Night of the Second Day of Chanukah, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At the time of Rabbeinu Tam, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv in his holy home. Before Maariv, the bochur Wolf son of R' Yoel Stein lit the menorah.

At around 9:10, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the hechal of the Great Beis Medrash in Kiryas Joel for the lighting of the Chanukah candles, amid a large crowd, with the splendor of a king. The Rebbe poured in the oil and recited the blessings with holy fervor.
Afterwards the Rebbe recited the zemiros, and inspiring nigunim were sung, and the choir sang the piyutim as customary.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah discourse of drush and pilpul on the sugya in Maseches Shabbos of "kivsa zokuk lah," and then continued with words of aggadah, explaining that the Chanukah light imparts wisdom of the Torah, through whose study all good blessings in material matters come down, and concluded with his holy blessings.

After the discourse, the Rebbe of the Yishmach Moshe Beis Medrash, the chairman of the Beis Medrash, shlit"a, greeted the Rebbe after returning from Eretz Yisroel, where he had stayed among our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak on 21 Kislev and Shabbos Kodesh. The Rebbe listened with great nachas to a report of the growth and great success among our holy kehilla and its mosdos.
Afterwards the singing of nigunim continued; the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings. It concluded at around 10:30.


Tuesday, Parshas Miketz, Second Day of Chanukah

In the morning, before Shacharis, the bris of a newborn son took place at the home of the prominent askan R' Avrohom Yosha Glanz, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the talmidim of Mesivta, Etz Chaim branch, third-year class, in Beis Medrash Yirei Hashem in the Smith Farm neighborhood in the Kiryas Joel area.
The Rebbe approached Hallel with great hisoreros, and during the Torah reading was called up as Shlishi.

After davening, the Rebbe went over to visit HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Friedman shlit"a, rabbi of the beis medrash and rebbe in the mesivta. A pleasant conversation developed; the Rebbe drank a lechayim and shared his holy blessings.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 5:10 in his holy home in Kiryas Joel.

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