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

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, the Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Kalman Eliezer Eckstein.
The bochur Yoel Frankel.
The bochur Meir Falkowitz.
During the Torah reading the Rebbe went to hagbah, and after davening he recited the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 19, verse 12. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

After Shacharis, at around 12:25, the Rebbe arrived at the kevarim of our holy Rebbes zy"a on the occasion of the wedding simcha in our holy courts this coming Sunday, Parshas Pekudei, in the Beis Medrash HaGadol in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe lit 5 candles at the kevarim of the Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel, and the Beirach Moshe zy"a, and at the kever of his mother the Rebbetzin a"h. The Rebbe recited the prayer of the Yismach Moshe zy"a and recited the chapters of the fourth book of Tehillim as is customary. Then the Rebbe said Kaddish and read kvitelach for an extended time while inspiring melodies were sung. Afterwards the Rebbe prostrated himself at the kevarim of our holy Rebbes and of his mother the Rebbetzin a"h. It concluded at around 1:10.

At midday, around 1:35, a gathering took place in Kiryas Joel in his holy home with the rabbonim of the OU, among them Rabbi Menachem Genack shlit"a and Rabbi Moshe Elefant shlit"a, and the chairman of the OU organization, Rabbi Neuberger of Baltimore, and Rabbi Binyomin Aryeh Glick, one of the active members of the OU's Vaad HaKashrus, together with the administration and the rabbonim of the "Agudas HaSofrim" in Kiryas Joel, to work out with the Rebbe shlit"a a course of action regarding the problems of forgeries and invalid items in all matters of sTa"m, and especially mezuzos, and regarding the new methods of computer checking, the awareness efforts that must be undertaken so that everyone buys directly from the sofer and not through dealers, and regarding the possibility of providing excellent supervision over female scribes. They discussed all the details for an extended time. The rabbonim presented the Rebbe with their sefarim, and the Rebbe gave the rabbonim his sefer Lev Aharon on Vayikra, Aggadah and Drushim, and bestowed his holy blessings.

After the gathering, at about 2:45, the Rebbe shlit"a invited the rabbonim to join him on a visit to the new mikvah building of Kiryas Joel, where the Rebbe pointed out for an extended time the many hiddurim and chumros with which the mikvah was built.

In the afternoon, around 6:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

Entry times in Kiryas Joel were from around 8:45 until 11:50 at night, in his holy home on Uhel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim held in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Yoel Zevil – R' Yoel Levy.
R' Lipa Epstein (Montreal) – R' Fishel Freund.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 11:50.

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