Tuesday, Parshas Tazria – Rosh Chodesh Nissan, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, the following brisos took place:
The son of R' Asher Yona Schonbrun, where the Rebbe served as sandek.
The son of R' Aryeh Spitzer, 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 bochurim:
The twin sons of R' Mordechai Leib Mittelman.
The son of HaRav R' Yoel Yuda Rubinfeld shlit"a.
The bochur Shlomo Yoel Berkowitz.

The Rebbe went up to Hallel, and during the Torah reading he was called up as the fourth aliyah.

After davening, a lechayim gathering was held in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash in honor of the end of the zman. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe distributed coins to the gabbaim of Avnei Chesed, who had brought in large sums for the benefit of the fund, and he cautioned them regarding the wishes of the Rebbe, to use only proper music.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and extended blessings to all the bochurim,
and delivered words of Torah praising the bochurim who had been engaged in their studies with steadfastness until the end of the zman. He spoke about guidance for the bein hazmanim days and once again encouraged learning Chassidic seforim as preparation for Yom Tov Pesach, may it come to us for good, especially the holy sefer Derech Pikudecha. He then spoke about the situation regarding the draft of yeshiva students in Eretz Yisroel, and said that, Heaven forbid, there should be no compromises and no picking out of bochurim; Klal Yisroel does not give up on any bochur, and Hashem should have mercy. The Rebbe concluded with abundant blessings. It ended at about 1:10.

At about 1:30 the Rebbe went over to the hall of Beis Rachel Paradise, where the Rebbe conducted his holy table in honor of Rosh Chodesh together with the students of the Yoel Moshe yeshiva ketana of Boro Park. The Rebbe washed for the seudah. During the seudah, Rosh Chodesh and Pesach niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe honored the singers with "Barchi Nafshi."
The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah, saying that just as we see with matzah, that it can only be fulfilled with the five types of grain that can become chametz, so too, the service of a human being who has a yetzer hara is precious to Hashem. He concluded with his holy blessing.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored the director, HaGaon R' Yitzchak Aharon Green shlit"a. It ended at about 2:30.

Afterwards the Rebbe went over for his weekly visit to the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla, where the matzos for the Rebbe's family were baked. Then the Rebbe went into the grinding room, where he ground wheat for an extended time, with personal exertion, and gave various instructions for going forward.

In the afternoon at about 5:45, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

At about 7:10 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived in Monsey for the mezuzah-affixing ceremony at our new beis medrash, 'Shif Building,' in the Ramapo neighborhood, the generous gift of the prominent R' Yisroel Shif of Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe first toured and looked around the entire beis medrash building, the prayer rooms, and the magnificent mikvah. Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash. A pleasant conversation developed about the expansion of the borders of holiness in Monsey. The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly blessed the esteemed benefactor, HaRav R' Yisroel, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, and the entire public, and delivered words of Torah, bringing out that the beis medrash will, IY"H, be a beacon for the entire area for Torah, avodah, and gemilus chasadim. He spoke in praise of the esteemed benefactor and concluded with abundant blessings.
Then the Rebbe affixed the mezuzah on the gate of the beis medrash and honored HaGaon HaRav, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, with affixing a mezuzah.

At about 7:40 the Rebbe left the beis medrash on the way to Williamsburg for the weekly yechidus hours.
Yechidus hours at the Kehilla's headquarters ran from 8:30 until 11:50 at night, in his holy home on Hewes St.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 11:00 and then continued receiving the public.

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