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

This morning, before Shacharis, the brissim took place.
For the newborn son of HaGaon Rabbi R' Efraim Fishel Berkowitz shlit"a, a member of the Beis Din, where the Rebbe was the sandek.
For the newborn son of R' Shmuel Meir Deutsch, where the Rebbe was the sandek and the mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Gross.
The bochur Yoel Rubin.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 10. Afterwards a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon hours, the president of Mount Sinai Hospital, David Reich, came to the Rebbe's holy home. He came to be menachem avel the Rebbetzin tichye, who maintains a close relationship with the president in helping the Jewish sick. He came together with the heads of Hatzolah of Kiryas Joel and Williamsburg and several other askanim involved in medical matters. Various matters for the benefit of the Jewish sick were discussed, and the Rebbe thanked the president for his great assistance on behalf of the Jewish sick.

In the afternoon, around 6:15, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Moshe Binyamin Yitzchak Cohen (Williamsburg) - R' Avrohom Schoenbrun, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yechezkel Shraga Perl - R' Avrohom Yehoshua Landau, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 8:45 in his holy home.

Around 9:10 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the main beis medrash for the tish in honor of Purim Katan, with drums and dancing, in the presence of thousands of anash. The Rebbe danced in the middle of the floor for several minutes, and afterwards washed for the seudah in honor of the day.
During the seudah, there was an extended period of songs and praises, joyfully and gladly, with stirring melodies and melodies of joy and dancing. After the fish, the Rebbe wished a lechayim to the entire gathering, and made a siyum on Maseches Chullin, which had been learned as part of the "Toraschah Sha'ashuai" chavrusa, and then said Kaddish, and they continued with Simchas Torah melodies.

During the tish, the Rebbe delivered divrei Torah three times.
The first dvar Torah was on the verse "And when she came before the king, he said with the book," and he explained that in the merit of Avrohom Avinu not asking any questions at the Akeidah, Hashem likewise does not ask any questions about Klal Yisroel, and in that merit the miracle of Purim took place. He brought out that "there is no difference between the first Adar and the second Adar except for the reading of the Megillah alone," and therefore all the influences of Purim Katan descend just as they do in the second Adar. He concluded with many blessings.

The second dvar Torah was on the verse "And Vashti, according to the law, was in distress," and he explained it homiletically in honor of the day, and brought out that Hashem is obligated to provide all the obligations of a husband to a wife, to heal her and redeem her, and so on. Then he spoke about the simcha of the members of the "Toraschah Sha'ashuai" chavrusa who completed Maseches Chullin, and who are preparing to complete all of Shas soon. He brought out the great preparation one must make for a Yom Tov, and encouraged learning the holy sefer Kedushas Levi on Purim, just as it was learned before Chanukah.
At that point the Rebbe honored the singers to sing the melody "Ani Chomah" of the holy Kedushas Levi zy"a.
After the singing, the Rebbe continued about the avodah that tzaddikim had with the power of song, as was seen with the Yetev Lev zy"a, who took the holy melody of the Kedushas Levi zy"a and set it to the words "and so he would count the day" in the Yom Kippur avodah. The same was seen with the holy Divrei Yoel zy"a, who would hum holy tunes at various times. The Rebbe expressed his pain that today holy melodies are taken and coarsened, and sung wildly and in a gentile fashion. He asked R' Amram Acker, head of the singers, to explain to the gathering the difference between singing a melody in a proper way and in a gentile way, and several melodies were played, sung both ways.
The Rebbe concluded saying, "If there is no knowledge, how can there be havdalah?" But when one does know, one must be careful to maintain the distinction in every way, both in dress and in music, and he concluded with a holy blessing.
For the third dvar Torah, the Rebbe told a story that the holy Chozeh of Lublin zy"a once wanted to say Torah on Friday night and Shabbos morning, but said that he was not being allowed to say it, and at Shalosh Seudos he did say it. He explained the verse "And you shall make settings of gold," that one should make little boxes of gold for Jewish children, and he wished abundant blessing upon the gathering. The Rebbe explained that the third seudah corresponds to Yaakov Avinu, who received the blessing to provide sustenance, and therefore the Rebbe of Lublin was able to provide sustenance at Shalosh Seudos. The Arizal says that Mordechai HaTzaddik was a reincarnation of Yaakov Avinu, so on Purim Mordechai HaTzaddik surely provides great abundance to each and every person. The Rebbe honored all those named Yaakov to come up to the tish and collect money for an important hachnasas kallah cause, and then concluded with abundant blessings to the entire gathering.

Afterwards, a Purim shpiel with humor took place, presented by R' Yaakov Hersh Zinn and R' Yosef Meir Saal.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored HaGaon Rabbi R' Yaakov Weiss shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our kehilla in Monsey. It ended around 12:00, and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music.

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