Wednesday, Parshas Pekudei — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissin took place:
The son born to R' Avrohom Spielman, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
The son born to R' Menachem Moshe Gold, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Wolf Retek.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 19, verse 12. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe went on his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse, and afterwards to the mehudar bakery of our holy kehilla.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Heichal HaYeshiva, Yoel Moshe branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room. At around 6:10 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
R' Yaakov Kapel Siman - R' Yoel Landau, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Yerucham Zev Fried - R' Avrohom Yeshaya Kaufman, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.
R' Berish Schoenbrun - R' Gedalya Apfel, at Ginas Klein hall.

Yechidus hours were from about 8:00 until 12:45 at night, at the Rebbe's holy residence on Uhel Court.

During the yechidus hours, the askanim of 'Kiryat Zayit Raanan' in New Jersey, headed by the founder, Rabbi Moshe Landau shlit"a of Miamipolia, entered the Rebbe's room for guidance, advice and a blessing for the new community. A pleasant conversation ensued. The Rebbe took an interest in the details of the educational institutions in the town and in the prices of the apartments, and went over various details of the project for an extended time. The Rebbe warmly bestowed his holy blessings upon Rabbi Moshe shlit"a and upon HaGaon R' Yeshaya Gedalya Kaufman shlit"a, dayan of Krali and one of the rabbanim of the town. Rabbi Moshe shlit"a presented the Rebbe with his sefer Ratzon Moshe.

A siyum of the writing of the letters of a Sefer Torah also took place. The Sefer Torah is being written by R' Yaakov Pinchas Friedman and will be brought in this coming Sunday, Parshas Vayikra, at Beis Medrash Divrei Yoel. The Rebbe wrote in some of the letters, drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Shimon Yitzchak Schlesinger shlit"a, member of the Badatz Eida HaChareidis of Yerushalayim, the holy city, came for a visit. A pleasant conversation developed in Torah matters regarding the names of people in Gittin and various halachos of the Yom Tov of Purim. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim, bestowed his holy blessing upon him and accompanied him out to the street.

Also entering for yechidus was Rabbi Pinchas Sternbuch shlit"a, one of the grandsons of the Posek HaDor and Mara D'Atra of the Holy Land shlit"a, together with the distinguished askan Rabbi Shimon Davidowitz shlit"a, chairman of the Vaad HaPeulah of the Eida HaChareidis, along with askanim of the Vaad HaPeulah in the U.S., to receive a blessing in connection with a special campaign to enlist our people as members of the Vaad HaPeulah. A conversation took place about the full activities of the Vaad and about the plans to enlist our people as members in order to raise larger funds so as to be able to accomplish more, and they discussed the situation of the draft in Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe wished success to Rabbi Pinchas shlit"a and all the askanim, and especially to R' Yitzchak Elyakim Schwartz, chairman of the Vaad HaPeulah in the U.S. Rabbi Pinchas shlit"a presented the Rebbe, on behalf of his grandfather, the Mara D'Atra of the Holy Land shlit"a, with the new volume of his sefer Halichos V'Hanhagos.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00, and afterward continued receiving the public.

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