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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis at around 7:30 in the morning in the Chadar Zichron Zev of our great beis medrash in Williamsburg. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Dovid Ehrenthal.
The bochur Yoel Rosenberg.
The bochur Manish Spielman.
The Rebbe lit 5 candles and said Kaddish on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Gaon of Valova zy"a, and after davening the shofar was blown.

After Shacharis, a bris of a newborn son took place by R' Avrohom Yitzchak Mertz, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

After Shacharis the Rebbe shlit"a traveled, as already widely reported, to Trump Tower in Manhattan for an advocacy meeting with the son and senior campaign staff of the former president and current presidential candidate Trump.

Afterwards the Rebbe returned to Williamsburg, where the Rebbe paid a shiva call to the family of R' Shlomo Heiman a"h.
Afterwards the Rebbe went home to his residence on Hewes St.

At around 2:45 the Rebbe traveled to Boro Park.
Upon arrival at around 3:15, the Rebbe went up to the home of his grandson Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a. The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah, then drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the Grand Terrace hall for the Sheva Brachos celebration of the chassan, son of the philanthropist R' Yehuda Dovid Rubinstein, one of the great supporters of our holy institutions in the US and in Eretz Yisroel. A pleasant conversation took place with HaGaon Rabbi Zusha Hoisch shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Volkan, and with other rabbis shlit"a who were present. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the chassan, the mechutanim and the entire assembly well, and afterwards went out in a dance with the chassan and mechutanim.
From there the Rebbe went to the home of R' Moshe Eliyahu Weinstock, where a lechayim gathering took place on the occasion of the completion of the purchase of our new beis medrash on 58th St., where he purchased the merit of the building's name, 'Beis Medrash Lev Aharon'. A pleasant conversation took place about the expansion of the holy borders of our kehilla and our holy institutions in Boro Park and in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe looked over the plans of the beis medrash and gave a gift to his son-in-law R' Yeshaya Rottek, one of the leading askanim for the beis medrash. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly blessed R' Moshe Eliyahu and his family.

Entry times for private audiences were from 5:00 in the afternoon until 12:30 at night in the private room in the great beis medrash, where hundreds of men, women and children, residents of Boro Park, entered, among them the rabbanim and dayanim of our kehilla, city rabbanim, roshei yeshiva and prominent members of the community, ahead of the days of mercy and favor, and to be remembered for salvation and mercy.

At around 7:15 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the sanctuary of the beis medrash, with the baal tefilla R' Moshe Kahana. After Mincha the Rebbe said Kaddish on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Gaon of Valova zy"a.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the Bobov hall, 'Ulam Heitner', where the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the kallah, daughter of the philanthropist R' Yosef Eliezer Itzkowitz. After the chuppah he warmly wished R' Yosef Eliezer, the mechutanim and the grandfathers well.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the Atereth Chaya halls for the chuppah of a chassan and kallah who are grandchildren of the holy Beirach Moshe zy"a. The chassan is the son of Rabbi Hershel Meisels shlit"a, rav of our beis medrash Beis Nachum Dov in Williamsburg, and of the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. The kallah is the daughter of HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Meir Halberstam shlit"a, dayan of our beis medrash at 18 Boro Park, and son-in-law of the Gaon, rav of our kehilla in Boro Park at 15 shlit"a.
The Rebbe was honored with reciting the kiddushin, and after the chuppah the Rebbe wished the chassan, the mechutanim, the esteemed grandfathers and the entire family well.

After a short while the Rebbe returned to the beis medrash and continued receiving the public.

During the entry times, the Sereidahel Rebbe shlit"a came for a visit. A pleasant conversation took place about the greatness of spreading Torah, through which Hashem's promise is fulfilled that "it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of his offspring," and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:40 in the sanctuary of the beis medrash, with the baal tefilla R' Moshe Kahana.

After Maariv the Rebbe walked over to the Atereth Chaya halls to the wedding celebration in our holy courts. The Rebbe greeted the rabbanim at the head table, and the badchan R' Yoshe Bruch Gross called the Rebbe shlit"a to the mitzvah tantz. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the chassan, mechutanim and grandfathers well, and performed the holy dancing and danced the mitzvah tantz before the kallah for a lengthy time, and afterwards danced with the chassan and mechutanim and with all the grandchildren of the holy Beirach Moshe zy"a, and especially with his brother, the Gaon, rav of our kehilla in Boro Park at 15 shlit"a, and his brother-in-law, the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a.
On the way out, the Rebbe shlit"a wished the kallah well, as well as his sister, the Rebbetzin of Montreal shlit"a.

The Rebbe especially wished well Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum shlit"a, rav of the Etz Chaim Sighet kehilla in Monsey, on the occasion of the engagement of his daughter, l'mazel tov.

At around 1:30 the Rebbe set out for home to his residence in Kiryas Joel.

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