Sunday, Parshas Chukas-Balak — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Yitzchak Levy.
The bochur Shlomo Nosson Nate Markowitz.
The bochur Yoel Berish Wertheimer.
The bochur Yoel Neustadt.
The bochur Avrohom Yaakov Weinberger.
The bochur Yoel Dana.
After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim portion, up to chapter 17, verse 15, after which a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the late morning, at around 1:30, the Rebbe shlit"a set out on the way to Monsey for the Chumash seudah of the first-grade students of our holy mosdos, which took place in the new Beis Rochel building, the 'Neustadt Building' on Cherry Lane.

The Rebbe arrived at the gathering at around 2:00. HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, continued with the address, and the children sang rhymes in honor of the occasion, and the Rebbe distributed a gift of a Sefer Tehillim to all the children.
The Rebbe shlit"a drank a lechayim, blessed the children's parents and grandfathers, and spoke words of kodesh.

Afterwards, the Rebbe entered a side room and distributed holy coins to the students of the mosdos who had brought in larger sums for the benefit of the mosdos during the recent days of Purim.

Afterwards, a signing of pledges took place, where R' Yitzchak Eizik Wiesel and his son R' Moshe Aryeh purchased a classroom in the new Talmud Torah building of our holy mosdos in Monsey. The Rebbe signed the pledges together with the donors, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessings.
It concluded at around 2:45.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to Camp Rav Tov in Monticello for the 'affixing of the mezuzah' ceremony for the fourth new Talmud Torah building with twelve new classrooms. The Rebbe arrived at 3:45 and greeted the camp's administration, and walked around to view the camp, all the new facilities, and the expansion of the holy grounds.
The Rebbe looked in on the classrooms and affixed a mezuzah on one of them. Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place, at which R' Meir Mordechai Berkowitz spoke. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings. Then R' Meir Mordechai called upon the distinguished donors to come and sign the pledges with the Rebbe shlit"a.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to Camp Beis Rochel in South Fallsburg for the 'dedication and affixing of the mezuzah' ceremony for the new huge dormitory building that will accommodate over four hundred girls. The Rebbe walked through the entire building for an extended time accompanied by R' Meir Hirsch, a member of the camp's administration, and in the course of this related recollections of the holy Divrei Yoel zy"a during his visits to the camp.
On the way out, the Rebbe affixed a mezuzah with a blessing at the main entrance. Then the Rebbe went over to the camp's beis medrash, where a lechayim gathering took place. HaRav Eli Shlomo Kohn shlit"a, director of Beis Rochel, and R' Meir Hirsch spoke.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and spoke words of kodesh, saying that one must see to it that during the summer weeks nothing of Yiddishkeit is neglected. He spoke in praise of the camp's administration, who spare no great expense to provide everything for the girls, both physically and spiritually. He expressed the joy of renewing a new building, saying that this was already the third simcha today: there had been a Chumash seudah in Monsey for the small children, a dedication for the older children in the boys' camp, and now a dedication of a building for the girls. He also spoke about the strong efforts the holy Divrei Yoel zy"a invested in the chinuch of girls, and concluded with his holy blessing.

Afterwards, the Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, the Chaver Beis Din HaGaon HaTzaddik, spoke. It concluded at around 5:45.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a drove to the new magnificent eyewear store in South Fallsburg, owned by R' Moshe Eliezer Landau and his partner R' Yosef Eliyahu Oppenheim. The Rebbe looked around the business and drank a lechayim. A pleasant conversation developed in which the Rebbe related various stories about the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a, and he bestowed his holy blessings on the owners.
At around 6:10 the Rebbe set out for home, his residence Naveh Kodesh in Kiryas Joel.
In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
R' Yoel Berish Friedman – R' Elchanan Taub, at Kinor David hall.
R' Dovid Leibish Jakobowitz – R' Simcha Katz, at Beis Rochel Paradise hall.

After the chuppahs, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the home of R' Chaim Tager for a return visit to the Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place; the Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rebbe with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went to the halls of Fillmore Gardens, where the siyum HaShas of the Ezras HaTorah group of our holy kehilla took place. HaRav Yoel Weinberger shlit"a, director of Kevias Itim, spoke. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and spoke words of blessing to those completing the group and to all the new participants beginning to learn in the group.

Entry hours to the Rebbe's room were from around 9:00 until 12:50, in his residence Naveh Kodesh on Ohel Court.
The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 9:00.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his residence Naveh Kodesh for the mechutanim R' Yitzchak Dovid Schwartz – R' Shlomo Elazar Berkowitz.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:50.

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