Friday, Erev Shabbos, Parshas Emor — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 9:30, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Williamsburg for Shacharis, together with the talmidim of the 6 yeshivos ketanos and the talmidim of the 9th-grade mechina l'yeshiva.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on his grandson, the bar mitzvah boy R' Yekusiel Yehuda ני"ו, son of HaRav HaGaon R' Yoel HaKohen Glantz shlit"a, and afterwards wound the straps on his arm.

After davening, a lechayim gathering was held in honor of the occasion and in honor of Pesach Sheni, and several nigunim were sung in honor of the occasion.
The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim, bestowed his holy blessings, and delivered words of holy Torah in honor of his grandson's first putting on of tefillin, and at the end spoke words of guidance to the bochurim in their bochur years.
After the holy address, they continued singing Chasal Siddur Pesach in honor of Pesach Sheni. It ended at about 11:25.

At his holy residence, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for a proper seudah in honor of Pesach Sheni. Matzos, knaidlach and Pesach foods were served as is customary, and a pleasant conversation unfolded about the customs of Pesach Sheni, regarding when the custom is to hold the seudah in honor of the day: at the time of the offering of the Korban Pesach, which is the afternoon of the 14th, or at the time of eating the Korban Pesach, the night of the 15th. The custom of the Rebbes zt"l was to hold it on the 14th, after midday.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein.
A few minutes before midday, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a traveled back to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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