Monday, Parshas Pekudei — 2 Adar II, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yoel Perel, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe laid tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim:
the bochur Yekusiel Yitzchak Kahana.
the bochur Moshe Dovid Friedman.

The Rebbe approached to Hallel, and during the Torah reading was given the fourth aliya. After davening, a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 6:45, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Zanz St.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Yitzchok Dovid Schwartz - R' Avrohom Shlomo Eliezer Berkowitz, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Meir Mendel Weiss - R' Moshe Hersh Brach, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.
R' Avrohom Shmuel Gutman - R' Berel Mittelman, at Ginas Klein hall.

After the chuppahs, at around 8:00, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the halls of Keren V'Yoel Moshe for the gathering in honor of the Torah and distribution of funds to hundreds of kollel members from across Greater New York and Canada, who had been tested on various areas of Torah, through the generosity of the distinguished philanthropist R' Moshe Yaakov Yosef Brach. Several nigunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the esteemed donor and the rabbanim and kollel members. The Rebbe spoke words of Torah, saying that through supporting Torah, mercy is aroused, and he spoke in praise of the esteemed donor who donates such significant sums to the kollel members. He concluded with abundant blessings for the rabbanim and kollel members and for the donor, and especially for HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a, who exerted himself to attend the gathering in honor of the Torah. Afterwards, the Rebbe distributed the large sums to all the rabbanim and kollel members. They continued with joyous nigunim and the Rebbe rose to dance. It concluded at around 8:40.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 8:45 in his holy home, on Ohel St.

After Maariv, at around 9:00, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the halls of his holy home for private sheva brachos arranged by the Rebbe shlit"a, where the Rebbe expressed hakaras hatov to the philanthropists who contributed phenomenal sums toward the great and magnificent building of Tel Talpiyos in the holy city of Yerushalayim.
The Rebbe greeted the distinguished guests, the esteemed philanthropists, and washed for the sheva brachos seudah. During the seudah, a collection of ancient manuscripts was distributed, historic manuscripts of Gedolei Yisroel, from the collection of the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Yuda Mandel and the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach.
HaRav R' Shlomo Shabsi Kestenbaum shlit"a, one of the rabbanim of our holy kehilla in Williamsburg, read aloud and discussed the history surrounding the manuscripts, and the Rebbe shlit"a responded to all the historic events and various episodes recorded in the manuscripts, adding various interesting matters about the history of our holy Rebbes zy"a in the old country.
Afterwards the Rebbe spoke words of Torah on the subject of the joy of chassan and kallah, and explained that when Moshiach comes, all the batei medrash will rise one level: those from chutz la'aretz will go to Eretz Yisroel, those from Eretz Yisroel to Yerushalayim, and those from Yerushalayim will go to the Beis HaMikdash. It thus emerges that by helping to build the great building in the holy city of Yerushalayim, one is thereby building the Beis HaMikdash. He concluded with abundant blessings for all the esteemed donors, after which the Rebbe rose and danced for an extended time.
For Birkas HaMazon, the Rebbe honored the mechutan HaRav R' Yechiel Shraga Greenfeld shlit"a; the first brachos: the chaver Beis Din, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a; the final bracha: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a. It concluded at around 11:30.

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