Sunday, Parshas Shemini — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Chaim Menachem Manis Markowitz.
The bochur Getzel Green.
The bochur Shmuel Hersh Feldman.
The bochur Moshe Yehuda Goldberger, son of R' Shmuel.
The bochur Yoel Yitzchak Sofer.
The bochur Shlomo Leib Gruber.
The bochur Yoel Friedman, son of R' Shmuel.
The bochur Yoel, son of the bochur Fishel Farkash.

The Rebbe shlit"a lit 5 candles in honor of the yahrzeit of the holy Rebbe R' Elimelech of Lizhensk zy"a, and before Hodu the Rebbe recited the Tefilla Kodem HaTefilla of the holy Rebbe R' Elimelech zy"a with great weeping, for nearly half an hour.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 19, verse 15, and spoke about the holiness of the Baal HaHilula zy"a. Afterwards a lechayim in honor of the hilula took place together with the bar mitzvah bochurim, with a large crowd in the heichal of the beis medrash.

At around 1:45 in the afternoon the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe delivered the first shiur on the sugya of 'Davar Sheyesh Lo Matirin,' as preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. It concluded at around 2:25.

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

In the evening the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppahs of the following mechutanim:
R' Chaim Leib Markowitz - R' Yisroel Mordechai Wanhatzker, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Eliezer Gelb - R' Yoel Eigner, son of R' Yehuda, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.
R' Yoel Wallner, son of R' Leibish (of the Williamsburg Beis Din) - R' Mordechai Winkler, at Ginas Klein hall.

Between the chuppahs the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Rachel building, the Hirsch G.B. Landau building, where the learning of the "Ratz LaMishna" masmidim program takes place. The Rebbe walked around and looked over the learning with great nachas, and bestowed his holy blessing upon the administration of the masmidim.

After the chuppahs at around 8:00, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the halls in his holy home for a lechayim gathering in honor of the holy hilula of the holy Rebbe R' Elimelech zy"a together with the talmidim of the Yeshiva Ketana, Kinyan Torah branch in Monsey. Several inspiring songs were sung, the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the rebbeim and talmidim well, delivered words of Torah about the greatness of the Baal HaHilula zy"a, and concluded with his holy blessing. Afterwards the Rebbe distributed written commendations to the outstanding students of the yeshiva.

Yechidus hours were held from around 8:30 until 12:30 at night, in the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Court.

During yechidus hours, HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Tzvi Hirsch Fish shlit"a, the Zidichov-Premishlan Rebbe, paid a visit. A pleasant conversation about the holy Rebbe R' Elimelech zy"a ensued, and among other things the Rebbe shlit"a conveyed greetings from the Yeshiva Gedola, shiur Daled, where the Rebbe had participated in the hilula seudah. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed upon him his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30.

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