Thousands of Jews Gather Together in Jubilation

The city of Kiryas Joel experienced with elevated emotions the glowing continuation and wondrous expansion of the spiritual strength in the Satmar holy city, at the festive, majestic and exalted 'Kehilla Kedosha' gathering, where the thousands of residents of the city "great unto Hashem," Kiryas Joel, may it be protected, all of this holy kehilla, together gave voice in song and thanksgiving, in praise and tribute, marking a full 'jubilee' since the founding of the holy city of Kiryas Joel, which has grown and flourished with an extraordinary elevation of the power of holiness.
In the midst of the congregation, the thousands of residents of the city and members of the kehilla celebrated the historic milestone of fifty years of the holy community of Kiryas Joel, founded by the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, in the year 5734, which is continued with grandeur and strength by the leader of this holy place, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

The enormous 20,000 square feet of the great beis medrash of Kiryas Joel and its adjoining halls were masterfully arranged to accommodate the many thousands of members of this holy kehilla. The women's shuls were also opened, with room for the hundreds of bochurim to take part in the gathering.
A rich 'Kehilla Kedosha' booklet was published especially for the event, with a broad discussion of the city's flourishing growth.

At the appointed time, the chairman of the event, Rabbi Meir Mordechai Berkowitz, opened the gathering, and a rich presentation about the city of Kiryas Joel took place.
Afterwards, a 'panel' was held with directors of institutions within the kehilla.
R' Yoel Weinberger shlit"a - Kvius Itim program.
HaGaon R' Berel Margulies shlit"a - Committee for Expansion of Borders.
HaGaon R' Itamar Meisels shlit"a - Agudas Avreichim.
HaChassid R' Yaakov Eliyahu Reisman - Chasuna Takanos.
Afterwards, HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a, director of the Beis Horaah of Kiryas Joel, spoke about everything relating to the Beis Horaah and the halachic committees of all the divisions.

Afterwards, the address of the event was delivered by the Rav and Av Beis Din shlit"a, who spoke of the excellence of the city of Kiryas Joel in every respect, bli ayin hara, and the privilege of living in such a place which, despite the difficult past, has built itself into such a holy empire, with a leader for 40 years, with tremendous power of holiness.
Afterwards, HaChassid R' Dovid Eckstein, the Rebbe's gabbai, spoke.

At about 11:05 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in the beis medrash, and HaChassid R' Dovid Eckstein continued with his address and expressed gratitude to all the askanim of the holy city of Kiryas Joel, and in particular to HaChassid R' Avrohom Wieder, the Rebbe's gabbai and mayor, and to HaChassid R' Gedalya Segadin. He called R' Avrohom up to receive his token of appreciation. Afterwards R' Dovid presented the gigantic, massive plans for the mighty, multi-storied 'magnificent building' to be added to the great beis medrash, and a booklet with the first plans of the project was distributed.
Afterwards the leader of the place, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, delivered lengthy holy words and guidance for the city. The Rebbe cited the Tanna Devei Eliyahu: 'At the moment Israel said "we will do and we will hear," Hashem immediately said, "Let them take for Me a donation,"' and explained it in the way of aggadah in several ways. He spoke at length in praise of the askanim and donors of the past, present and future for the expansion of the borders of holiness, in quantity and quality,
and he emphasized that everyone becomes a partner in the central fund for the city, which is like the gold for the Menorah in the Beis Hamikdash. 'And the Mishkan shall be one': everyone who has a share receives the holy influences of 'all the parts' of the entire Mishkan! When someone donates to the kehilla, he has a share in 'everything' that is done in the entire expanded city. Every donor and askan, in any effort for the expansion of the borders of holiness, has a share in all of it. Everything is one purpose: the expansion of the borders of holiness in this holy kehilla.
Afterwards the Rebbe spoke about several matters on the agenda.
Sanctity of the city: Kiryas Joel is a perfection of beauty, baruch Hashem, a city full of wise men and scholars, talmidei chachamim, baalei batim, avreichim, bochurim, and modest, upright women. Everyone who lives in the city and in all its areas, if he follows the paths of the holy Rebbe, the founder of the city zy"a, as he wanted, the Rebbe is a protector for him, and the reverse, chas v'shalom. The influence of the holy Rebbe zy"a shines forth from every corner. The needs of Your people Israel are many; this one cries and that one cries. In the merit of the Torah and tefillah, Hashem will hear all the requests and fulfill them for good, for life and for peace. In this context, the Rebbe, in a child's voice and with tears, mentioned for a speedy recovery the great Gaon, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a, Rabbi Shalom Elyakim Getzel ben Devorah Chana, along with the other sick of Israel.
"And I distinguish between you": Unfortunately, New York wants to defile our chinuch. We tell the government that we will not accept any guidance from them about chinuch, and we will not make any changes in the chinuch that we received from our fathers and holy teachers zy"a. "Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esav," both from the wicked of Jaffa who push the decree, and from Perel's, who takes a path of compromise.

Afterwards the Rebbe spoke at length about housing in Kiryas Joel: there are plans for future annexations of fresh areas to the village. In a few months work can begin on Woodbury [to be completed within 3 years, IY"H], and later, after another 4 years, work can begin on the annexation of Monroe (Seven Springs side). Preparatory actions are required now:
1) How to ensure that private land owners do not drive up land prices, as happened with the areas of the current developments in Kiryas Joel.
2) It is also necessary to find a way to prevent 'flipping' at higher prices, which causes developers to sell instead directly at a high price, which costs Jewish blood. In this regard, the Rebbe convened a meeting with the administration of Kiryas Joel and askanim, to find a plan for now as well, to make it easier for our community members to buy an apartment, in addition to the plan the Rebbe already announced regarding several hundred affordable apartments, IY"H.
The Rebbe concluded with warm holy blessings for all the residents of the city, the askanim of the city, and all the donors, and everyone who has a share in the city in all the best ways, and concluded with his holy blessing.

After the holy words, HaChassid R' Avrohom Yosha Glantz presented the first details of the massive project of the giant new great beis medrash building in Kiryas Joel: a main hall of 52 thousand square feet, plus 2 galleries of 35 thousand sq. ft., a total of 16,700 seats, women's section with 4,400 seats, a dining hall of 22 thousand sq. ft., 8 additional large davening rooms on the lowest floor, with another 8 large study rooms, a Heichal HaTorah with 1,200 seats, a large mikvah with 475 seats, 86 showers, and two more giant pits as large as the current 4, for a total of 6 pits.

The event ended at about 12:20, and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music.

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