standing there: "Today may You hear our cries, today may You accept our prayers with mercy and favor," for all kinds of salvations, material and spiritual, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire tzibur.

The Rebbe finished the derasha at 7:45 and began the recitation of the entire Sefer Tehillim. The baal tefillah was HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwibel shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Williamsburg. The Rebbe recited verse by verse Chapter 20, "Yancha Hashem b'yom tzarah," and Chapter 130, "Shir HaMaalos mima'amakim," with the Yamim Noraim nusach.
After Tehillim the Rebbe read kvitelach for an extended time and placed at the holy tziyun the kvitelach of the talmidim of the Mesivta, of the supporters of the Yesod Lev institutions, and of the Rebbe's emissaries who brought in larger sums for the Rebbe's fund for the poor of Eretz Yisroel, as well as all the kvitelach of those who came in from Chamishah Asar B'Av and onward. They finished at 10:00 and the Rebbe returned to his lodging.

Around 10:20 the Rebbe entered the cave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and put on Tosefes Tefillin. Afterwards the Rebbe put on tefillin for his dear grandson the bochur Yosef Rokeach ni"v, son of HaRav HaGaon R' Chaim Yaakov shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Kol Eliyahu, son-in-law of the Rosh Av Beis Din HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.

The Rebbe also put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Shlomo Yaakov Neustadt (Kiryas Joel).
- the bochur Shlomo Goldstein (Williamsburg).

Baal tefillah: R' Yaakov Jozsef (Bnei Brak).
The Rebbe approached Hallel with fiery enthusiasm.

- Hotza'ah and hachnasah: R' Shlomo Yaakov Neustadt.
- Baal koreh: R' Shlomo Zalman Stein, a Shabbos guest.
The aliyos during the leining:
- Shlishi: the Rebbe's grandson, the bar mitzvah bochur Yosef Rokeach ni"v.
- Revi'i: the bar mitzvah bochur Shlomo Yaakov Neustadt.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Shalom Baruch Rothbard (Manchester).
After the leining R' Eliezer Gefen (Kiryas Joel) bentched Gomel, and he was motzi the entire tzibur.
They finished Mussaf around 12:15 and the Rebbe returned to his lodging.

At the lodging a lechayim was held for the bar mitzvah bochurim, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing.

Before candle-lighting time the Rebbe put the shtreimel on the chassan Yoel, son of Gavriel Chaim Tzvi Feuerstein (Yerushalayim), and then lit the Shabbos candles at the lodging.
Afterwards the Rebbe traveled up to the Heichal HaTefillos in the courtyard of the cave, and the Rebbe entered a small room above the cave.

In the evening around 5:10 the Rebbe entered the large tent of the Heichal HaTefillos, "Binyan Brach," in the courtyard of the cave, wrapped in his tallis, and approached Mincha with holy fire.

After Mincha, HaGaon Rabbi Yoshe Hersh Jozsef shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Bnei Brak, spoke words of preparation for Shabbos.

Kabbalas Shabbos: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Moshe Friedman shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Boro Park. At "Bo'i b'shalom" the congregation turned to the right, toward the west, and for the occasion the Rebbe went up onto the bimah, and they sang Shir Bar Yochai according to the local minhag with joy and fervor.
After davening thousands of anash came to wish a good Shabbos. It continued for an hour, and then the Rebbe went home to his lodging.

In the gigantic Heichal HaSeudos the Shabbos seudos were served all at once with great splendor, for over 5,000 guests, of the people of our community from all over the world, with zemiros, songs and praises.

Around 9:55 the Rebbe entered the gigantic tent at the foot of Har Meron to the holy table, and began as is his custom "Shalom Aleichem" with emotion and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson the bochur Yissachar Ber, son of the Rosh Av Beis Din HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Before Kiddush a stirring niggun was sung. Hagbahas hakos: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Aron Israel shlit"a (Bnei Brak).

Right after Hamotzi they sang "L'chvod HaTanna HaElokei," and the Rebbe stood up to dance with holy fire.
After the fish the Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Achas sha'alti me'es Hashem, shivti b'veis Hashem kol y'mei chayai," and explained, according to the view of Rabbi Shimon regarding kinyan hagbahah, that even when the master performs the lifting, one is acquired by a slave. Here in Meron, "the place of the master," they rule in Heaven like Rabbi Shimon, and by Hashem lifting up Klal Yisroel we become a servant to the Creator of all worlds. This is Rabbi Shimon's view, who says "Ana avda d'Kudsha Brich Hu." The Rebbe began to sing the niggun "Ana Avda" and stood up to dance with flames of fire for an extended time, drawing the whole tzibur into fiery dancing in honor of the Tanna HaElokei.

After the soup the Rebbe again said Torah on the verse "Achas sha'alti me'es Hashem." Rabbi Shimon holds that "one who is destined to be redeemed is considered as redeemed," and Jews who are destined to do teshuvah are considered as if they already did teshuvah; we are not rejected but remain connected to Hashem forever. The Rebbe added that regarding what was said earlier, that one becomes a servant, once one becomes a servant he remains so until the master writes a deed of release. Therefore even after Shabbos, when one is no longer in the place of Rabbi Shimon, he remains a servant. This is "shivti b'veis Hashem kol y'mei chayai."

Then the Rebbe honored HaGaon R' Yaakov Mendel Neulander shlit"a (Yerushalayim) to lead the singing of "V'amartem koh lechai."

After the meat course the Rebbe again said Torah on the verse "Achas sha'alti" and explained that according to Rabbi Shimon, who holds "yesh em lamesores," and that only Jews are called "adam" and not the nations of the world, therefore Jews are not nullified by the majority of the nations and conduct themselves on a higher level all the days of their lives.

The Rebbe honored with the zemiros:
- Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Tuvia Stern shlit"a, Rav of Meron.
- Menucha V'simcha: the Seredna Rebbe shlit"a.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Achas sha'alti me'es Hashem," and explained that if, Heaven forbid, a person has a sick one in his home, he goes to the greatest and most expensive doctor and follows what he says. Therefore, when we find ourselves in the holy place Meron, we need to see what the great Healer, the Tanna HaElokei Rabbi Shimon, says in the holy Zohar. The Rebbe learned from memory the holy Zohar in Parshas Vayakhel about the great blessing that comes with saying Ketores and the korbanos every day, which brings health and saves from the burden of the government. He continued that this is found in every siddur, and urged not to skip these parts of davening, but to take it upon oneself and carry it out to say them every day at Shacharis and Mincha.

- Kah Echsof: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yehuda Deutsch shlit"a (Yerushalayim).
- Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a.
- Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Menachem Hirsch shlit"a (Yerushalayim).

The new chasanim came over to take fruit. A Shalom Zachor was also held at R' Pinchas Aharon Warfman (London) and at R' Shimon, son of R' Refael Perlmutter (Monsey).

- "Az b'yom hashvi'i": HaGaon R' Zalman Yehuda Kahana shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Beit Shemesh.
They continued with dancing in honor of the Tanna HaElokei, and finished around 12:40.

U'v'yom HaShabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the Heichal HaTefillos for Shacharis around 9:05.
- Brachos: the Leipnik Rebbe shlit"a.
- Pesukei D'zimra: HaGaon R' Shaul Yechezkel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Lev Aharon, Boro Park.
The Rebbe approached Shacharis; they sang at "Mimkomcha," and the kohanim duchened as usual.

- Hotza'ah and hachnasah: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Hersh Elimelech Teitelbaum shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Tefilah L'Moshe, Boro Park.
- Nesinas HaKesser: HaRav HaGaon R' Eliezer Mordechai Sofer shlit"a, Rav of our kehilla in Linden.
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaRav HaGaon R' Avrohom Shmuel Englander shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Lakewood.
- Holachas Sefer Torah to the bimah: HaGaon R' Hersh Friedman shlit"a, dayan of Galanta.
- Baal koreh: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Baruch shlit"a.
Aliyos.
- Kohen: HaGaon R' Avrohom Shlomo Katz shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Riskeve and one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Bnei Brak.
- Levi: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a.
- Shlishi: HaGaon HaGadol, dayan of Kiryas Joel shlit"a.
- Revi'i: the chassan Yoel, son of Gavriel Chaim Tzvi Feuerstein (Yerushalayim) – Ufruf.
- Chamishi: HaGaon HaTzaddik, dayan of our kehilla in Yerushalayim shlit"a.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah the Rebbe made a Mi Sheberach in honor of the birth of a daughter for:
- R' Yosef, son of Eliyahu Wolf Lowy (Bnei Brak).
- R' Yisroel Meir Klein (Williamsburg).
- R' Moshe Brandsdorfer Katz (Beit Shemesh).
- R' Yerachmiel Lebovitch (Monsey).

- Shevi'i: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of London shlit"a.
- Hosafah: HaGaon R' Chaim Shalom Klein shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Bnei Brak.
- Acharon: HaGaon R' Shimon Lev shlit"a, dayan and Rosh Av Beis Din of London.
- Maftir: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a.
- Hagbah: HaGaon R' Hersh Leib Bernstein shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg.
- Gelilah: HaGaon R' Moshe Rosenfeld shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, Williamsburg.
- Holachas Sefer Torah to the Aron Kodesh: HaGaon R' Menachem Zev Stern shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg.
- Mussaf: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a; the kohanim duchened. Pesicha at Ana'im Zemiros: HaGaon R' Yaakov Weiss shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Monsey.
They finished around 11:40.

At Kiddush at the lodging, the nedivim and askanim of the new magnificent beis medrash building of our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak, IY"H, were honored. R' Yoel, son of Shimshon Schwartz (Williamsburg) and HaGaon R' Yoel Dascal shlit"a (Bnei Brak) spoke.
Afterwards the Rebbe delivered blessings to all the donors and askanim and spoke at length in praise of our kehilla and holy institutions in Bnei Brak.

The Shabbos day seudah the Rebbe ate privately at the lodging with a select few close associates. Birkas Hamazon: R' Chaim Shlomo Fisher, a Shabbos guest.

Around 4:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha at the lodging.
- Baal tefillah: R' Yonason Gold (Kiryas Joel).
- Hotza'ah and hachnasah: R' Yosef Mordechai Kahana (Williamsburg).
- Baal koreh: R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman, a Shabbos guest.
- Kohen: the Rebbe's grandson HaGaon R' Yoel HaKohen Glantz shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg.
- Levi: HaRav Yaakov Menachem, son of R' Chaim Hersh Rottenberg.
- Shlishi: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yehuda Weiss (Kiryas Joel).

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

Around 5:20 the Rebbe entered the Heichal HaShulchanos for Seudah Shlishis. After the fish they began stirring niggunim during Ra'avah D'Ra'avin.
The Rebbe began "Asqinu Seudasa" and said Torah on the verse "Achas sha'alti me'es Hashem" and explained that in the holy Zohar it is explained that on the day of Shabbos the chitzonim have no power. Therefore now, in the place of the master, on Shabbos which is "Shabbos of the entire week," where there are two merits, one can daven and the prayers will be accepted without any hindrance.

They sang "Vihi zari v'zera zari talmidei chachamim" with great fervor.
- Odeh: HaGaon R' Zalman Leib Meisels shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Boro Park.
- Shir HaMaalos: HaGaon R' Hershel Meisels shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Nachum Dov, Williamsburg.

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Achas sha'alti me'es Hashem" and explained that we pray to merit a home, a house that is kosher and modest, which should have the Shechinah resting in it. He strongly urged regarding the matter of "se'ar b'isha ervah" and learned from memory the holy Zohar in Parshas Naso on this subject. Although Yisroel are holy, there is a minority that is not careful as is proper. Now, in the precincts of Rabbi Shimon, we take it upon ourselves to have a proper "house of Hashem all the days of my life." He concluded with his holy blessing.

- Yedid Nefesh the Rebbe honored HaGaon R' Avrohom Meir Halberstam shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash 18, Boro Park.
- Kel Mistater: HaGaon R' Shalom Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Vayoel Moshe, Williamsburg.

Then the Rebbe said Torah. On Motzei Shabbos in the zemiros we say "Yizkor lecha atah esmol asher dibarta," which refers to Erev Shabbos, when Jews said Tehillim with great fervor at the holy tziyun of the holy Tanna, with thoughts of teshuvah and good resolutions for the future. As we travel home, everyone should remember and take home all the good resolutions and bring them from potential to action, so that "shivti b'veis Hashem" should have an effect on "kol y'mei chayai."

They continued with stirring niggunim and concluded with joyous niggunim in honor of the Tanna HaElokei and "Ana Avda D'Kudsha Brich Hu." The Rebbe stood up and danced for an extended time.

The Rebbe bentched on the cup. Hagbahas hakos: HaGaon R' Eizik Friedman shlit"a (Beit Shemesh).
Maariv Motzei Shabbos: R' Aharon Hersh Weber (Williamsburg).
After Maariv the Rebbe went home to his lodging, where the Rebbe made Havdalah.
The Rebbe also honored HaGaon R' Meir Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kshanov, Williamsburg, to make Havdalah in the Heichal HaShulchanos for the entire tzibur.

Ashreinu mah tov chelkeinu b'hilula d'Bar Yochai, u'mah naim goralenu b'zechus adoneinu Bar Yochai

Indescribable emotion of joy and holiness among tens of thousands of anash who, with holy feeling, took part in the uplifting event, the "Hadlaka Rabbasi." It is impossible to describe and convey the overflowing feeling of joy and holiness that was felt throughout the several hours of the lighting and holy dancing in the holy place Meron, adjacent to the holy cave.

Around 10:15 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the holy gathering and went to the center of the dais of honor, which was filled with the Gaonim, Tzaddikim, rabbonim and dayanim shlit"a, and they sang stirring niggunim at length with great fervor.

The Shabbos parnassim were called up to take a flask of oil from the Rebbe shlit"a to pour onto the bonfire in honor of the Tanna HaElokei Rashbi, and the Rebbe personally bestowed on them from his holy blessing in the merit of the Tanna HaElokei.

The Rebbe stood up and delivered fiery holy words on the Torah of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, on the verse "V'yiten lecha Elokim mital hashamayim." The Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is on the level of Shabbos, which elevates all the prayers of the entire week. By the Tanna HaElokei all prayers are elevated, and likewise it elevates the prayers one says when departing, and one merits an inheritance without boundaries. Whoever crosses the threshold is elevated so that he becomes "a different man," with greater heights of Torah, yiras shamayim and love of Hashem, and it helps withstand the tests of this generation. The holy Tanna together with Eliyahu HaNavi stand and bless everyone who comes to his tziyun with Birkas Kohanim. "Just as he came to see, so he came to be seen": the Tanna sees every broken heart and bestows holy abundance, material and spiritual, "on those who are here and on those who are not here." "Ana HaTanna HaElokei," we beg the Tanna not to cease praying for us, and we light a light at the tziyun, for here a light descends into Jewish homes in all matters, until we merit the new light, "Or chadash al Tzion ta'ir." The Rebbe concluded with abundant blessings in all matters for the entire tzibur.


After the fiery divrei Torah they continued with stirring and devoted niggunim for several more minutes. The Rebbe sang along with great fervor and shed streams of tears, while young and old stood and sang with tremendous arousal of mercy.

Then the Rebbe went up to the platform at the place of the bonfire and burst into stormy weeping while they sang stirring niggunim of an auspicious time. The eyes of tens of thousands of Jews were turned to the center, where the leader of the congregation, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, stood with devotion and pouring out of the soul, praying from the depths of the heart for the needs of Klal Yisroel.

R' Moshe Goldstein was honored by the Vaad HaShabbos to hand the Rebbe shlit"a the flask of oil. The Rebbe poured the oil and immediately approached the place of the bonfire with the torch in hand, while they sang the traditional stirring niggun "L'chvod HaTanna HaElokei."
Then the Rebbe lit the bonfire with holy emotion until the flame rose up on its own, and began fiery dancing at the bonfire in honor of the Tanna HaElokei, in holy dancing, and the entire holy congregation joined him with supernatural joy, in fiery dancing with burning enthusiasm and immense joy that pierced the heavens.

After a while the Rebbe returned to the dais of honor. They sang "Bar Yochai," "V'amartem" and more Meron niggunim. Then the chalake children came over; the Rebbe cut their hair, put on them a kippah and tzitzis, and wished blessings to the children, parents and grandfathers. The dancing continued, and the Rebbe left the hadlaka around 1:10 and went home to his lodging.

At the lodging, HaGaon R' Moshe Bransdorfer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Heichal Hora'ah in Yerushalayim, came in to receive a blessing on the occasion of his son's wedding, mazel tov, and the Rebbe bestowed on him from his holy blessing.

The host of the lodging, HaGaon R' Menachem Mendel Pomerantz shlit"a, Rosh Mesivta of Oz V'Hadar, also came in. A pleasant conversation ensued and the Rebbe thanked him greatly for giving over the apartment in Meron with all its needs, and bestowed on him from his holy blessing.

The heads of the Hatzalah askanim, R' Asher Slamovitz and R' Yaakov Jozsef of Bnei Brak, also came in together with the many Hatzalah volunteers who were present over Shabbos, "al kol tzarah shelo sivo," Heaven forbid any trouble. The Rebbe thanked the askanim and the many volunteers, and afterwards the volunteers came over to receive his holy blessing.

The Rebbe also bestowed from his holy blessing on the heads of the askanim who gave entire days and nights over the last weeks to arrange the thousands of lodgings in the holy place Meron: R' Yoel Yakobovitz, R' Yoel HaKohen Friedman and R' Naftali Hirtzka Honig.

"Achas sha'alti me'es Hashem" – our request of Hashem is that "shivti b'veis Hashem," our hours in the house of Hashem, should accompany everyone "kol y'mei chayai," "to behold the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit His Sanctuary," from now and forever.

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The Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Eretz Yisroel - Shabbos Kodesh in the Holy Meron

Sunday, Parshas Vayeitzei - Meron - Or HaGanuz - Bnei Brak 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis at the guest residence at around 9:15, baal tefillah: R' Shlomo Zalman Stein, a member of the Shabbos Kodesh group.

After davening, a bris for a newborn son took place at the guest residence, for R' Yoel Yitzchak Weiss (Bnei Brak), at which the Rebbe served as sandek.
After the bris, a lechayim celebration was held.

At around 12:45 the Rebbe left the guest residence in Meron. On the way out, students of the Mosad Chesed L'Avraham Meron branch, which is under the auspices of the Skulen Rebbe shlit"a, stood waiting in lines. The Rebbe warmly greeted the students, and the students sang several nigunim and accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a with song and music.
From there the Rebbe went to visit the Admor HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Refael Abuchatzeira shlit"a, head of the Meir Einei Yisroel institutions, in his beis medrash "Meor Eliezer" in Meron. A pleasant conversation took place about the sanctity of the place and the sanctity of the Divine Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessings. He gave the Rebbe shlit"a the seforim of his grandfather z"l which he had published, and he accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out with great warmth.

At around 1:45 the Rebbe arrived at the nearby community of Or HaGanuz, where the exalted event of "separating terumos and maasros" took place together with the leading Torah scholars, members of the Beis Din Tzedek and members of the Vaad HaKashrus of the Eidah HaChareidis of the holy city of Yerushalayim, at the winery owned by Or HaGanuz, which is under the mehudar supervision of the Vaad HaKashrus of the Eidah HaChareidis.
The Rebbe greeted the assembled rabbis, HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Mordechai Scheinberger shlit"a, the rav of the community, and the members of the Beis Din of the Eidah HaChareidis, HaGaon HaGadol R' Avrohom Yitzchak Ullman shlit"a and HaGaon HaGadol R' Yehuda Fischer shlit"a, and the rabbis of the Vaad HaKashrus, HaGaon R' Chaim Yehuda Cohen shlit"a and HaGaon R' Gavriel Neufeld shlit"a.
A pleasant halachic discussion took place about the details and halachos of separating terumos and maasros, and the Rebbe arranged the kinyanim to merit participating in the mission.
The Rebbe went into a side room and put on a new kaftan for the blessing of Shehecheyanu. Afterwards the Rebbe approached the barrels of wine and separated, with the accepted text, a small pot of wine for terumah, and with holy emotion recited the blessing "asher kidshanu b'mitzvosav" on the separation of terumos and maasros, and recited Shehecheyanu with Hashem's name and kingship in a voice choked with tears.
Then the Rebbe went back up onto the platform and recited the accepted texts, and in doing so opened the spigot to pour out the wine to waste for maaser rishon and terumas maaser according to halacha, and broke out into a fiery dance, in tears, to the tune of "V'harikosi lachem bracha ad b'li dai" for an extended time.
HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shlomo Blau shlit"a, the sofer of the dayan, spoke, and honored HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Mordechai Scheinberger shlit"a, the rav of the community, to speak. The rav shlit"a welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a and expressed the joy of the entire town at the visit of the Rebbe shlit"a and the holy influences that the mitzvah will leave for all the residents. Afterwards HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchak Ullman shlit"a, member of the Beis Din, spoke about the importance of the mitzvah being performed during this week's parsha, "Aser a'asrenu lach," which brings holy influences, and wished the Rebbe shlit"a abundant blessings.
The Rebbe drank lechayim on the wine of the winery and wished the entire assembly well, and delivered words of Torah with great emotion about the importance of the mitzvah and the merit of being able to fulfill the mitzvah of separating terumah for the first time, and said, "The entire trip was worth it just to fulfill this one mitzvah!" "I envy the owner of the winery who has the merit to fulfill such a mitzvah. Once people thought that writing a Sefer Torah is the most costly mitzvah, but today, after seeing how much wine is poured out, one sees that this is much more costly, and this is not a one-time thing, but every single year, even though according to most opinions nowadays it is only miderabanan." He concluded with abundant blessings to the rabbis, the residents of the town and the entire assembly, and wished that we should soon merit to be able to fulfill all the mitzvos dependent on the Land.

The singing of joyous nigunim continued, and the Rebbe presented HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchak Ullman shlit"a, member of the Beis Din Tzedek, with a check for an enormous sum of one million dollars for a special distribution of Kerem Hatzalah that will take place during the days of Chanukah, b'ezras Hashem. The fantastic donation was brought to the Rebbe shlit"a by the distinguished philanthropists, leaders of our kehilla in the U.S., R' Menachem Gershon Lebovits, R' Avrohom Brach, R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, R' Yoel Epstein, R' Shalom Yitzchak Jacobowitz and others. HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchak shlit"a thanked them profusely and warmly wished abundant blessings upon the Rebbe shlit"a and the distinguished philanthropists. Before the event ended, HaGaon R' Avrohom Yitzchak shlit"a thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for his bold steps to restore the chuppah ceremony at the simchas of our community members to the old-time traditional way, and the Rebbe told the Rav that the problem has recently also arisen in the U.S., and through the Rav's step the influence will be felt in Eretz Yisroel as well. The event ended at around 3:00 and the Rebbe continued the journey to Bnei Brak.

The Rebbe arrived in Bnei Brak at around 5:00 and immediately traveled to the magnificent new building of the girls' school, Beis Faiga, belonging to our holy institutions.
The Rebbe went in and looked around the splendid girls' school building with visible admiration, and went up to the second floor where the Rebbe davened Mincha, baal tefillah: R' Zalman Leib Kapel (Kiryas Joel). After Mincha the Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance and then walked around to view all the floors.
Afterwards a lechayim celebration took place together with the generous donors who built the building. R' Shlomo Shabsai Kestenbaum shlit"a, one of the rabbis of our kehilla in Williamsburg, spoke, along with R' Yedidya Klagsbrun in honor of his father R' Shlomo Moshe, the donor for whom the building is named.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the entire assembly well, and delivered words of Torah with emotion about the joy of renewing the building after nearly twelve years of ruin. He spoke about the aspiration of the Holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, to build a building for the girls' school in Bnei Brak, and how greatly the Holy Rebbe zy"a worried about this, to the point that on Erev Yom Kippur he gathered money for it. It is certain that the Holy Rebbe zy"a is grateful to all the donors and will bestow all good upon each one in all matters.
After the words of Torah, all the donors and builders of the building went over one by one to receive a personal holy blessing from the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a. The event ended at around 6:45.

Creator of the world, with complete acquisition, this building

At around 7:20 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the chanukas habayis event for the magnificent new building, together with the completion of the writing of the letters, in the gigantic tent of our great beis medrash in the Shikun Kiryat Yoel neighborhood of Bnei Brak.
Many Rebbes and rabbis of Bnei Brak participated, among them:
- The Rebbes of Machnovka-Belz, Deez, Nadvorna, Bohush, Slonim, Shevet HaLevi, Chug Chasam Sofer, Zlatchov, Zutchka, Zutchka Amsna, Bitchkov, Spinka Bnei Brak, Zanz-Zmigrod, Seredna, and Hosakov.
- HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Landau shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Bnei Brak.
- HaGaon Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Stern shlit"a, rav of western Bnei Brak.
- HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Shaul Klein shlit"a, rav of the Or HaChaim neighborhood.
- HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Meir Stern shlit"a, rav of the Kehillas Yaakov neighborhood.
- HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Mordechai Gelber shlit"a, dayan of Munkatch, and HaGaon HaTzaddik the mashpia Rabbi Elimelech Biderman shlit"a.

The chairman, R' Shlomo Shabsai Kestenbaum shlit"a, one of the rabbis of our kehilla in Williamsburg, opened the event and called upon R' Meir Hirsch of the holy city in Kiryas Joel, who laid out the history of the founding and construction of the girls' school building "Beis Faiga". Afterwards R' Meir Yaakov Indig, one of the donors of the building, who also sponsored this chanukas habayis event in memory of his father z"l, spoke, and expressed his feelings on behalf of the donors and builders of the building. Afterwards R' Mordechai Dovid Oestreicher sang special rhymes in honor of the occasion.
Afterwards HaGaon HaGadol R' Shmuel Eliezer Stern shlit"a, rav of western Bnei Brak, spoke and welcomed the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a on behalf of the holy communities in Bnei Brak, and spoke at length in praise of our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak.

Afterwards a siyum for the writing of a Sefer Torah took place, for the Sefer Torah written by members of our holy kehilla. Nigunim of inspiration and attachment to the Torah were sung for an extended time. The Rebbe washed his hands and wrote the final letters in the Sefer Torah.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the assembled rabbis shlit"a and the entire public well, and delivered words of Torah, and after words of aggadah and mussar on the weekly parsha, he spoke out about matters of tznius among women, and spoke at length in praise of our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak, which has grown in quantity and quality, especially with the new building for the chinuch of girls, and mentioned in praise the distinguished donors, led by R' Shlomo Moshe Klagsbrun.
Afterwards the Rebbe spoke about the bitter decree of drafting yeshiva bochurim and cried out in pain that there are those who say that here in Bnei Brak plans are being woven to make compromises in this matter, Rachmana litzlan. Heaven forbid, heaven forbid, to abandon Jewish souls to the army, "all who come to it do not return." He spoke about the klipah of Zionism and urged that we speak only in the Yiddish language.
The Rebbe conveyed the good news that is heard constantly from our holy kehilla, and urged us to ascend in holiness and to increase strength in all matters, and continued with longer words of guidance. At the end the Rebbe mentioned the distinguished guests from abroad who visited our holy institutions, that we should continue to support the institutions with a generous spirit so they can sustain the great expenses, and mentioned in praise R' Meir Hirsch, who took upon himself the burden of paying the staff of the institutions for Yom Tov Pesach and for Yom Tov Sukkos, and concluded with abundant blessings to the entire assembly.

After the words of Torah the Rebbe went for Hagbah and danced with the open Sefer Torah. R' Yitzchak Eizik Weiss, one of the major donors of the Sefer Torah, was honored with Gelilah. Afterwards the Rebbe stood up and broke out into a fiery dance for an extended time.
The event ended at around 10:30 and the Rebbe went into our great beis medrash in the Shikun for Maariv, baal tefillah: R' Yosef Leib Yazshef.

After Maariv the Rebbe went into a classroom in the Talmud Torah building where a gathering with philanthropists took place for the benefit of the building of our great beis medrash and Talmud Torah in Bnei Brak. R' Meir Hirsch spoke, along with the driving force of the building fund, R' Yoel the son of R' Shimshon Schwartz of Williamsburg, and R' Yitzchak Eizik Weiss, member of the building fund committee of Bnei Brak.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and delivered words of Torah about the necessity of rebuilding and completing our great beis medrash, and asked the distinguished philanthropists to ensure that money should not be a hindrance, and concluded with his holy blessing.

Afterwards the Rebbe returned to the guest residence at the home of R' Moshe Chaim Weiss, director of the institutions.

Late at night at the guest residence the Rebbe went over the lists of all the staff and those who sit in learning from our holy kehilla and institutions in the holy city of Yerushalayim, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, including melamdim, principals, maggidei shiur, female teachers and the hundreds of kollel avreichim, and arranged the tzedakah for the poor of Eretz Yisroel which the Rebbe brought along, compiled by the Rebbe's emissaries, the students of the Mesivta, which was distributed over the following two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, amounting to an enormous sum of nearly half a million dollars.

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Monday, Parshas Vayeitzei - Bnei Brak 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At around 9:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis davening in our great beis medrash together with many chassidim.
- Baal tefillah: R' Elikum Yuda Greenwald.
- Kohen: the Shabbos guest HaRav R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman.
- Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Yushe Hersh Yazshef shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: the Shabbos guest HaRav R' Chaim Shlomo Fisher.

After davening the Rebbe returned to the guest residence.

At around 3:15 the Rebbe went to pay a visit to HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Moshe Shaul Klein shlit"a, rav of the Ohr HaChaim neighborhood in Bnei Brak. A lovely conversation ensued in Torah matters and in matters of mezuzos. HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Shaul shlit"a gave the Rebbe shlit"a his sefer Vayakhel Moshe and honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing. He then accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the office of the city rabbanim of Bnei Brak, with the city rabbanim HaGaon R' Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Landau shlit"a and HaGaon R' Shevach Tzvi Rosenblatt shlit"a. A longer conversation ensued about kashrus in the city of Bnei Brak and all the rabbinic functions, and about the mehudar Arizona wheat which the Rebbe shlit"a introduced for use, and how HaGaon HaRav Landau z"l once came to cut in America, with personal effort, in order to have of the mehudar wheat that has no concerns, and how he was particular to go up personally onto the combine at the harvest. The city rabbanim honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed upon them from his holy blessings, and invited the city rabbanim to come visit Kiryas Joel to see the splendid, clean, well-maintained city. They accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the home of HaRav R' Yitzchak Eizik Weiss, where the start of writing a new Sefer Torah took place, which is being written by HaRav R' Yitzchak Eizik. The Rebbe wrote in the first letters, drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessings.

At around 4:30 the Rebbe went to our beis medrash in Zichron Meir, where a reception was held by our kollel, Kollel Eitz Chaim, in honor of the nasi of the kollel, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of our kehilla, brother of the Rebbe, 15 shlit"a.
Upon arrival the Rebbe davened Mincha; baal tefillah: R' Yisroel Elimelech the son of Shimon Rotte.

After Mincha the reception gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash. R' Shaul Yechezkel Schwartz spoke and greeted HaGaon HaTzaddik the nasi of the kollel shlit"a. Then HaGaon R' Michel Friedman shlit"a, rosh hakollel and av beis din of our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak, spoke; he welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a together with the nasi of the kollel shlit"a on behalf of the kollel's learners and brought out the virtues of Kollel Eitz Chaim. He expressed great thanks to HaGaon HaTzaddik the nasi of the kollel shlit"a, who personally goes around every day collecting funds for the kollel and ensures that the stipends arrive on time, and for the special stipend in honor of Yom Tov.
Then the nasi of the kollel, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of our kehilla, 15 shlit"a, spoke. He began by saying that on Shabbos, when the Rebbe shlit"a said that one cannot leave Meron without taking upon oneself a good resolution, he took upon himself to add a supplement to the stipends for the learners of the kollel. He spoke of the special affection of his father, the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, for Kollel Eitz Chaim, and thanked the kollel's donors from abroad, especially HaRav R' Refoel Perlmutter of Eretz Yisroel in Monsey, who devotes himself with heart and soul to the kollel. He concluded with warm blessings for the Rebbe shlit"a and for the entire public.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished well to his brother HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a and to the rabbanim and learners of the kollel, and delivered a lengthy shiur in the sugya and pilpul on the topic of mitzvah haba'ah ba'aveirah. He then continued with guidance for the kollel members, particularly about learning before davening, and spoke in praise of his brother HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a, who takes the burden upon himself and personally raises the enormous sums for the kollel with wondrous self-sacrifice, and concluded with his holy blessing. It ended at around 6:10.

From there the Rebbe went to visit HaGaon HaGadol R' Shmuel Eliezer Stern shlit"a, rav of western Bnei Brak. A splendid conversation in halachic matters ensued. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, and he accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit HaGaon HaGadol R' Yaakov Meir Stern shlit"a, rav of the Kehillas Yaakov neighborhood in Bnei Brak. A lovely conversation ensued. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, and he accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out.

At around 7:40 the Rebbe arrived at our great beis medrash in the Kiryas Yoel neighborhood for the hachnasas sefer Torah. The Rebbe took the sefer Torah and danced with holy fervor for an extended time, and stopped especially to dance next to the children for a while. He then honored his brother, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of our kehilla, 15 shlit"a, to dance with the sefer Torah, and afterwards the Rebbe recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.

Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held in the hall of the beis medrash on the occasion of the hachnasas sefer Torah in memory of our holy Rebbes zy"a, and on the occasion of the start of writing a Sefer Torah by our holy kehilla in honor of the Rebbe shlit"a. Dveikus niggunim of Torah were sung for an extended time with great inspiration. R' Nachman Baruch Schiff shlit"a spoke, expressing the necessity of completing our great beis medrash and thanking the philanthropists and donors from abroad, especially HaRav R' Yoel Bernath of Kiryas Joel, member of the building fund committee, who works with heart and soul to raise the large sums to glorify and elevate our great beis medrash.

The Tchernobil Rebbe shlit"a also participated in the lechayim. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim, bestowed upon him from his holy blessing and accompanied him out at the end.

The Rebbe wrote in the first letters in the Sefer Torah, drank a lechayim, delivered a holy blessing and wished well to the entire public.

It ended at around 9:30 and the Rebbe returned to the guest residence, in the home of HaRav R' Yitzchak Baruch Ilovitch a"h, where entry times for kvitlach were held for the chassidim residing in Bnei Brak, as a long line formed according to a special order, to be remembered for salvation and mercy.

Among others, several of the elder rabbanim, the geonim roshei kollel of Kollel Chelkas Yaakov Breish, entered for kvitlach and invited the Rebbe shlit"a to come to the kollel to deliver a shiur in sugya and pilpul. A lovely conversation ensued and the Rebbe bestowed upon them from his holy blessings.

One of the chassidim also entered and brought the Rebbe shlit"a a bottle of oil that was tevel, giving the Rebbe shlit"a the merit of separating terumos and maasros from his own property. The Rebbe acquired it properly, then recited a blessing with Hashem's name and kingship and separated terumos and maasros properly, thanked him greatly for giving the merit, and warmly bestowed upon him from his holy blessing.

A group of chassidic parents whose sons are in danger because of the bitter decree of the draft, after receiving a draft order from the Zionist government, also entered for kvitlach. The Rebbe shlit"a gave guidance and wished, with his holy blessings, that they be saved from the decree with ease.

 At around 11:15 the Rebbe davened Maariv at the guest residence; baal tefillah: the bochur Anshil Ilovitch.

After Maariv the Rebbe continued receiving chassidim until around 12:30.

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Tuesday, Parshas Vayeitzei — Bnei Brak: 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the hundreds of children of our holy mosdos in our great beis medrash.
Upon arriving at the beis medrash, the Rebbe looked over the lessons of the talmidim and walked around among the tables, listening to the children with great nachas for an extended time.

Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur the bochur Moshe Aharon Daskal (London).
Baal Tefillah: the bochur Shmuel Dovid son of R' Yudel Engel.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the main hall of the beis medrash. Several songs and rhymes were sung in honor of the occasion. The menahel, Rabbi Elazar Yonah Steinmetz shlit"a, spoke and described the great preparation the children had made for the visit of the Rebbe shlit"a.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to the rebbeim and all the children, delivered words of the holy Torah and guidance to the children, and gave his holy blessing.
Afterwards, the Rebbe distributed blessed money to all the children. The event concluded at around 12:45, and the Rebbe returned to his lodgings.

At around 3:00, the Rebbe went to visit the Nadvorna Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation about stories of tzaddikim took place. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there, the Rebbe went to visit his brother-in-law, the Vizhnitz Rebbe shlit"a. The Vizhnitz bochurim waited and received the Rebbe shlit"a. A longer conversation took place, recalling memories of the House of Vizhnitz. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out. On the way out, the Rebbe stopped to observe the construction work at the great and magnificent beis medrash of Vizhnitz chassidim in Bnei Brak.

From there, the Rebbe went to visit the Gaavad of the Chug Chasam Sofer shlit"a. A pleasant conversation developed about the approach to learning of the Chasam Sofer and his sons. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

Afterwards, at around 4:45, the Rebbe went to the hall of Yeshiva Gedolah Maharit in Zichron Meir, where the Rebbe davened Mincha. Baal Tefillah: the bochur Yechezkel, son of HaGaon Rabbi Michel Friedman shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Bnei Brak.

After Mincha, at around 5:15, the Rebbe went to visit the Chernobyl Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there, the Rebbe went to visit the Zutchka Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation developed. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there, the Rebbe went to visit the Slonim Rebbe shlit"a in his beis medrash. A pleasant conversation took place about the bitter decree of the draft in Eretz Yisroel. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there, the Rebbe went to visit the Shevet HaLevi Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation developed. He honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, the Rebbe gave him his holy blessings, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out. Afterwards, the Rebbe returned to his lodgings.

At around 7:30, the further yechidus sessions began for our chassidim, residents of Bnei Brak.

During the yechidus sessions, among others, R' Yisroel Menachem Alter shlit"a, son of the Gur Rebbe shlit"a, entered the Rebbe's room together with Rabbi Tuvia Freund shlit"a, one of the heads of 'Machon Pe'er Mekudashim'. A pleasant conversation took place, and they presented the Rebbe shlit"a with the newly reprinted sefer Yismach Yisroel, published by Machon Pe'er Mekudashim, and the Rebbe gave them his holy blessing.

Likewise, HaGaon R' Dovid Tzvi Schlesinger shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Minchas Yitzchak in Bnei Brak, entered the inner chamber. A pleasant conversation took place, and the Rebbe gave him his holy blessing.

Likewise, HaRav R' Moshe Nachshoni shlit"a, rav of the Chareidi community in Rishon LeZion, entered the inner chamber. A pleasant conversation took place, and the Rebbe gave him his holy blessing.

Also, a delegation of dayanim of the Belz kehilla in Bnei Brak entered the inner chamber. A pleasant conversation in Torah matters took place, and the Rebbe gave them his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at his lodgings at around 11:15. Baal Tefillah: the bochur Shimon Elazar son of R' Dovid Yoel Klein.

After Maariv, the Rebbe continued the yechidus sessions until around 1:00 after midnight.

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The Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Eretz Yisroel - Shabbos Kodesh at the holy resting place in Meron

Wednesday, Thursday, Parshas Vayeira - Bnei Brak - Emotional Farewell Gathering for the Rebbe shlit"a, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the talmidim of our holy yeshivos, the Yeshiva Ketana and the Yeshiva Gedola Maharit, in our Beis Medrash HaGadol.
Upon arriving in the beis medrash at around 9:30, the Rebbe looked in on the learning and walked among the tables, farhering the bochurim with great nachas for a lengthy time.

Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Yitzchak Yuda Schischa (Beit Shemesh).
- The bochur Moshe Dovid Teller (Bnei Brak)
Baal tefillah: the bochur Lipa son of R' Yosef Heilbrunn.

After davening, a lechayim was held in the hall of the beis medrash. HaGaon HaGadol R' Avrohom Yaakov Itzkowitz shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Shevet HaLevi in Brachfeld, participated in the lechayim.
Several Torah niggunim were sung, and HaRav HaGaon R' Avrohom Shlomo Katz shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Riskeve and one of the rabbonim of our holy kehilla, spoke.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and delivered holy words. First he left the bochurim with a question in Maseches Bava Kamma and asked the bochurim to engage in finding answers. He then continued with words of chizuk in learning Torah, davening, good middos, and the middah of truth, and spoke about the decrees of the draft. The Rebbe said that with this decree, one now understands the double wording that we say on Mondays and Thursdays after the Torah reading, "Our brethren, the entire House of Israel, who are given over to distress and captivity." "Distress" refers to the decrees of the draft, and "captivity" refers to the fact that the state does not allow the bochurim to leave the country; until now one was able to leave, but today they do not allow it. He concluded with abundant blessings.
The Rebbe then distributed coins to the talmidim of the yeshiva. Afterwards the Rebbe drove back by car around the entire shikun, where hundreds of girls from our holy mosdos, Bnos Eretz Yisroel Beis Faiga, had lined up to see the holy countenance.

At the guest residence, a lechayim gathering was held with members of our kehilla, residents of Bnei Brak, the benefactors and patrons of the mosdos who contributed larger sums for the benefit of our holy mosdos in Bnei Brak. HaRav HaChasid R' Yoel Moshe Glick and HaRav R' Naftali Tzvi Brody shlit"a spoke.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the entire gathering well. He delivered holy words about the importance of the Jews of Bnei Brak, who exert themselves beyond their ability for the benefit of the mosdos, which is a strong chizuk for the supporters of the mosdos from outside Eretz Yisroel, and concluded with his holy blessing.
Afterwards the supporters went over to receive the holy blessing.

Then a group of bochurim from the Yeshiva Gedola entered privately, who had distinguished themselves in the Ashmoras HaBoker seder. The Rebbe distributed his holy sefer Lev Aharon, Sugyos HaShas on Maseches Rosh Hashana - Sukkah, and wished them his holy blessings.

Likewise, a group of young men from the Gur kehilla entered privately, who presented themselves for a farher on three sedarim in Shas. The Rebbe farhered them sharply for a lengthy time and bestowed some of his holy blessings.

At around 3:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha at the guest residence.
Baal tefillah: HaRav HaChasid R' Yoel Landau (Williamsburg).

At around 4:30 the Rebbe went over to Kollel Chelkas Yaakov - Breish, where the Rebbe delivered a lengthy, profound shiur on the sugya of mitzvah haba'a b'aveirah for the rabbonim and learners of the kollel.
The Rebbe began with a tribute to the host, HaRav HaGaon R' Meir Lurie shlit"a, together with HaRav HaGaon R' Moshe Breish shlit"a, a son of the Chelkas Yaakov, and spoke in praise of the kollel, which is renowned and known to the public as a distinguished makom Torah, where distinguished talmidei chachomim, great in Torah, shlit"a, sit. The Rebbe continued with the words of the Midrash, "There is no honor but Torah," that to honor means with words of Torah, and one asks the Creator, "May the words of my mouth be acceptable." The Rebbe then began a lengthy shiur on the Mishnah in Maseches Sukkah 29b, "A stolen or dried lulav is invalid," in the sugya of mitzvah haba'a b'aveirah, delving into its length and breadth and weighing all the opinions of the Rishonim, which swept all the learners along in a fire of Simchas Torah. He then continued in the manner of aggadah for a lengthy time, and concluded with words of blessing for the Rosh HaKollel and all the rabbonim and learners of the kollel, and wished that they be able to learn in perfect health, to learn and to teach, to observe and to do, with a broadened mind until old age, and that the wicked not be able to disturb Jewish children who learn Torah and observe the mitzvos of Hashem.

The Rebbe then raised the difficult decree hanging over Jewish children in Eretz Yisroel and said that in chutz la'aretz it was known that there is a severe decree, but here he had heard people recount the anguish of the bochurim and parents, who live in constant fear, not knowing what the day will bring. He concluded with abundant blessings that Hashem should foil the counsel of the wicked, that we be able to learn with a broadened mind, and that in the merit of Torah learning we will merit the coming of Moshiach Tzidkeinu, speedily in our days, Amen.
At the end, the Rebbe engaged in give-and-take on the sugya with the roshei and learners of the kollel, in the fervor of Torah, for a lengthy time. The Rebbe left the kollel at around 5:45.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the Buhusi Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued; he honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the Sadigura Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued; he honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

From there the Rebbe went to visit the Deesh Rebbe shlit"a in the hall of his beis medrash. A pleasant conversation ensued; he honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, and he escorted the Rebbe shlit"a out.

Then at around 7:00 the Rebbe went to a lechayim gathering at the new location of 'Ilowitz Streimlach,' owned by HaRav HaChasid R' Shmuel Meir Ilowitz, one of the great supporters of the mosdos, who on this occasion pledged an enormous sum for the benefit of our Beis Medrash HaGadol in Bnei Brak. A pleasant conversation took place about the history of streimlach. The Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.
The Rebbe then returned to the guest residence.

At around 8:00 the further private entry times began for members of our kehilla, residents of Bnei Brak.

During the entry times, the Deesh Rebbe shlit"a came privately on a return visit. A pleasant conversation ensued; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at the guest residence at around 11:15. Baal tefillah: the bochur Shalom son of R' Shlomo Freund. After Maariv the entry times continued until around 1:30.

After the entry times, a modest lechayim gathering was held in honor of the simcha in the home of HaRav HaChasid R' Shimon Schischa shlit"a, head of the rescuers at Merkaz Ezra V'Yeutz, at the guest residence. At the lechayim the Rebbe spoke of the difficulty of the situation, how bochurim and parents are lost, and spoke about the need to expand the offices and add workers to be able to meet the great demand and help everyone who wants to save himself, especially in Bnei Brak, where there are almost no askanim. The Rebbe also expressed his amazement at those who, unfortunately, want to agree to a compromise, saying, "I cannot understand them!" The Rebbe mentioned that people had already come to explain to him that it is not dangerous, that it will drag on for time, but the Rebbe answered that this approach will not work well and will only make things worse, especially by causing troubles for individuals, and who can abandon so many Jewish souls?
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the chosson well, and especially the mechutan, R' Shimon shlit"a, that the great undertakings should succeed and that the funding should come easily, with the help of members of our kehilla from all over the world who help cover the expenses of thousands. The Rebbe bestowed holy blessings upon all the askanim of the Merkaz, and several niggunim were sung in honor of the occasion.

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

At around 7:45 the Rebbe entered for Shacharis in our great beis medrash in the Shikun Kiryas Yoel neighborhood in Bnei Brak.
- Baal tefillah: R' Moshe Aryeh Strohl.
- Kohen: R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman, a member of the kehilla.
- Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Yehoshua Hersh Yozsef shlit"a, moreh tzedek.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: R' Eliezer Palatschek.
- Gelilah: R' Shalom Eliezer Fuchs.

After Shacharis, a group of the learners of our Kollel, Kollel Eitz Chaim, who had completed Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah, entered the guest residence together with the Rebbe. The Rebbe bestowed a holy blessing upon the kollel members, and on that occasion appointed two new morei tzedek in our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak: HaGaon Rabbi Shimon Yoel Brach shlit"a and HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Cohen shlit"a. The Rebbe warmly wished them that no stumbling block should come from under their hands, and that they should rule the word of Hashem, this is the halacha, and he bestowed abundant blessings upon them.

Afterward, the Rebbe went to pay a shiva call at the home of the family of R' Binyamin Yakubovitch a"h, one of the founders of Shikun Kiryas Yoel and for many years the director of our holy mosdos, where the mourners were sitting together with their elderly mother a"h.

The Rebbe then set out on the short trip to the city of Lod, where the emotional farewell event for the Rebbe shlit"a was held in the halls of 'Shamayim Pesuchim', together with the siyum on half of Shas by the Yesodei HaTorah chaburos, before thousands of chassidim, residents of Eretz Yisroel.
Taking part in the event were the Ruzhin-Sadigura... [sic] the Rebbes of Rosslau and Temesvar shlit"a.

The Rebbe arrived at the event at around 10:45. Many nigunim were sung. Rabbi Moshe Menachem Herskowitz shlit"a of Yerushalayim served as chairman, and HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Yozsef shlit"a, menahel ruchani of Yeshiva Gedolah Maharit in Bnei Brak, spoke with feelings of longing.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim, wished the entire gathering well, and delivered holy words of Torah in the form of drush and aggadah on the parsha of the week and on the teachings of the Tanna, the divine Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. He then continued with lengthy guidance in all matters: to learn Torah with consistency; to conduct oneself as a chassidic Jew and go to the mikvah every day; to daven in our batei medrash in complete unity from beginning to end; to educate the children toward Torah, fear of Heaven and good character traits; to conduct the Shabbos seudah properly with zemiros and divrei Torah; to be careful with tznius in the home; and he strongly urged not to be dragged along after the neighbors, both in Yerushalayim and especially in Bnei Brak, regarding the matter of short hair as well as that all sheitels be worn only with modesty; to speak Yiddish; to be careful about unfit reading material, technology and all impure devices; and he spoke forcefully about the impurity of Zionism and all its followers and parties. He continued in praise of our holy kehilla and mosdos in Eretz Yisroel, in Yerushalayim, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh, and said that it was a spiritual pleasure to meet with G-d-fearing and complete chassidim, and that they are growing in quantity and quality in Torah, avodah and acts of kindness, and "parting from you is difficult for me."
The Rebbe spoke about the bitter situation of the decree of drafting yeshiva students. The problems and the pain of each and every one are seen, we weep along and feel along with everyone's pain. He mentioned the siyum on Maseches Kiddushin and half of Shas and urged everyone to strengthen themselves in Torah learning with mesirus nefesh, for only in this way will we overcome the wicked and the decree of drafting yeshiva students be nullified. G-d forbid to make compromises or negotiate on this matter; we must stand strong. He concluded with abundant blessings for the entire gathering.

Afterward, Rabbi Dovid Weisshaus shlit"a of Beit Shemesh made the siyum on Maseches Kiddushin and half of Shas, and R' Mendel Kaufman of Williamsburg, one of the leading askanim and a member of the chaburah's board, recited Kaddish.
Then everyone broke out in joyous dancing for an extended time.
The Rebbe left the event at around 12:30 on the way to the airport, where chassidim accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a with song and music, unable to part from these elevated days.
At the airport, the heads of our holy kehilla and mosdos in Eretz Yisroel bid farewell to the Rebbe shlit"a. They thanked him from the depths of their hearts on behalf of the entire holy kehilla for the elevated days the Rebbe spent among our holy kehillos in Eretz Yisroel, and especially for the wonderful support the Rebbe brought from America, which was distributed to the poor of Eretz Yisroel, including all the klei kodesh, teachers, kollel members and others. The Rebbe warmly wished them well and left his holy blessing.

At around 2:00 the plane took off on the way to Athens, Greece, a flight of about an hour and a half, and at around 5:30 the Rebbe's plane took off from Athens, Greece, on the way home to New York.
Shortly after takeoff, the Rebbe davened Mincha on the plane. Baal tefillah: R' Mendel Kaufman.

Baruch Haba B'shem Hashem

At around 8:50 in the evening, the Rebbe's plane landed at Newark Airport, where the Rebbe was awaited by many chassidim who came to greet him. Also waiting were the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah, shiur dalet, headed by the roshei yeshiva HaGaon Rabbi Aryeh Dov Kornbluh shlit"a and HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rosenfeld shlit"a.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at the airport. Baal tefillah: R' Mendel Kaufman. After Maariv, the Rebbe recited Kiddush Levana outside.

The Rebbe arrived at his holy residence in Kiryas Yoel at around 11:00 and was awaited by hundreds of chassidim with song and music, and the entire community came to greet the Rebbe shlit"a.

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

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