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

In the early morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Simcha Bunim Forgacs, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Yoel Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
Ben HaRav Anshel Karpen shlit"a.
The bochur Yoel Rochlitz.
The bochur Naftali Eliyahu Simcha Wiesenfeld.
The bochur Moshe Tzvi Bernath.
The bochur Simcha Nesanel Miller.
The bochur Shimon Yoel Held.
The bochur Shimon Kraus.
The bochur Yosef Shaul Lichtenstein.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 21, verse 3. Afterwards a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash. At the lechayim, a lovely conversation developed about the Lag B'Omer that had just passed at the holy site of Meron. The Rebbe expressed his emotion at the uplifting lighting ceremony held here in Kiryas Joel, with hundreds of thousands of Jews in song and dance.

During the morning hours the Rebbe was on his weekly visit to the exalted slaughterhouse.

In the afternoon the Rebbe 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 about 8:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ohel Court.
Afterwards there were entrance times in Kiryas Joel until 9:50 in the evening.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim in the tenaim hall in his holy home between the mechutanim, R' Yoel Hersh Lichtenstein and R' Yoel Levy.

At about 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to Monsey for the grand gathering "to establish them," in preparation for the great campaign taking place next week for the sustaining of the mosdos, which took place in the halls of Welly Terrace.
The Rebbe arrived in the hall at about 10:35. The Rebbe greeted the Rav of Monsey shlit"a and the rabbanim of our kehilla shlit"a.
The Rav of the Yishmach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a, chadb"n, then continued with his address. Afterwards the chairman of the event, HaRav R' Dovid Shlomo Laub shlit"a, called up the avreich R' Shlomo Zalman Spitzer, who presented the details of the campaign, and then the director of the mosdos, R' Shmuel Zanvil Wertheimer, spoke.
The Rebbe shlit"a then delivered words of Torah and a call suited to the hour, on the importance of going out personally to raise funds. He spoke about the difficult situation in which the holy mosdos find themselves, and the responsibility each person must feel to save the mosdos, to be an askan and to personally raise large sums. The Rebbe continued with a story about the holy Rebbe R' Elimelech zy"a: once, when he was leaving a town, the entire public accompanied him with great enthusiasm, and R' Elimelech zy"a stood among the public and said that after seeing the great enthusiasm the public had, he too wanted a share in it. The Rebbe said that he came here to Monsey and sees the great enthusiasm here, where most of the public took upon themselves to raise at least eighteen thousand dollars, so he too wants to participate with the sum of eighteen thousand dollars in honor of the Rav of Monsey shlit"a. With that the Rebbe handed over the money to the Monsey Rav shlit"a, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire public.

Afterwards the entire public went over to hand the pledge forms to the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe looked over the large sums the public had pledged and wished each one personally his holy blessing.

After the event the Rebbe davened Maariv in the beis medrash on the second floor of the hall and counted Sefirah before the amud, and at about 11:45 the Rebbe set out on the way home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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