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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