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

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yosef Zwibel, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Birach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Berl Zabel.
The bochur Yeshaya Greenfeld (Williamsburg).
The bochur Yekusiel Yitzchak Frankel (Williamsburg).
The bochur Asaf Wahlberg (Boro Park).
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he delivered the weekly shiur on the sugya in the yeshiva's shiurim, leaving the bochurim with a question on the sugya before departing for Palm Springs, California, to pray at a resting place of the departed, today, Sunday, Parshas Shemos. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

At around 1:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our great beis medrash "Beis Shmuel" in the Bloomingrove neighborhood, for the ceremony of pouring the foundations for the new mikvah.
First the Rebbe entered the main hall of the beis medrash, accompanied by HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, rav of our kehilla in Bloomingrove, and R' Yitzchak Eckstein, one of the leading askanim of Bloomingrove and our holy kehilla, where the Rebbe reviewed the expansion of the sacred space in the new hall of the beis medrash.
Then the Rebbe went down and returned to the new mikvah and poured the foundations, and afterwards honored the HaGaon, rav of our kehilla in Bloomingrove shlit"a, and the HaGaon, rav of the Avnei Tzedek beis medrash shlit"a, chairman of the Committee for Mikvah Affairs under the Beis Horaah of Kiryas Joel, the local rabbonim, the mikvah's donors, the askanim and the residents of the neighborhood. Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash, at which the HaGaon, rav of our kehilla in Bloomingrove shlit"a spoke. The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the entire gathering, and then delivered holy words about the importance of building a mikvah, concluding with a blessing. It ended at around 2:05.
Then the Rebbe traveled to the Dallas area, where the leadership of our holy kehilla purchased a plot on which a new beis medrash will be built for the area.

At around 5:20 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha in his home.

At around 7:00 the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the halls of Keren V'Yoel Moshe, where the Leil HaSTa"M event took place, for the first time a "Great Gathering for All Matters of STa"M" arranged by the Committee for STa"M Matters under the Beis Horaah. The Rebbe toured with HaRav R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a, director of Mivtzar HaKollelim, who led the event, and looked around at all the exhibits for an extended time, among them the display of mezuzos written by nearly 50 expert Kiryas Joel sofrim, leather processing, invalid mezuzos, ordering mezuzos, checking of tefillin and mezuzos, and more. The Rebbe spoke with the rabbonim, sofrim and askanim, showed several invalid mezuzos, and bestowed his holy blessings.

From there at around 7:30 the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Beis Rochel building, Binyan Hirsch, G.B. Landau, where the diligent learners of "Ratz LaMishna" learn. The Rebbe walked among the tables, observed the learning with great satisfaction, and bestowed his holy blessings.

Yechidus hours were from around 7:45 until 1:30 at night, in the Rebbe's home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his home for the mechutanim R' Lipa Samet shlit"a and R' Yoel Shmaya.

During the yechidus hours, over a hundred kollel avreichim entered a private audience and presented the Rebbe shlit"a with larger donations for the mikvah taharah in Kiryas Joel that is now being rebuilt, in response to the holy call of the Rebbe last week during his visit to Heichal Mivtzar HaKollelim.

Also entering a private audience was the leadership of our holy kehilla in Bloomingrove, headed by the HaGaon, rav of our kehilla in Bloomingrove shlit"a, together with the heads of our holy kehilla and the members of the Kiryas Joel neighborhood committees, on the occasion of the purchase of a huge plot for our new beis medrash in the Dallas neighborhood in Bloomingrove. They asked about various plans and options, and the Rebbe spoke words of chizuk and guidance to our chassidim, residents of Bloomingrove, and bestowed his holy blessings.
The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 11:40, and afterwards continued receiving the public.
After the yechidus hours, at 1:30, the askanim of the Tzedek organization entered a private audience, headed by the askan R' Moshe Margreten, and presented a report on the full range of activities for the benefit of our brethren living in darkness and the shadow of death. They asked the Rebbe's holy opinion on various matters, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

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