Monday, Parshas Re'eh — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning after the mikvah, a bris for a newborn son took place for R' Elimelech Bash, in the home of his father-in-law, HaRav R' Aharon Shaul Sandel, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

Afterward, at around 9:30, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a set out on the annual visit to the summer camps of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg and Boro Park.

At around 10:20 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the "Bochurim Camp," Machaneh Rav Tuv in Swan Lake. The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the hundreds of talmidim of the mechina class of the yeshiva, 9th grade, from Williamsburg and Boro Park, and the Rebbe put on tefillin in the beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Shlomo Aharon Friedman.
Baal tefillah: the bochur Yoel Refael Knapfler (Boro Park); Pesicha: HaGaon R' Yehuda Ber Teller shlit"a, principal of the 9th grade in Williamsburg; Baal koreh: the bochur Yitzchak Teitelbaum (Williamsburg); Kohen: HaGaon R' Akiva Yosef Kahana shlit"a, principal of the 9th grade in Boro Park; Levi: Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Friedman shlit"a (Williamsburg); Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a; Hagbah: Rabbi Avrohom Meir Altman shlit"a (Boro Park); Gelilah: the bochur, son of Rabbi Yoel Stern shlit"a (Williamsburg).

At around 1:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the batei medrash where the bochurim learn. The Rebbe looked around with great nachas, walking among the tables and testing the bochurim on their learning, first in the beis medrash of the 9th grade talmidim of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg, under the direction of HaGaon R' Yehuda Ber Teller shlit"a, and then in the beis medrash of the 9th grade talmidim of our holy mosdos in Boro Park, under the direction of HaGaon R' Akiva Yosef Kahana shlit"a.

On the way, the campers waited and sang a niggun, and the Rebbe distributed candies to the children. Afterward a lechayim gathering took place with the bochurim in the main beis medrash. Rhymes were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim, wished the bochurim well, and delivered words of Torah, first with a discourse on the sugya the bochurim are learning in Maseches Kiddushin, and then spoke words of guidance about love of Torah. He urged them to be careful to go to the mikvah every day, not to engage in idle talk while wearing tefillin, and not to touch any vessels, and concluded with a blessing for the rebbeim and for all the bochurim.
It concluded at around 2:20.

From there, at around 2:30, the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to the "Boys Camp," Machaneh Rav Tuv in Monticello. The Rebbe went up to the batei medrash of the older grades: the branch of Rabbi Yoel Stern shlit"a, the branch of Rabbi Yoel Meir Friedman shlit"a, the branch of Rabbi Zerach Shapira shlit"a, and the branch of Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Green shlit"a. He spent a lengthy time walking among the children, looking over the learning with great nachas and testing the children.

Afterward the Rebbe went up to the dining hall, where a bris for a newborn son took place for R' Yitzchak Meir Lichtenstein, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

Afterward all the children gathered in the dining hall for a welcoming ceremony.
The children welcomed the Rebbe with song and music, and then sang warm rhymes in honor of the occasion. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the children well, and then delivered words of Torah with words of mussar and chizuk. Afterward the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the rebbeim to hand out to all the children.

While in camp, the Rebbe greeted the grandchildren among the campers and gave them money bags, following the custom of his father, the Rebbe zt"l, zy"a.
It concluded at around 4:30, and the Rebbe left the camp, driving through the children as they stood lined up on both sides of the camp.

At around 4:45 the Rebbe arrived at Camp Beis Rochel in South Fallsburg, where the Rebbe drove to the "Shaarei Shalva" building, where all the Beis Rochel girls were gathered. The Rebbe greeted the camp administration, went up to the stage, delivered words of Torah and guidance to the girls, and concluded with his holy blessing.
At around 5:00 the Rebbe left the camp on the way home to his residence in Kiryas Joel.
In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Meir Mordechai Budek - Rabbi Elazar Rubinfeld shlit"a, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yaakov Yisroel Katina - R' Meir Strulovitch, at Beis Rochel Paradise hall.
R' Dovid Weiss (Monsey) - R' Lipa Rosenfeld, at Ginas Klein hall.

Yechidus hours were from around 8:00 until 12:15 at night, at the Rebbe's residence on Ohel Court.
The Rebbe davened Mincha at 8:00.

During yechidus hours, the Rebbe received a visit from the HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Chiviv, shlit"a. A pleasant conversation took place and the Rebbe bestowed his blessings.
Also visiting was HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Moshe Menachem Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of our holy kehilla in London, who is currently staying in New York for the next few weeks. A pleasant conversation took place about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness of our holy kehilla in London. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his blessing.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall at his residence for the following mechutanim:
R' Chaim Hersh Schwartz - R' Zalman Leib Felberbaum.
R' Binyamin Cohen - R' Avrohom Schonbrun.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:15.

At his residence on Zanz Court, a lechayim gathering took place in honor of the shidduch between the mechutanim HaRav R' Yisroel Simcha Landau and HaRav R' Elchanan Taub.

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