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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