Monday, Parshas Lech Lecha — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shlomo Aharon Sofer, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Eliezer Yoel Rosenberg.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening he reviewed the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 18, verse 21. The yeshiva talmidim went over to greet the Rebbe on the occasion of the start of the new zman, and a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room. Afterward, the Rebbe distributed a Tehillim as a gift to all the bochurim who had brought in larger sums for the Kupas Zichron Moshe for the holy mosdos in Eretz Yisroel.

At about 1:15 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Mivtzar HaKollelim building for the inauguration of the new, magnificent heichal on the top floor of the building. The Rebbe first walked through all four floors and circulated among the nearly one thousand kollel rabbanim, looking over their learning with great nachas, and in the meantime heard a report from the kollel's director, HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a.
The Rebbe then went down to the new heichal, where he affixed the mezuzah on the main entrance. A lechayim gathering was then held in the new heichal, with several niggunim being sung. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the roshei and learners of the kollel and the kollel's administration well. He delivered holy words, aggadic thoughts on the parsha, continued with praise of the kollel learners, words of guidance and more, and concluded with abundant blessings for the roshei and learners of the kollel, and especially for the kollel's administration, who established the new floor and for their holy work throughout the year. The Rebbe particularly singled out R' Moshe Goldstein, who is both a philanthropist and an askan in raising large sums of money.

The gathering continued with several more niggunim, and ended at about 2:00.

In the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Divrei Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the yeshiva talmidim in his private room. At about 6:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
HaRav Yosef Amram Markowitz shlit"a - R' Yosef Leib Kaufman, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Moshe Mendel Wertheimer - R' Yitzchak Yaakov Katz, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

Yechidus hours were from about 8:15 until 12:00 at night, in his holy home on Uhel Ct.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim gathering in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
HaRav Avigdor Herskowitz shlit"a - R' Yekusiel Yisroel Fried.
R' Yuda Schnitzer - R' Yoel Stauber.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 12:00.

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