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

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Avrohom Yehoshua Herskowitz, at which the Rebbe was sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yaakov Mordechai Landau.
The son of Yoel Dovid Dresdner.

After davening, the simcha of the bris milah of the Rebbe's grandson took place, the son of Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel Rokeach shlit"a, son of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Kerestir shlit"a and son-in-law of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.
The Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandekaos and the mohel's role; the standing sandek was the Gaon Av Beis Din of Kerestir shlit"a.
Blessings: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Beis Aharon shlit"a. "V'yikarei shemo b'Yisroel" — 'Elazar', after his grandfather the Gaon of Kiviashd zt"l.

After the bris, the congregation came over to wish the Rebbe mazel tov, and the Rebbe went into his private room, where a lechayim was held for the bar mitzvah bochurim.

After a few minutes, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the seudas bris milah in the main hall of the beis medrash. During the seudah, the father of the baby, Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel Rokeach shlit"a, the grandfathers, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Kerestir shlit"a and the Gaon Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, and the great-grandfather, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Beis Aharon shlit"a, spoke.
The Rebbe honored his grandson Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a with "Yom Libeshah." The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah on the topic of bris milah and concluded with his holy blessings.
Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe honored his son, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, and the family members were honored with the Harachaman's. It ended at around 1:15.

Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the home of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a in the Vyoel Moshe neighborhood, where the Rebbe extended good wishes to the new mothers. On the way out, the Rebbe inquired about and looked over the expansion of the holy borders in the neighborhood.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Beirach Moshe branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Avrohom Azriel Gutman (Monsey) - R' Yoel Berach Rubin, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Mordechai Yehuda Schwartz - R' Dovid Yehuda Friedman, at Beis Rochel Paradise hall.

Entry times for yechidus were from around 8:10 until 10:00 at night at his holy residence on Ohel Street.
The Rebbe davened Mincha at 8:10.

After the entry times, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek for the tenaim simcha in our holy courts. The kallah is the daughter of the Gaon Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, and the chasan is the outstanding young man Rabbi Elchanan Chaim shlit"a, son of HaRav R' Tzvi Hirsch Meisels shlit"a, rav of our beis medrash Beis Nachum Dov in Williamsburg, son of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a and son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Leibush Teitelbaum zt"l, dayan of Kiryas Joel Moshe.
The mechutanim shlit"a spoke, as well as the grandfather, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a.
The kabbalas kinyan was made, and the Rebbe honored his brother-in-law, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, with reading the tenaim. The witnesses to the tenaim were: R' Shlomo Dovid Greenfeld and R' Yisroel Boruch Herskowitz. The guarantor on behalf of the chasan: the Gaon R' Moshe Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel Binyomin. The guarantor on behalf of the kallah: Rabbi Mordechai Horowitz shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah, saying that by establishing a Jewish home in which the Aibershter is joined, one transforms "vei" into "tov." He spoke about the significance of the shidduch, as the chasan and kallah are both grandchildren of his father, the holy Rebbe zy"a, and concluded with abundant blessings for the chasan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire congregation.

After the words of Torah, the Rebbe drank a lechayim and extended good wishes to the entire congregation. They continued with joyous songs and the Rebbe stood up and danced. On the way out, the Rebbe extended good wishes to the kallah and to the sister, the Rebbetzin of Montreal tlita. It ended at around 11:00.

Upon arriving home at his holy residence, the Rebbe davened Maariv. The Rebbe lit 5 candles and went up to the amud on the occasion of the hilula kadisha of his ancestor, the holy Rebbe R' Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a.

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