Thursday, Parshas Chayei Sarah — "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the heichal of the Mesivta, Barach Moshe branch. During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up for Shlishi. After davening, he learned a sugya at a shiur in the yeshiva.

In the afternoon at around 3:45, the Rebbe went to the Kiryas Joel cemetery for the levaya of HaGaon Rabbi Aharon Zev Malik z"l, Av Beis Din of Sambor.

At around 5:15, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppahs of the following mechutanim:
R' Lipa Epstein (Montreal) — R' Fishel Freund, in the halls of Kinor David.
R' Yaakov Teller (Williamsburg) — R' Yoel Friedman, in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.

At around 8:00, the Rebbe davened Maariv in his holy home on Ohel Court.
Afterwards, there were yechidus hours for the kehilla until 11:30 at night.

At around 10:15, the Rebbe went down to the Tenaim halls in his holy home, where a public examination was held by "Chaburas Talmudo B'yado" of the yeshivos ketanos of our holy mosdos from across greater New York. Dozens of bochurim sat arranged in rows around the hall, and HaRav R' Avrohom Schwartz shlit"a of Eretz Yisroel and HaRav R' Shlomo Shabsai Kestenbaum shlit"a, one of the rabbanim of our kehilla in Williamsburg, tested the bochurim by heart on dozens of masechtos of Shas. Several times the Rebbe took the microphone and posed questions from throughout Shas, to which the bochurim responded with tremendous clarity. The Rebbe watched with great nachas and enjoyment. Afterwards, the Rebbe drank a lechayim and extended blessings to the entire assembly, and delivered brief words of Torah and blessing about the simcha, that so many bochurim can stand to be tested by heart on hundreds of blatt of Gemara, and he bestowed abundant blessings. It concluded at around 10:45, and the Rebbe went back upstairs to continue the yechidus hours.
On his way out, the Rebbe warmly extended blessings to the patron of the chaburah, R' Yitzchok Schwartz of Williamsburg.

After the yechidus hours, the Rebbe went to the halls of Keren Veyoel Moshe for the Sheva Brachos simcha hosted by HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a, in honor of the marriage of his granddaughter, mazel tov. The kallah is the daughter of his son-in-law HaGaon R' Moshe Teitelbaum shlit"a, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of Beis Shmuel Binyamin beis medrash; the choson is the son of HaRav R' Eli Ginsburg shlit"a, son of the Chust Rebbe shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a.
Upon arriving at around 12:35, the Rebbe warmly greeted the distinguished grandfathers, the Rebbes shlit"a. A lovely conversation ensued for a lengthy time about stories of the Blazov dynasty, and the Dayan shlit"a raised various interesting questions in the halachos of Shabbos. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and extended blessings to the choson, the mechutanim, the distinguished grandfathers, and the entire assembly, and then set out in a mitzvah dance and a special dance with the choson and with the Toldos Aharon Rebbe shlit"a. It concluded at around 12:15.

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