Tuesday, Parshas Shoftim, 1 Rosh Chodesh Elul — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Eitz Chaim branch, at the third minyan. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim, the twin sons of R' Azriel Meir Menachem Schonbrun.

The Rebbe proceeded to Hallel, and during the Torah reading he was called up for Revi'i. After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the beis medrash.

In the afternoon at around 3:00, R' Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, son of HaGaon Rabbi Aharon Mendel shlit"a and son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak shlit"a, sons of the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a, entered the Rebbe's room to extend an invitation and receive his blessing on the occasion of the wedding of his son, mazel tov, which will take place next week in Skver. A pleasant conversation developed, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings on him and on his son, the chassan.

Then at around 3:20 the Rebbe set out for Williamsburg for the weekly yechidus hours.
The yechidus hours took place from around 4:50 until 11:45 at night, in the Rebbe's holy home on Hewes St.

At around 6:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

During the yechidus hours, a siyum of writing the letters took place for the Torah scroll being written by R' Hershel Katz. The Rebbe wrote in the letters, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessings.

At around 9:00, the Kraliver Rebbe shlit"a visited the Rebbe to receive his blessing on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter, mazel tov. A longer, pleasant conversation ensued, with stories of tzaddikim of the holy Rebbes of the Sighet and Sanz dynasties zy"a. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

HaRav R' Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Tarnagrad, son-in-law of the Viener Rebbe shlit"a and grandson of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, also entered the Rebbe's room to receive his blessing on the occasion of the wedding of his son, mazel tov. A pleasant conversation ensued about various customs of chuppah and kiddushin of our holy Rebbes zy"a, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings on him and on his son, the chassan.

HaGaon Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Lipa HaLevi Silberman shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ratzfert, also paid a brief visit to receive his blessings for the coming new year. A longer, pleasant conversation ensued with interesting stories and memories from earlier times, and he gave the Rebbe two sefarim by his grandfather, HaGaon Rabbi Naftali Hertzka of Ratzfert zy"a. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings on him.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:30 and then continued receiving the public.

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