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

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Shmuel Shalilof, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Great Beis Medrash together with hundreds of yeshiva bochurim. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The son of HaRav R' Yisroel Freund shlit"a.
The bochur Yoel Shlomo Zaldan.
The bochur Yisroel Menachem Schnitzler.
The bochur Yehuda Aryeh Laub.
The bochur Meshulam Zushe Levi.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place before the ascent to the holy ziyun. Songs of inspiration were sung.
The Rebbe made a siyum on the entire Shas and the Six Orders of Mishnah and recited Kaddish.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to the entire assembly, and delivered words of Torah and preparation before the ascent to the ziyun. The Rebbe built on the verse "B'zos yavo Aharon el hakodesh" and explained that the only way to rise in the service of Hashem is through the Torah. He brought out the tremendous toil in Torah of the holy Rebbe, the baal hahilula zy"a, who spent every spare moment engaged in learning Torah, and concluded with his holy blessing.

After the lechayim gathering, at about 12:25, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the holy ziyun together with thousands of chassidim and yeshiva students. Upon arrival at the cemetery, the Rebbe recited the blessing on entering, entered the holy ohel, lit five candles along with a neshama candle, and recited the tefilla "Shalom Aleichem" attributed to the Yismach Moshe zy"a.
The Rebbe led the davening, recited the chapters of Tehillim from 90 through 107 as is customary, recited the Yehi Ratzon and Kaddish, and then learned Mishnayos and recited Kaddish D'Rabbanan. While the Rebbe read the kvitelach, the songs of inspiration that were sung in the beis medrash of the holy Rebbe, the baal hahilula, were sung. The Rebbe then prostrated himself on the holy ziyun for an extended time. It concluded at about 1:20.

In the evening, the Rebbe left his holy home on the way to the home of the esteemed R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, located in a quiet area of Kiryas Joel, where the Rebbe will stay for rest and rejuvenation over the coming days. The Rebbe davened Mincha at the guest residence at about 8:45, and Maariv at the time of Rabbeinu Tam at about 9:15, and after Maariv counted Sefirah before the amud.

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