Tuesday, Parshas Chayei Sarah, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the heichal of the Mesivta, 'Branch Beirach Moshe'. After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 14, verse 5.

In the afternoon, at around 5:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

Later, the Rebbe shlit"a traveled into Williamsburg for the weekly yechidus hours.
The yechidus hours in the Rebbe's holy home on Hooper St. lasted from 8:15 until 11:40 PM.

During the yechidus hours, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Baruch Singer, Av Beis Din and Rav of Alexander in Boro Park, came for a visit on the occasion of the simcha of his son's wedding, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings. Likewise, a delegation from "Kollel Chibas Yerushalayim" entered to receive the Rebbe's holy blessing on the occasion of the annual dinner on Motzei Shabbos in Williamsburg. A conversation took place about the history of the kollel and its numerous beneficial activities, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 11:00 and afterward continued receiving the public.

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

In the morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Bentzion Chaim Zaldan took place, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the heichal of the Mesivta, 'Branch Divrei Yoel Moshe'. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Shmuel Yitzchak Wertzberger.
The bochur Aharon Wolf Paletchek.
After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 14, verse 7. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

During the morning hours, HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Michal Silber shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Zhevhil in Eretz Yisroel, came for a yechidus with the Rebbe shlit"a. A lengthy learned conversation ensued on various areas of Torah, and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

In the afternoon, at around 4:40, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

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Report of the Visit and Holy Journey to Montreal, Canada - Part 1

At around 6:00 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a left his holy home on the way to Stewart Airport, and at around 6:40 the private plane took off on the way to the exalted visit and holy journey to Montreal, may it be His will.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Hashem

At 7:35 in the evening the plane landed, b'shaah tovah u'mutzlachas, at the local airport. Outside the airport, a large crowd of our chassidim waited with song and praise to greet the holy presence of the Rebbe shlit"a, together with the elders and dignitaries of the kehilla, baalei batim, avreichim and choice bochurim, and the entire crowd came forward to greet him with Shalom.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the lodging in the home of R' Baruch Avrohom Perlmutter.

At the lodging, the prominent philanthropist R' Hershel Friedman, owner of the well-known Agri Star slaughterhouse in Iowa, where our kehilla's mehudar shechita operation is stationed, came in specially for a visit.

At around 9:00 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our great and splendid beis medrash for a grand reception, with drums and dancing, with the participation of hundreds of our chassidim, elders and youths, bochurim and young children, led by all the rabbonim and dayanim of the city shlit"a.

Upon arriving, the Rebbe looked around at the magnificent prayer halls and then went up to the main hall of the beis medrash for the festive gathering.
Songs of inspiration were sung, and R' Mordechai Hersh Goldman, one of the gabbaim of the beis medrash, stepped forward and called upon HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan of our holy kehilla, who greeted and welcomed the Rebbe with heartfelt emotion and spoke warm words in honor of the occasion. Afterwards HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Unsdorfer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Reishis Chochma Montreal, stepped forward and spoke of the tremendous positive impact and influence of the Rebbe shlit"a, and the merit our chassidim have to be under the holy shade of the Rebbe shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a said lechayim and blessed the entire crowd, and delivered words of Torah. The Rebbe mentioned the journeys of our holy Rebbes zy"a to Montreal and the influence they had for all eternity, and in their merit we merited the inauguration of such a magnificent beis medrash for Torah and prayer. He spoke in praise of our holy kehilla in Montreal and the good reports that are heard back, and concluded with his holy blessing to the entire crowd, "May it be His will that the Shechinah rest upon the work of your hands," and that they should continue to go forward with ease until the coming of the Redeemer, b'mheirah b'yameinu.
After the words of Torah, the Rebbe warmly greeted his brother-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din shlit"a, who came specially to travel for Shabbos from New York, as the Rav shlit"a is currently resting these days due to weakness. Then HaGaon, the Av Beis Din shlit"a stepped forward and spoke in praise of the kehilla, and expressed the tremendous joy our chassidim have with the visit of the Rebbe shlit"a.
Afterwards the singing of joy continued as the entire crowd of our chassidim, elders and youths, came forward to greet the Rebbe shlit"a for an extended time.

After the gathering the Rebbe davened Maariv in the main hall of the beis medrash, and it concluded at around 10:40.

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

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Report of the Exalted Visit and Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada - Part 2

Thursday, Parshas Chayei Sarah

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our great beis medrash, "Binyan Shmuel Binyamin," for Shacharis together with the older children from grade 6 and up. Upon arriving, the Rebbe looked around at the talmud torah students who were engaged in learning Torah before davening. The Rebbe walked around among the tables and heard the children's learning, with great nachas.

The Rebbe shlit"a put on tallis and tefillin in the beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Shalom Schwartz (Montreal).
For the Torah reading, the aliyos went to: Kohen: R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman, a member of the Rebbe's entourage; Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan and moreh d'asra of our holy kehilla; Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a; Hagbah: R' Chaim Shlomo Fisher, a member of the Rebbe's entourage; Gelilah: the bar mitzvah boy.

After davening, a festive lechayim gathering and "Bnei Heim" assembly took place in the main hall of the beis medrash, with close to 250 talmud torah children of our holy kehilla from first grade and up. The children sang songs of devotion, and several children recited special rhymes in honor of the occasion. HaRav Nosson Binyamin Eckstein shlit"a spoke, expressing the feelings the children have toward the exalted visit and preparing the children to receive the holy words and guidance of the Rebbe shlit"a.
The Rebbe shlit"a drank a lechayim and blessed the melamdim, the children, and the entire community. He delivered holy words and guidance to the children, arousing them to be careful with the trait of truth, to walk with their tzitzis out, to daven and recite brachos aloud and with kavanah, and concluded with his holy blessings.
After the holy words, the Rebbe gave shirayim to the melamdim to distribute to the children, and afterwards all the children went over to receive a blessed coin from the Rebbe shlit"a. The gathering ended at around 12:20.

In the afternoon hours, at around 2:30, the Rebbe shlit"a visited the rabbonim of the city shlit"a, where wonderful conversations took place about Torah and Chassidus, stories and customs, and more.
First, the Rebbe went for a private visit to his brother-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din shlit"a, for a longer time.

From there the Rebbe went to visit HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Unsdorfer shlit"a, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Reishis Chochmah Montreal. The talmidim of his yeshiva, "Reishis Chochmah," were also present together with the roshei yeshiva. A warm, friendly conversation took place about matters of shlichus. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings. After the visit, the yeshiva students came over to greet the Rebbe, and the Rav shlit"a accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out to the street.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit HaGaon Rabbi Yechiel Meir Katz shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Dzhibov. A pleasant conversation took place about stories of tzaddikim zy"a and more. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings, and the Rav accompanied the Rebbe out to the street.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit HaGaon Rabbi Yochanan Wasner shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Skver. A Torah conversation took place, during which the dayan showed the Rebbe responsa he had received from the HaGaon, dayan and moreh d'asra of our Montreal kehilla shlit"a, and they discussed the hiddurim of a mikvah spring, eruvin in the old country, and stories of the Yismach Moshe zy"a. The dayan shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings, and the dayan accompanied the Rebbe out to the street.

After the visit, at around 5:00, the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in our great beis medrash.

After Mincha, at around 5:30, the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit the Vizhnitz Rebbe of Montreal shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place about stories of the holy Rabbi, the Maharid of Belz zy"a, and of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The Vizhnitz Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings.
After the visit, the Vizhnitz Rebbe shlit"a asked the crowd to go out and closeted himself with the Rebbe for several minutes, and afterwards the Vizhnitz Rebbe accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out to the street.
From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit HaGaon R' Asher Greenfeld shlit"a, rav of the Vizhnitz Eretz Yisroel kehilla in Montreal. A longer conversation took place on the topic of "ein shaliach l'davar aveirah" and stories of the Divrei Chaim zy"a. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings, and the Rav shlit"a accompanied the Rebbe shlit"a out to the street.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit the moreh d'asra, HaGaon R' Yonason Binyamin Weiss shlit"a, Gaavad of Montreal. A conversation took place about shechita in Montreal. The Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings.

At around 7:50 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at the guesthouse. After Maariv, from around 8:10, the first part of the yechidus (entry for private meetings) took place for the members of the community of Montreal, who entered in a pre-arranged order, and it continued until around 11:45 at night.

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Report of the elevated visit and holy journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada - Part 3

Friday, Parshas Chayei Sarah

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our great beis medrash, "Binyan Shmuel Binyamin," for Shacharis together with over 100 bochurim of our community in Montreal. A huge crowd of guests from our community also davened there, having come to take part in the uplifting Shabbos in the Rebbe's presence.

Upon arrival, the Rebbe entered the main hall of the great beis medrash, where the "three consecutive hours of learning" gathering was taking place. The bochurim were engaged in learning Torah as a major preparation for the elevated davening together with the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe walked among the tables and spoke with the bochurim about their learning, with great nachas.

The Rebbe shlit"a put on tefillin in the beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yaakov Yitzchak Steinmetz (may he live and be well).

After davening, a lechayim gathering was held with the bochurim. They sang several inspiring and uplifting melodies, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the bochurim.

R' Berish Gross shlit"a, menahel of the yeshiva ketana, spoke. He welcomed the Rebbe and described the great preparation of the bochurim for the elevated visit over the past weeks, with thousands of consecutive hours of Torah learning. He then presented the Rebbe with a "minchas bikkurim" of 9,474 consecutive hours that the bochurim learned, and handed over a collective kvitel with all their names. The Rebbe looked it over with great nachas and satisfaction.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a lengthy address of divrei kodesh and guidance for the bochurim, on all matters, and concluded with abundant blessings. He then left the bochurim with a lomdishe question on the sugya they are learning in yeshiva, Maseches Gittin, in the sugya of "ed echad ne'eman be'issurin," and asked the bochurim to look for answers to the question.
The Rebbe shlit"a then distributed a sefer Vayoel Moshe to all the bochurim who took part in the "three consecutive hours of learning" gathering before davening. It concluded at around 12:30.

After the lechayim gathering, on his way out, the Rebbe shlit"a affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance to the beis medrash hall.

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Report of the Exalted Visit and Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada - Part 4

Shabbos Nachas HaNeshamos, Parshas Chayei Sarah, "B'tzeil HaKodesh," during the holy journey to Montreal, to strengthen and fortify the members of the Montreal kehilla, and on the occasion of the expansion of the borders of holiness, the inauguration of our great and magnificent beis medrash "Binyan Shmuel Binyomin."

With uplifted spirits, in the holy chambers, with excitement and spiritual elevation, hundreds of members of the Montreal kehilla experienced the historic Shabbos Kodesh in the holy presence of the Rebbe shlit"a in our holy kehilla in Montreal, and warmed themselves in his shining light during the holy tefillos and uplifting tishen.

Throughout Shabbos Kodesh, at the tefillos the great beis medrash, and at the tables in the gigantic tent structure, were filled from end to end, with no room to spare, with hundreds of members of the Montreal kehilla and the hundreds of guests who came to take part in the uplifting Shabbos, to take shelter in the shadow of holiness.

In addition, the Vizhnitz hall right next to the great beis medrash was set up, where the Shabbos Kodesh seudos were arranged for the hundreds of guests.

On Erev Shabbos afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a went to the private mikvah in the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Raphael Herzog, one of the prominent Belz chassidim, where the Rebbe went to the mikvah during the days of the exalted visit.
The Rebbe shlit"a tasted something there, a pleasant conversation developed, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessings upon R' Raphael and his family.

On Friday night at around 5:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Because of the tremendous crowding in the beis medrash, the women's section was also opened to accommodate the huge crowd as much as possible.
Kabbalas Shabbos: HaRav R' Avrohom Leib Lichtman (Williamsburg).

The davening ended at around 6:30. Afterwards the huge crowd passed by to wish a gut Shabbos, together with hundreds more Jews from the city, which went on for a lengthy time, and then the Rebbe shlit"a went back to his lodging.

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Friday night tish in the gigantic tent structure, in the presence of thousands of Jews, with all the rabbonim and dayanim of the city of Montreal participating.

The Rebbe shlit"a began in his holy manner with "Shalom Aleichem," with feeling and melody. Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Meir Eliezer Teitelbaum, son of HaGaon Rabbi Barach Moshe shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash. Raising the cup for Kiddush: HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan of our holy kehilla.

During the tish, Shabbos Kodesh niggunim were sung for an extended time with an enthusiasm that carried along the huge crowd.

Before the zemiros the Rebbe shlit"a honored HaGaon Rabbi Asher Greenfeld shlit"a, rav of the Vizhnitz kehilla of Eretz Yisroel in Montreal, to sing "Rachem."
The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon Rabbi Yonasan Binyomin Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Montreal. Menucha V'Simcha: the Av Beis Din of Rosh Chochma Montreal shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And Avrohom was old, advanced in days, and Hashem blessed Avrohom with everything (bakol)," and in the words of the Chasam Sofer that "bakol" when spelled out in full has the numerical value of "shofar," and explained in the manner of a derush that "kol" means even a little bit; therefore even if a Jew does just a little teshuva, it is enough.

Kah Echsof: HaGaon Rabbi Wolf Ber Lerner shlit"a, dayan of Belz Montreal. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon, the Av Beis Din of Skver shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a told about the holy R' Hersh of Rimanov zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Thursday, 30 Cheshvan.
Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Hersh Moskowitz shlit"a, dayan of Kiryas Tosh.

At the fruits, all the chasanim of Montreal went over to take shirayim. After the fruits, the Shalom Zachor took place for several members of the kehilla.

Az B'Yom HaShvi'i: HaGaon Rabbi Yechezkel Tauber shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Bobov Montreal. It ended at around 12:15.

And on Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos Kodesh morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:20.
Upon arrival the Rebbe shlit"a participated in the Tehillim group of the children of the Talmud Torah in the halls of prayer. The Rebbe recited several chapters along with them, and conveyed brief holy words about the importance of a chapter of Tehillim, especially from children.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis at around 9:30. Pesukei D'Zimra: the HaGaon, dayan of our kehilla shlit"a. The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Shacharis.

Taking out and returning the Torah: HaRav R' Shmuel Dovid Markowitz (Williamsburg). Verses of Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Chaim Eliezer Gross shlit"a. Carrying the Sefer Torah to the bimah: Rabbi Eliezer Weiss (Kiryas Joel). Baal Koreh: HaRav R' Yitzchak Noach Perlmutter.
During the Torah reading, prominent members of the kehilla received aliyos and pledged enormous sums toward the completion of the great beis medrash building, reaching an astronomical sum of over one and a half million dollars.
Aliyos. Kohen: HaRav R' Avrohom Yosha Glantz. Levi: HaGaon R' Yoel Hersh Moskowitz shlit"a, dayan of Kiryas Tosh. Shlishi: HaRav R' Avrohom Wieder. Revi'i: HaRav R' Avrohom Brach. Chamishi: HaRav R' Akiva Hersh Klein. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and the naming on the occasion of the birth of a daughter to R' Hersh Elimelech Silberstein (Williamsburg).

Shevi'i: HaRav R' Dovid Eckstein. Hosafos: HaRav R' Aharon Moshe Schlager (Williamsburg), HaRav R' Moshe Goldstein (Kiryas Joel), HaRav R' Menachem Liberman (Williamsburg). Acharon: HaRav R' Chaim Levy (Vienna). Maftir: HaRav R' Yaakov Sussman Sofer. Hagbah: HaRav R' Shalom Yitzchak Jakobovits (Williamsburg). Gelilah: HaRav R' Moshe Yitzchak Sternlicht (London).

After the reading the Rebbe shlit"a blessed Rosh Chodesh with great inspiration.

Mussaf: HaGaon R' Yoel Hersh Moskowitz shlit"a, dayan of Kiryas Tosh. Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: HaRav R' Avigdor Frankel (Williamsburg). It ended at around 12:20.

The Rebbe shlit"a went back to his lodging, at the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Asher Yeshaya Wertzberger, one of the leaders of our kehilla. At the Shabbos day seudah, prominent members of the kehilla who contributed large sums for our holy kehilla in Montreal joined the meal.

The Rebbe shlit"a made Kiddush as customary, and joyous niggunim were sung on the occasion of the Kiddusha Rabba simcha of the Rebbe's granddaughter, the newborn daughter of Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Ashkenazi, son of HaGaon, rav of beis medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a washed for the seudah. During the seudah the Rebbe used a Zemiros Barach Moshe and looked into the minhagim for an extended time.
Pleasant conversations developed about stories of tzaddikim and various customs of our holy Rebbes zy"a.
The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with the zemiros: Baruch Hashem: HaRav R' Avrohom Wieder. Baruch Kel Elyon: HaRav R' Dovid Eckstein.
For Birkas Hamazon the Rebbe honored the host, the distinguished philanthropist R' Moshe Yeshaya Wertzberger.
After bentching the Rebbe wished blessings to the host and his family.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the huge tent structure for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 4:45. Mincha: HaRav R' Shimon Yisroel Kahana. Taking out and returning the Torah: HaRav R' Yehuda Moshe Gelb. Baal Koreh: HaRav R' Yechiel Klein. Kohen: Rabbi Eliyahu Shlomo Kahn shlit"a (Kiryas Joel). Levi: HaGaon, dayan of our kehilla shlit"a. Shlishi: HaRav R' Moshe Yosef Wertheimer (Williamsburg). Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: HaRav R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman (Boro Park).

The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: HaGaon R' Yoel Asher Fisher shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Montreal. Shir HaMaalos: HaGaon R' Chaim Elazar Hirschfeld shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Montreal.

In his Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a addressed the verse "And Avrohom was old, advanced in days, and Hashem blessed Avrohom with everything," and explained that when a Jew performs a mitzvah, it leaves behind an impression of holiness, and this makes it possible afterwards to do teshuva.

Yedid Nefesh: HaGaon R' Efraim Zalman Margulies shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Montreal. Kel Mistater: HaGaon R' Yaakov Yosef Wasner shlit"a, moreh tzedek in Skver and one of the leaders of our kollel in Montreal.
For Birkas Hamazon the Rebbe shlit"a honored his brother-in-law, HaGaon, the Av Beis Din shlit"a.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: HaRav R' Yechiel Klein. After Havdalah the Rebbe shlit"a wished the entire crowd a good week, and returned to his lodging. It ended at around 7:10.

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Report of the Visit and Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada – Part 5

Motzei Shabbos Chayei Sarah

After Havdalah, the Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words of chizuk and guidance via a hook-up to the hundreds of widows who had taken part in the magnificent Shabbos "Oneg HaRuchos," at the candle-lighting gathering at the holy burial place in Meron, may it be rebuilt.

At around 8:20, at the guest residence, a gathering of appreciation was held by Chevra Hatzolah of Montreal in honor of the distinguished philanthropist R' Menachem Liberman, who donated an ambulance to Hatzolah. R' Menachem Meir Feig, one of the leading askanim in Montreal, spoke in praise of R' Menachem and of the other askanim of our kehilla who stand ready to help with whatever is needed. The Rebbe drank a lechayim, warmly blessed all the volunteers, and presented a silver wine bottle to R' Menachem on behalf of Hatzolah, as an expression of appreciation for his many good deeds for Hatzolah in particular and for Montreal in general.

Afterwards, there was a time of entry into the Rebbe's private chamber for the members of our community from Kiryas Tash, until around 9:30.

After the entry times, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of the family of R' Yaakov Yehoshua Wertzberger a"h, whose widow, may she live, together with her children, donated a large sum to the beis medrash in memory of her husband / their father. A pleasant conversation developed about various historical writings that R' Yaakov Yehoshua had in his possession. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon the widow and the entire family.

From there, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of R' Aharon Moshe Schwartz shlit"a, whose children donated a considerable sum to the beis medrash. A pleasant conversation developed about the relatives, HaGaon Rabbi Shmuel Schwartz zt"l, who served for many years as Av Beis Din of Satmar Montreal, and R' Asher Schwartz z"l, known as R' Asher the gabbai, who was a close attendant of our holy Rebbes of the house of Sighet. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

From there, the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit HaGaon Rabbi Wolf Ber Lerner shlit"a, dayan of Belz Montreal, where all the dayanim and moros horaah of the Belz kehilla were also present. A lengthy conversation developed on various areas of Torah, and on various interesting questions, holy practices, and customs of the holy Rebbe, the Maharid of Belz zy"a. The dayan shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

After the visit, at around 11:00, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the giant tent structure for the gathering marking the completion of the writing of the letters of the Sefer Torah that was written by the distinguished philanthropist R' Yaakov Zussman, sofer. Upon arrival, the Rebbe danced in place for several minutes. During the gathering, stirring melodies were sung, and the young married man R' Dovid Klein sang special verses composed in honor of the occasion. Then the donor, the distinguished philanthropist R' Yaakov Zussman, brought in the Sefer Torah and placed it on the Rebbe's table, and the stirring melodies continued. The Rebbe washed his hands and wrote in the letters.
Afterwards, the Rebbe drank a lechayim, warmly blessed the esteemed donor and the entire public, and delivered holy words on the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah, bringing out the importance of a single word, a line of Gemara, davening, and so on, but that this is only possible if one minimizes worldly vanities and physical desires. The Rebbe concluded with words of praise for the esteemed donor, noting his many good deeds, and bestowed abundant blessings upon the esteemed donor and the entire public.

After the holy words, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the hagbah and broke out into a joyous dance with the open Sefer Torah. R' Eliezer Spitzer was honored with gelilah, and R' Yaakov Leib Sofer (son-in-law of the distinguished…) with dressing the Torah in its mantle. Then the donor took the Sefer Torah, and the Rebbe crowned the Sefer Torah with the crown, then took the Sefer Torah and danced for a lengthy time. Afterwards, the Rebbe honored the donor to dance with the Sefer Torah. It ended at around 12:40. The Rebbe wished the entire public a good week and was escorted out with song and music.
At the guest residence, HaGaon Rabbi Yochanan Wosner shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Skver, came for a return visit. A pleasant conversation developed, and the dayan shlit"a gave the Rebbe his sefer, Shu"t Chayei HaLevi, volume 11. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim, bestowed his holy blessings, and escorted him out to the street.

Afterwards, the group of singers from among our chassidim, who had led the gatherings over the past days, entered the Rebbe's private chamber. The Rebbe spoke words of blessing, and all the singers went in, and the Rebbe warmly blessed them.

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Report of the Exalted Visit and Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada - Part 6

Sunday, Parshas Toldos

At about 9:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis davening in the main beis medrash, together with the chassidim of Montreal.

At about 1:00 in the afternoon there were times of entry to the Rebbe's room (yechidus) for the chassidim of Montreal, who entered according to a pre-arranged schedule, and it continued until about 3:15.

During the times of entry, the mayor of the city of Montreal came by. He had helped greatly in obtaining the permits for the beis medrash. The Rebbe thanked him warmly and bestowed upon him his holy blessing.

After the times of entry the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha at the residence where he was staying.
At about 4:15 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Kiryas Tash for a visit with the Tash Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued about stories of tzaddikim and about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness in Kiryas Tash. The Tash Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings. Afterwards the Tash Rebbe shlit"a asked the Rebbe shlit"a to speak privately for a few minutes. On the way out the Tash Rebbe shlit"a remarked to the Rebbe shlit"a that on this very spot of the visit he has for the past two years held the seudos of the night and day of Shabbos Kodesh with the talmidei hayeshiva. Afterwards the Tash Rebbe shlit"a accompanied the Rebbe out to the car.

At about 5:15 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived back in Montreal and went straight to the building of our great beis medrash for the magnificent celebration of the hachnasas sefer Torah, donated by the builder and founder of the beis medrash, the esteemed philanthropist R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer, in memory of his father, R' Shmuel Binyamin a"h, one of the esteemed residents of Montreal. The Rebbe took the sefer Torah from the donor and danced holy dances with fiery enthusiasm for an extended time. He honored the donor with placing the sefer Torah in the Aron Kodesh, and afterwards recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.
After the ceremony the Rebbe davened Maariv in the sanctuary of the beis medrash.

After Maariv the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of the elder, R' Meir Yuda Felzen, who had donated a large sum for the beis medrash. A pleasant conversation took place about memories of the holy R' Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessings.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went on a visit to HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, a dayan of our holy kehilla. A pleasant conversation took place about questions in the halachos of eruvin, and they spoke about the miracles experienced this past summer at the Camp Kiryas Berach Moshe in Canada, and more. The dayan shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings.

At the residence, the askanim of Hisachdus Avreichim entered the inner sanctum, where they reviewed the many activities for the young married men, to increase and glorify Torah, and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings.
At about 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the halls of the Crown Plaza Hotel, where the magnificent "Chanukas Habayis Gathering and Assembly of the Chassidim of Canada" took place in a most splendid and elegant manner. It was held together with the seudah of Siyum HaTorah, with the participation of hundreds of chassidim from Montreal and Kiryas Tash, and many guests who came to rejoice in the simcha of our holy kehilla and in the simcha of the esteemed builder and founder of the beis medrash and donor of the sefer Torah, the philanthropist R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer.

The chairman, HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Moshe Unsdorfer shlit"a, maggid shiur in our Montreal kehilla and son of the Rosh Av Beis Din, HaGaon Rabbi Reishis Chochmah shlit"a, spoke. He expressed the joy and excitement of the chassidim at meriting this moment, and spoke in praise of our holy kehilla since its founding.

In memory of R' Shmuel Binyamin Sofer z"l, his brother-in-law HaGaon Rabbi Wolf Landau shlit"a, director of Yeshiva Ketana Rav Tuv branch in Kiryas Joel, spoke. R' Bentzion Weberman sang, accompanied by the Zimra choir, special verses in honor of the occasion about the history of "Satmar Montreal."

Among the participants — among the many rabbanim and dayanim of Canada — were the Vizhnitz Montreal Rebbe shlit"a and the Tash Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe honored them with a lechayim, bestowed of his holy blessings, and accompanied them out.

The HaGaon HaTzaddik Av Beis Din shlit"a spoke, praising our holy kehilla and its tremendous success, and concluded with warm blessings for his brother-in-law, the Rebbe shlit"a, and for our holy kehilla.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered lengthy holy words of guidance and chizuk to the chassidim of Montreal, and after the divrei Torah he aroused them regarding many matters in need of strengthening. He spoke in praise of our holy kehilla in Montreal, a pleasant and chassidic kehilla, and especially of the main beis medrash, which has become a center of Torah and tefillah, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire assembly.

After the holy address the Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the entire assembly, and in particular the esteemed philanthropist R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer. The event concluded at about 11:40. On the way out the Rebbe shlit"a thanked the esteemed philanthropist R' Michel Rosenberg, the owner of the elegant hotel, who is also the owner of the "Crown" hotel in Connecticut, where several groups of chassidic Jews from New York travel to hold a "Shabbos gathering." (He had installed a kosher mikvah in the hotel in Connecticut at the personal request of the Rebbe shlit"a.) The Rebbe bestowed abundant blessings upon him, and traveled back to the residence.

Later the Rebbe shlit"a went on a visit to the family of R' Shmuel Binyamin Sofer z"l. A delightful conversation took place about the history of Montreal in earlier times, about the Shabbos customs of the Chasam Sofer zt"l and the customs of the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing upon all the members of the family, and especially upon the donor of the sefer Torah, R' Yaakov Zusman, and his mother tichye. The Rebbe then traveled back to the residence.

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Report on the Exalted Visit and Holy Journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to Montreal, Canada - Part 7

Monday, Parshas Toldos

At about 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis in the great beis medrash, together with the rabbanim and the learners of our kollel.

At the Torah reading, the oleh for Kohen was R' Yoel Kohn, Levi: R' Leibush ben R' Chaim Levi, Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a, Hagbah: HaRav HaChassid R' Yitzchak Frankel, Gelilah: R' Hershel Klein.

After davening, a "Pas Shacharis" gathering was held in the host residence for the kollel's administration and the heads of the chaburos. The kollel director, HaGaon Rabbi Yudel Stern shlit"a, spoke and expressed praise for the kollel's administration, who give of themselves for the success of the kollel, both materially and spiritually. The kollel askanim informed the Rebbe that, in light of the Rebbe's holy call to open a morning kollel for Torah learning during the early morning hours, the distinguished philanthropist R' Yaakov Zussman Sofer had undertaken the expenses of the kollel in memory of his father, HaRav HaChassid R' Shmuel Binyamin a"h. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessings, and afterwards distributed a leather siddur with his handwritten inscription to the heads of the chaburos and the kollel administration.

At about 1:15 in the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the kollel avreichim in the hall of our great beis medrash. The Rebbe walked around among the learners and looked over their studies with great satisfaction. Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held, at which the Rebbe delivered a shiur on the topic of "ed echad ne'eman be'issurin," which is currently being learned in the kollel, and then continued with words of guidance to the kollel men. Among other things he spoke about rising to learn before davening in the early morning, and praised the heartwarming news that, in the spirit of "before they call, I will answer," there is already a donor for the new morning kollel.

After the words of Torah, the Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the rabbanim and learners of the kollel well. It concluded at about 2:15.

On his way out, the Rebbe shlit"a went down to the lowest floor of the beis medrash, accompanied by HaRav HaChassid R' Avrohom Meir Wertzberger, a mainstay of our holy kehilla. The Rebbe looked around at the spacious "Heichal HaTorah" and the magnificent mikvah.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the home of the philanthropist R' Mechil Rosenberg, who gave over his property to erect the huge tent for the elevated tishen and gatherings. There R' Mechil showed the Rebbe various historical manuscripts of the Noda BiYehuda and others, which the Rebbe examined for an extended time, and he presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a leather set of freshly printed Chiddushei Noda BiYehuda. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessings.

In the afternoon, bochurim of Yeshiva Ketana Skver Montreal came over to the host residence as a group. The Rebbe tested the bochurim on their studies, gave the bochurim a talk, and bestowed from his holy blessings.
Later, the older classes of Talmud Torah Skver Montreal came over. The children came to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe delivered words of guidance and blessing.

At about 4:20 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the host residence.
After Mincha, HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yonason Binyamin Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Montreal, came for a return visit. A conversation developed in words of Torah and Chassidus, and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessings.

At about 5:15 the times of entry to the Rebbe's room began for the members of the Montreal community, who entered according to a pre-arranged schedule, and it continued until about 8:30.

During the entry times, the Wiznitz Montreal Rebbe shlit"a came for a return visit. A pleasant conversation developed about stories of tzaddikim, and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessings.
After the entry times, a meeting of the administration of our holy kehilla in Montreal was held in the host residence, at which various matters were discussed concerning the avreichim's association, the role of the gabbaim in the beis medrash, the morei hora'ah, and the opening of the beis horaah, as well as other matters concerning the future of our holy kehilla. The Rebbe shlit"a gave various directives and guidance, and bestowed from his holy blessings.

Afterwards a small meeting was held with the morei hora'ah, whom the Rebbe shlit"a appointed to serve in holiness and to rule "the word of Hashem, this is the halacha" in the new beis horaah of our holy kehilla, under the supervision of the Rav and Dayan of our kehilla shlit"a.
The distinguished talmidei chachamim, God-fearing and among the finest of our holy kehilla, are HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Asher Fischer shlit"a, HaGaon Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margulies shlit"a, and HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Elazar Hirshfeld shlit"a.
The Rebbe shlit"a gave various directives and guidance and bestowed his holy blessing upon the new dayanim shlit"a.

Before leaving the host residence, the Rebbe shlit"a thanked the host, the distinguished philanthropist R' Moshe Yeshaya Wertzberger of Eretz Yisroel, and his family, and warmly wished them abundant blessings.

At about 9:10 the Rebbe shlit"a left the host residence on the way to the airport, accompanied with song and music by the members of the Montreal community, who bade a difficult farewell, taking with them the uplifting days full of chizuk and guidance, which will be remembered for a long time and will accompany the members of the Montreal community.

On the way to the airport the Rebbe shlit"a stopped at the office of the philanthropist R' Yoel Yuda Rubinfeld (of Williamsburg), where the Rebbe affixed a mezuzah. Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held. R' Yoel Yuda spoke, and the Rebbe delivered brief words of guidance to the workers, drank a lechayim, and bestowed from his holy blessings.

At about 9:50 the Rebbe set out on the way to YUL airport, arriving at about 10:05, and at about 10:25 the private plane took off on the way to Teterboro airport.
At about 11:15 the plane landed, and after a few minutes the Rebbe davened Maariv at the airport.
At about 11:50 the Rebbe set out for his holy residence in Kiryas Joel, arriving at about 12:30, where the Rebbe was awaited with song and music.

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

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