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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis together with the older talmidim of our holy mosdos in Monsey, in the gigantic new Talmud Torah building, the 'Binyan Moshe Chaim Goldstein.'
Upon arrival, the Rebbe greeted the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, and the mosdos administration. The Rebbe went into the beis medrash and walked around between the tables, looking around with great nachas at the learning.

Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The son of HaGaon R' Aharon Yaakov Kohn shlit"a.
The son of R' Moshe Yosef Ashkenazi shlit"a.
The bochur Shmuel Zanvil Wertheimer, director of the mosdos.

Aliyos: Kohen: HaGaon R' Aharon Yaakov Kohn shlit"a. Levi: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a. Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: R' Aharon Yekusiel Berkowitz shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Moshe Yosef Ashkenazi shlit"a.

A short time after davening, the 'Maamad Pesichas She'arim' took place. The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the door of the beis medrash, and honored with affixing a mezuzah the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, the benefactor of the building, R' Moshe Goldstein, and the director of the mosdos, R' Shmuel Zanvil Wertheimer.
Afterwards, the lechayim celebration took place together with the more than one thousand talmidim of the mosdos. The children sang several nigunim, and the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a spoke, and the children continued singing beautiful rhymes in honor of the occasion.

The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly blessed the benefactor of the building and his family, the Rav, the mosdos administration, the melamdim, and all the children. The Rebbe delivered a dvar Torah, first beginning with a tefillah for our brethren, the Jews living in Eretz Yisroel who are in distress: 'May Hashem have mercy on them, guard them and save them from every trouble and distress wherever they are.' The Rebbe spoke with joy about the inauguration of such a large and magnificent building that will educate thousands of children over the years, and gave guidance to the children. He spoke in praise of the esteemed benefactor of the building, R' Moshe, and in praise of the mosdos administration, especially the devoted director of the mosdos, R' Shmuel Zanvil, who stands at the head of the mosdos with wondrous mesirus nefesh and erected this mighty and magnificent building in such a short time, in a manner beyond the natural order, in addition to the other buildings of Beis Rachel that were built and are currently being built. He also praised our holy kehilla in Monsey, headed by the Rav shlit"a, who is renowned for praise throughout the city, and concluded with abundant blessings.

After the dvar Torah, HaGaon R' Yaakov Weiss shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our holy kehilla, called up the esteemed benefactor, who recited a moving Shehechiyanu, dressed in Shabbos clothing. Afterwards the Rebbe broke out in a festive dance for an extended time, after which the benefactor spoke a few words in honor of the occasion. It ended at around 1:15.

After the maamad, the Rebbe went into his private room, where the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the talmidim of the mosdos who had brought in larger sums, and bestowed his holy blessings.

Afterwards, the Rebbe walked through the forty classrooms in the Talmud Torah that are already in use, looking around at the learning.

At around 2:00 the Rebbe shlit"a left the building while over a thousand talmidim stood in lines and accompanied the Rebbe with song and music.

From there the Rebbe went to be menachem avel by the yungerman R' Yitzchak Naftali Spitzer on the loss of his son a"h.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 6:50 and Maariv at around 7:55 in the Buczacz beis medrash. Between Mincha and Maariv there were times of entry for members of the kehilla in the private room.

After Maariv, a group of bochurim from Zion, talmidim of the yeshiva ketana, Maayan HaTorah branch of Boro Park, headed by R' Yisroel Yitzchak Singer shlit"a, entered the Rebbe's room. The Rebbe tested the bochurim on Maseches Gittin for an extended time, and then distributed a set of Toras Moshe to all the bochurim.

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