Monday, Bamidbar — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the heichal of the mesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Avrohom Shimon Filaff.
The bochur Yoel Mordechai Scher.
The bochur Yosef Berkowitz.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for hagbah, and after davening he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 21, verse 4. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe made his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to the heichal of the yeshiva, Kedushas Yoel branch, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room.

At around 8:00 an urgent assembly took place in his holy home with all the rabbonim, dayanim and gabbaim of the batei medrash under the auspices of the holy city of Kiryas Joel, may it be rebuilt. The Rabbi, av beis din and rav of the Yismach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a, spoke first. Afterwards the Rebbe delivered words of Torah and chizuk. The Rebbe based himself on the Midrash of this week: "When Yisroel received the Torah, the nations of the world became jealous of them. What did they see that Yisroel should be drawn closer than all others? The Holy One, Blessed be He, sealed their mouths and said to them: Bring Me your documents of lineage, as My children bring." The Rebbe pointed out that something about which one cannot say "my father did it this way" is a sign that it is not fitting. He enumerated various breaches that in the past did not occur, but that come from the nature of the country, from a comfortable Yiddishkeit. The Rebbe spoke forcefully about the responsibility that rests on each and every person to ensure that the batei medrash are run according to the will of the founder of the city, the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, and after him the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a. He also urged the esteemed rabbonim that they have a duty to stand guard in their own batei medrash and to elevate the glory of the Torah by delivering derashos and giving shiurim. "Yisroel are holy"; everyone wants to be good, one need only arouse them so that they are not dragged after the yetzer hara. He concluded with abundant brachos. The gathering ended at around 8:50.

At around 8:55 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home at Ahel Street.
Afterwards, there were yechidus hours in the Kiryas Joel area until 12:00 at night.

During the yechidus hours, a siyum of writing the letters took place for the Sefer Torah written by HaRav R' Moshe Dovid Weissberg, which will be brought in this coming Sunday, Parshas Naso, to the Pozna beis medrash in the Zera Kodesh neighborhood. The Rebbe wrote in letters and bestowed his holy brachos.

Also entering was HaGaon R' Avrohom Rabinowitz shlit"a, son-in-law of the Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a. A pleasant conversation ensued in which the Rabbi shlit"a expressed his admiration for the elevated atmosphere of Kiryas Joel, after he had spent the previous Shabbos in the Rebbe's presence. The Rebbe bestowed his holy brachos upon him.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim hall in his holy home, for the mechutanim R' Yoshe Chaim Spitzer and R' Aharon Yosef Landau.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:00 and counted Sefirah before the amud.

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