Thursday, Parshas Shoftim, 1 Elul — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Zalman Leib Schonfeld, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Branch Birech Moshe. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Wiesel.
The Rebbe shlit"a proceeded to Hallel, and during the Torah reading was called up as the fourth aliyah. After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in his private room.

At around 1:00, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the ceremony of pouring the foundations and lechayim gathering at our beis medrash at 68 Dolak — the 'Zera Kodesh' neighborhood in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe poured the foundations and honored his brother-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash, and his brother-in-law, the Rav of the Even Tzedek beis medrash shlit"a, chairman of the Kiryas Joel mikvah committee, to pour as well, along with the leaders of the kehilla, askanim and residents of the neighborhood.
Afterward, a lechayim gathering took place in the beis medrash hall. A niggun was sung in honor of the occasion, with R' Dovid Eckstein of Eretz Yisroel performing. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the entire gathering well, delivered words of Torah and chizuk about the importance of going to the mikvah, spoke in praise of the beis medrash, and concluded with his holy blessing.

On the way out, the Rebbe looked over the large area where the new and magnificent building for the beis medrash will be built. They finished at around 1:30.

From there, the Rebbe shlit"a went to our beis medrash 'Beis Shmuel' in the Divrei Chaim neighborhood. The Rebbe toured the entire beis medrash, viewed the ongoing construction to double the size of the beis medrash and mikvah, and heard a report on the future plans.

From there, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the mikvah taharah being built in the neighborhood. The Rebbe went in to look around and heard a report from the askanim about the further plans.

From there, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the Claw development in the Divrei Chaim neighborhood, where several hundred apartments are being built. The Rebbe looked around and heard a report on the plans for this project and various other projects in the neighborhood from R' Yitzchak Eckstein, one of the leading askanim of the Beis Shmuel beis medrash and a leader of the Village of Bloomingrove, and R' Zusha Gelb.

At around 2:15, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Heichal Yeshiva Gedolah, Branch Etz Chaim, Shiur 3, in the Radoshitz beis medrash on Friland Street, where the Rebbe extended his holy tish in honor of Rosh Chodesh. During the seudah, niggunim of Rosh Chodesh and of the Yamim Noraim were sung. Various questions relevant to bochurim during the Yamim Noraim were also discussed, as well as various customs when visiting the kevarim of tzaddikim, in connection with their upcoming trip to the holy places in Europe. The Rebbe answered everything with sound reasoning and insight.

The Rebbe honored the yeshiva students with leading Borchi Nafshi, and then delivered brief words of Torah and a blessing to the bochurim.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored the menahel, HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Aharon Zabel shlit"a. They finished at around 3:40.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Baruch Meir Broder - R' Shimon Yitzchak Filipf, at Kinor Dovid Hall.

Yechidus hours at the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Court were from around 7:30 until 12:10 at night.

During the yechidus hours, the siyum of writing the letters took place for the Sefer Torah being written by R' Yaakov Yitzchak Stohl, which will be brought in this coming Sunday, Ki Seitzei, at the Ohel Feiga beis medrash. The Rebbe wrote in the letters, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessings.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in his holy home's tenaim room for the following mechutanim:
R' Moshe Shlomo Kalish (Monsey) - R' Baruch Yehuda Dresdner.
R' Shlomo Berzel HaKohen Glick (Williamsburg) - R' Yehoshua Ber Schwartz.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 8:30 and Maariv at around 12:10.

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