Tuesday, Parshas Nitzavim — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning before Shacharis, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yoel Berish Steinmetz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash Imrei Noam in the Divrei Yoel neighborhood, together with the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah Esek HaTorah of Monsey, under the leadership of HaGaon Rabbi Yisroel Mordechai Seidenfeld shlit"a. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Berkowitz, son of R' Berish.

After davening, the Rebbe blew the shofar and delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 23, verse 1. He then continued with words of chizuk on the occasion of the end of the zman, with words of praise for the yeshiva, which concluded the year successfully, and for the good name the yeshiva has earned, as many areas of Torah were covered, especially the halachos of mikvaos. He concluded with abundant blessings and good shidduchim for all the talmidim of the yeshiva.

Afterwards, a lechayim gathering took place in the hall of the beis medrash on the occasion of the end of the zman. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the bar mitzvah bochur, the rebbeim and the talmidim of the yeshiva well. HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Turnheim shlit"a, a rebbe in the yeshiva, spoke. The Rebbe then distributed the sefer Divrei Chaim on Mikvaos to all the talmidim of the yeshiva and bestowed his holy blessing.

At around 1:50, the Rebbe arrived at Yeshiva Gedolah, the Birach Moshe branch, where the Rebbe delivered the seventh shiur in the sugya of 'Mitzvos lav lehenos nitnu' as preparation for the Shabbos Shuva drasha. It concluded at around 2:30.

In the afternoon hours, the Rebbe traveled into Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.

Upon arriving in Williamsburg, the Rebbe made a brief visit to our new beis medrash, 'Beis Medrash Lev Aharon' on South 8th, which has been beautifully completed and will, b'ezras Hashem, open its doors this coming Shabbos Kodesh. The Rebbe walked through the entire beis medrash building with great satisfaction at the magnificent beis medrash that has been built, and bestowed his holy blessing upon the administration and the askanim of the beis medrash.

Reception hours in the Rebbe's holy home on Hewes St. ran from 5:30 until 11:45 at night.

At around 7:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

During the reception hours, HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Meyer shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Maor HaTorah, came in to the Rebbe to give and receive blessings for the new year. A pleasant, warm conversation took place about the sugyos that were just begun for the Elul zman in Maseches Bava Basra. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him and accompanied him to the door.

The Rebbe also blessed small bottles of honey that were sent to Eretz Yisroel for the askanim of our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak, who have devoted themselves day and night, without rest, to prepare the enlarged hall of the Beis Medrash HaGadol in the Kiryas Yoel neighborhood so that it will be ready for the coming holy days, for the glory and splendor of Hashem.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:10 and then continued receiving the public.

After the reception hours, the Rebbe traveled to Boro Park, where the Rebbe went up to the home of R' Michael Dov Kraus, where his son, the philanthropist R' Avrohom Binyamin Elimelech of Kiryas Joel, pledged a large sum for the benefit of the Yesod Lev institutions in Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe arrived at around 12:15. A pleasant conversation took place about HaGaon HaKadosh Rabbi Dovid Deutsch zt"l, author of Ohel Dovid, whose grandson the donor is. The Rebbe also recounted memories of R' Yisroel Dovid Weiss a"h, the donor's grandfather, who merited to spend time in the shadow of the holy Rebbe R' Shalom Eliezer'l of Ratzfert zt"l and received a promise to be saved from the hands of the wicked, as well as various recollections from the days of the Rebbe zy"a. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor, drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings, and distributed small bottles of honey to all the family members for the coming Rosh Hashana. Then, at around 12:45, the Rebbe set out for home, to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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