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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Chaim Bentzion Liberman.
The bochur Chaim Yaakov Mordechai Zufnik.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he learned a shiur on a sugya from the shiurim of the yeshiva, after which a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 6:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

At around 7:15 the Rebbe shlit"a set out on the way to Williamsburg. Upon arrival, the Rebbe paid a condolence call to the family of R' Avrohom Yitzchak Franzoys on the passing of his wife a"h.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at the time of Rabbeinu Tam, at around 9:10, in the Heichal HaTorah on the Rispler floor of our great beis medrash. The baal tefillah was R' Dovid Hersh Mertz. After Maariv the Rebbe counted Sefirah before the amud.

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for the bar mitzvah simcha of his oldest grandson, the bochur HaRav Yekusiel Yehuda, son of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel HaKohen Glantz shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla, son-in-law of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a. Crowds of people filled our great beis medrash in Williamsburg.
The Rebbe washed for the seudah, and after the fish he wished a lechayim to the bar mitzvah bochur, the grandfathers, and the entire assembled crowd. During the seudah, several joyous nigunim of praise and thanksgiving were sung, as well as nigunim of Pesach.
Before the fish, the bar mitzvah bochur made a siyum on the six orders of Mishnah, and the grandfather, the Tzaddik Rabbi Yechezkel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, recited the Kaddish D'Rabbanan.
Speaking were the elder grandfather, the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, the grandfathers, the Gaon and Tzaddik of Bardiov shlit"a and the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, and the father of the bar mitzvah, HaGaon Rabbi Yoel shlit"a.
After the meat course, the bar mitzvah bochur delivered the pshetl, after which the students of the ninth grade class sang rhymes in honor of the occasion.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered divrei Torah, first a beautiful drush in honor of Pesach Sheni, saying, "Pesach Sheni is actually tomorrow, when the Korban Pesach was brought, but divrei Torah one can already say in honor of Pesach Sheni." He then said words of aggadah in honor of the bar mitzvah, and in doing so expressed his heartfelt emotions, "Shehechiyanu v'kiyemanu v'higianu lazman hazeh," that Hashem granted the merit to participate in the bar mitzvah of a fourth generation. He quoted from his ancestor, the holy Yismach Moshe zy"a, that "whoever sees this in words of Torah," meaning that when three generations learn Torah together, they merit the blessing of "They shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children's children, from now and forever," and this gives the strength to battle the yetzer hara. With moving emotion, the Rebbe recalled the words of Torah that his father, the holy Rebbe zy"a, said at his own (the Rebbe shlit"a's) bar mitzvah sixty years ago, on the verse "I never imagined seeing your face, and behold, Hashem has shown me even your children," that "has shown me" means that one sees oneself reflected in the children, seeing the children follow in the ways of their forefathers. He offered words of song and praise to Hashem for granting the opportunity to live to see such a simcha, and concluded with words of guidance for the bar mitzvah bochur, that becoming a great Torah scholar comes only through hard work. He then gave a blessing to the distinguished grandfathers and to the entire assembled crowd.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored the bar mitzvah bochur as is customary. The simcha concluded at around 11:30, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home in Williamsburg.

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