Monday–Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a
Brief Visit of the Rebbe shlit"a Among the Community in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim:
the son of R' Yoel Weinberger shlit"a;
the bochur Yoel Schreiber.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah. After davening, he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 24, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 5:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy residence.

After Mincha, at around 5:25, the Rebbe left his holy residence on the way to JFK Airport, from where the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to visit the shechita in the country of Uruguay, where our holy kehilla will begin to shecht large animals with the utmost kashrus and hiddur, in accordance with the rulings of our holy Rabbis, with a stopover for a brief visit in Argentina among the community.

At around 7:05 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the airport. After a short while the Rebbe davened Maariv in the Chabad house; the baal tefilla was R' Moshe Dovid Davidowitz.
After Maariv, the local Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Yosef Raab shlit"a, and his father-in-law Rabbi Eliezer Reitzik shlit"a, one of the rabbis of "Mikvah International," took leave of the Rebbe. They presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a report of their many efforts to build mikvaos around the world, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

At around 8:40 the Rebbe boarded the plane together with HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a, and HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of Monsey shlit"a, and a select few close followers.

At 9:02 the plane took off. On the way, the Rebbe shlit"a learned his shiur in Maseches Bava Kama for an extended time, and then engaged in a lengthy conversation with the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a and the Rav of Monsey shlit"a about a current question of ribbis that is on the table, and they delved into it at length.

The plane landed today, Tuesday, at 9:41 local time, where the Rebbe was greeted with song and joy by HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim Argentina shlit"a, and most members of the kehilla. People came to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe traveled a 40-minute drive to the lodging.
After a short break at the lodging, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the local great beis medrash of Kehal Charedim, where the entire community, elderly and young alike, greeted the Rebbe shlit"a in the street with song and joy. The children of the talmud torah received the Rebbe in the beis medrash, where the Rebbe looked upon the children with affection and deep emotion.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went to view the large mikvah in the building, and then went to immerse in the private mikvah of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim Buenos Aires, Argentina shlit"a, in the beis medrash building.

At around 11:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Shacharis. The baal tefilla was HaRav HaChassid R' Moshe HaKohen Gabra.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yitzchak Salem, where the Rebbe served as sandek and recited the brachos.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a paid a visit to HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim shlit"a, in his apartment above the beis medrash. Also present were HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, and HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of Monsey shlit"a, as well as HaGaon R' Shmuel Ari Levin shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Chafetz Chaim Argentina. The Rebbe shlit"a praised all the esteemed fruits that have come out of the kehilla: rabbinic decisors, sofrim, and those who spread Torah, and quality people who succeeded in New York. He then engaged in a lengthy conversation about the shechita, all the matters of history in Argentina and Uruguay, and all the takanos that were instituted. The Rav honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings. On the way out, the Rebbe sent his good wishes to the Rebbetzin tlit"a.

Afterwards, at around 1:55, the Rebbe went down to the beis medrash for the welcoming ceremony with song and joy, with the participation of the entire kehilla: elders, avreichim and baalei batim. On one side of the beis medrash were the bochurim, and on the other side the children, and all the righteous women in the ezras nashim.
Several niggunim were sung. Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fishel, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim shlit"a, welcomed the Rebbe with a few words. Afterwards the Rav shlit"a delivered his heartfelt address and greeted the Rebbe, and noted that the last time the Rebbe came was on a mission from the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, and now the Rebbe had come to see his own students, as the great majority of the kehilla are students of the Rebbe who learned in the Rebbe's yeshiva.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words, expressed his emotion and his praise for the beautiful kehilla with its good fruits, and warmly bestowed abundant blessings.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the entire community, and distributed a Sefer Tehillim to all the children. He also left a generous gift for all the staff of the mosdos and the members of the kollel. The event concluded at around 3:00 and the Rebbe returned to the lodging.

At around 3:15 the Rebbe shlit"a went to the new site of the large building for the mosdos. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the entire community, and then bid farewell with heartfelt emotion, and personally gave warm blessings to the Rav shlit"a.

The event concluded at around 3:45 and the Rebbe set out for the airport to continue the journey to the shechita in the country of Uruguay, leaving behind a holy impression and great chizuk for the community members, residents of the city.

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