Sunday, Parshas Toldos — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for a baby boy born to R' Mordechai Shmuel Zilberstein, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Yoel Mermelstein.
The bochur Shraga Yitzchak Weiss.
The bochur Avrohom Yosef Schwartz.
The bochur Kalonymus Eliezer Malach.
The bochur Yisroel Yoshe Kalish.

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 24, verse 5. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 5:15 and Maariv at around 5:45, in his holy home.

In the evening at around 7:40, the Sardahely Rebbe shlit"a, who is staying in Kiryas Joel these days for the benefit of his yeshiva, paid a visit to the Rebbe in his holy home. A pleasant conversation ensued about yeshivos back home in Europe, and the Rebbe praised his yeshiva highly, which is renowned and praiseworthy. The Sardahely Rebbe shlit"a expressed his admiration for the city of Kiryas Yoel. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing upon him, and also upon the host, R' Akiva Hersh Klein, and then escorted him out to the street.

The yechidus hours were from 8:00 until 9:45 in the evening, in his holy home on Ihel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim for the following mechutanim.
HaRav HaChasid R' Shmuel Landau - HaRav HaChasid R' Feivel Soffer.
HaRav HaChasid R' Aharon Elazar Rubinfeld and HaRav HaChasid R' Yuda Hersh Berger.

During the yechidus hours, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Kahana shlit"a, the Rebbe of Przeworsk-Antwerp, paid a visit. The Rabbi shlit"a presented the Rebbe shlit"a with his sefer 'Nashim B'mai Zachyan,' and the Rebbe looked into it for a while, held a pleasant conversation about the sefer, and bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

Also entering the yechidus were the students of Yeshivas Makor Chaim of Flatbush. The Rebbe questioned them on their studies, and the bochurim went over to receive his holy blessing.

After the yechidus hours, the Rebbe went over to Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe for the bar mitzvah simcha of his grandson, the bar mitzvah bochur Yekusiel Yehuda ny"u, son of the son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Upon arrival, the Rebbe danced in place for a few minutes. After washing, the bar mitzvah bochur made a siyum on
the six orders of Mishnah, and after the siyum, the grandfather, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Volove shlit"a, said Kaddish. During the seudah, the son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the beis medrash shlit"a, and the grandfather, HaGaon Av Beis Din of Volove shlit"a, spoke, and after the soup, the bar mitzvah bochur delivered the pshetl.
The Rebbe delivered words of Torah on the verse "And may G-d give you of the dew of heaven," explaining that one must have fear of Heaven before learning Torah, to learn Torah in purity and after learning, so that the Torah will endure for the future. He praised the bar mitzvah bochur, who completed the six orders of Mishnah, and wished that he be able to complete all of Shas and follow in the ways of his grandfather, the holy author of Yitev Lev zy"a, after whom he is named, and concluded with abundant blessings.
For bentching, the Rebbe honored the bar mitzvah bochur. It concluded at around 11:00.

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