Sunday, Parshas Yisro — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Dovid Leibush Yakobovitch, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
The son of HaRav R' Binyamin Zev Fuchs shlit"a.
The bochur Shlomo Zalman Moskovitch.
The bochur Meir Yehuda Aryeh Singer (of Boro Park).

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 15, verse 2. Afterwards, a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room, and several bochurim went in to Kodesh Kodashim to give answers to the question that the Rebbe had left over in the yeshiva before leaving, for the elevation of the soul. Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a telephoned to comfort the mourner, HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Shmuel Brandsdorfer shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of Toldos Aharon in Beit Shemesh and a member of the Badatz Eida HaChareidis in the holy city of Yerushalayim, on the passing of his wife, the Rebbetzin a"h.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe shlit"a was on his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse.

In the afternoon at around 5:50, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
HaRav R' Yoel Gandel shlit"a - HaRav R' Yaakov Shalom Weiss shlit"a, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yoel Katz, of Boro Park - R' Elazar Klein, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 8:20 in his holy home at the Ohel Court, after which there was time for entry to Kodesh Kodashim until around 9:15.
Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
HaRav HaGaon R' Avrohom Yekusiel Yehuda Gross shlit"a (of Boro Park) - HaRav HaGaon R' Yehuda Greenfeld shlit"a.
R' Asher Weiss - R' Yisroel Friedman.

At around 9:30, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the main beis medrash for the pure tish and lechayim gathering in honor of Tu B'Shevat, which was held in a most elevated manner in the presence of thousands of anash. The main beis medrash was filled from end to end, and the central table was beautifully laid out with fruit trees in honor of Tu B'Shevat.

During the tish, many stirring and joyous melodies were sung.
The Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim and wished the public lechayim, to thousands, and then delivered the first words of Torah with powerful words of chizuk: one must learn from a tree. In the middle of winter, one sees nothing from the outside, yet Tu B'Shevat is the Rosh Hashana for trees because from within it has received sap. The same is true of a person: even from the outside he looks like an ordinary person, yet it is said that on the inside he has changed and become better.

The stirring melodies continued, and fruit was brought up. The Rebbe made the blessing on the fruit of a tree on a date and tasted from the esrog. Afterwards, "Ilan" was sung, composed by HaRav R' Yehoshua Mandelovitch, of Boro Park, and the boy Lipa Friedman sang the verses for "Ilan".
Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a delivered Torah a second time with longer words of aggadah in honor of the day, and brought out that Tu B'Shevat is an auspicious time for Torah and for praying for upright children, and concluded with abundant blessings.

Afterwards, fruits of all the Seven Species were brought up, and the Rebbe tasted from the pomegranates, and fruit was distributed to the entire public. It concluded at around 11:15.

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