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

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Avrohom Yaakov Moskowitz, at which 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 bochurim.
The bochur Yoel Berger, son of R' Dovid Shlomo.
The bochur Nachum Schwartz.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went to hagbah, and after davening he studied the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 12. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

Immediately after Shacharis at the yeshiva, at around 12:30, the Rebbe shlit"a set out on the way to the levaya of his mechutan, the Rebbe HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Sighet zt"l, which took place in his beis medrash, Kahal Yereim, in Sighet.
The Rebbe arrived at around 1:50 and delivered warm words of eulogy, speaking in praise of the distinguished niftar, a branch of the tree of the forefathers of the Rebbe's grandfather, the holy Yitav Lev zy"a. After the Rebbe's hesped, the niftar's son, HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the beis medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, also eulogized, and at the end he thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for instructing the chevra kadisha to provide the very best possible, in accordance with the wishes of his father, the niftar zt"l.

After the eulogies the Rebbe accompanied the bier, and afterwards the Rebbe went to comfort the mourner, his brother-in-law, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, at the guest house, and then set out on the way home to Kiryas Joel.

Upon arriving in Kiryas Joel at around 5:20, the Rebbe went into the halls of Beis Rochel Paradise, where the high school students of our holy institutions in Williamsburg had gathered. The Rebbe first reviewed the students' good commitments regarding tznius and technology, and then delivered words of rebuke and guidance regarding the responsibility that rests upon them, as they are, b'ezras Hashem, the mothers of the coming generations. He praised the students who took upon themselves good commitments, and concluded with his holy blessing.

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

Entry times to the Rebbe's kodesh were from around 8:20 until 12:00 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home for the mechutanim, R' Baruch Eckstein and R' Yoel Gross, son of R' Moshe.

During the entry times, HaGaon Rabbi Yoshe Leifer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Be'er Moshe Monsey and president of Machon Oz VeHadar, visited the Rebbe. A pleasant conversation took place, and the Rebbe sent him off with his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00.

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