Monday, Parshas Emor, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Yechezkel Shraga Mertz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, the Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Aharon Tzvi Hollander.
The bochur Yoel Eliezer Bluestein.
The bochur Yoel Bar"d Friedlander.
Tachanun was said because of the day of "Yom HaMar VeHaNimhar," the 5th of Iyar, in accordance with the directive of the Rebbe zy"a.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 20, verse 2. Afterward, the talmidei hayeshiva went over to greet the Rebbe shlit"a ahead of the new month, and a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to Heichal HaYeshiva, the Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidei hayeshiva in his private room. At around 6:20, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

Yechidus hours were from around 9:00 until 12:30 at night, in his holy home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tena'im in the hall of his holy home for the mechutanim, R' Moshe Chaim Kohn (of Boro Park) and R' Yoel Bril Brach.
Afterward, the Rebbe went over to the second hall of his holy home, where a "Hakaras HaTov" gathering took place, organized by the Vaad HaPe'ulah of the Edah HaChareidis for the dozens of askanim and the nobles of our holy kehilla who participated with their persons and their money in the "Kiyum HaTorah" campaign of Keren Tomchin D'Oraisa, under the leadership of the Satmar Rebbe, the posek hador and marah d'asra of Eretz Yisroel shlit"a. For the third time, on Yom Tov Pesach, nearly two million shekel was distributed to close to two thousand families of the Edah HaChareidis.

The chairman, HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Yakov shlit"a, spoke and described what it means for the poor of Eretz Yisroel to receive the distribution with dignity, and the tremendous merit of raising the Torah fund of the rabbanim and moreh tzedek of the Edah HaChareidis. He then called upon the HaGaon HaGadol, the Av Beis Din of Kiryas Joel shlit"a, who delivered the address of the gathering about the tremendous merit of being able to support the members of the Edah HaChareidis, especially the rabbanim and dayanim. He particularly spoke at length in praise of his friend, the HaGaon, posek hador shlit"a, who founded and stands at the head of the Vaad HaPe'ulah with its activities, and who raises the strength of the Edah HaChareidis to fight against the wicked government in Eretz Yisroel.

The Rebbe shlit"a looked over with great satisfaction the lists of the astronomical Pesach distribution of 2 million shekel, and the copies of the thousands of checks that the fund distributed to the two thousand families, and in particular the beautiful support that was given to the more than one hundred dayanim of the Edah HaChareidis, and to their leaders, the members of the Beis Din, shlit"a.
Afterward, the Rebbe delivered words of appreciation and a blessing to the askanim. The Rebbe referred to the words of the dayan shlit"a, and continued that the Edah HaChareidis is the foundation of the chareidi community in the holy city of Yerushalayim, and that our holy kehilla has always stood at the right hand of the Edah HaChareidis, and especially our holy Rebbes zy"a came out with fire to strengthen the Edah HaChareidis. He spoke in praise of the askanim who took upon themselves the burden of strengthening the rabbanim, the members of the Beis Din and the moreh horaah, and in general the entire public there who take shelter in the shade of the Edah HaChareidis, who provide for the blessed families. He repeated the words of the Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, that by supporting the people of Eretz Yisroel one fulfills the mitzvah of settling Eretz Yisroel. He concluded with his holy blessing that the Edah HaChareidis should endure and that no one should be able to break it, and for all the askanim and donors.

On his way out, the Rebbe warmly wished well to the noted R' Yitzchak Elyakim Schwartz, whom the Rebbe appointed as chairman of the administration in the U.S., and to the distinguished askan R' Aharon Yosef Friedman.

Afterward, the Rebbe went back upstairs to continue with the yechidus hours.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30 and counted Sefirah before the amud.

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