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

At around 8:15 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis.
- Baal tefillah: R' Chaim Berish Spielman (Kiryas Joel).
- Pesicha: R' Aharon Dov HaLevi Getter (Boro Park).
- Baal koreh: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shalom Rottah shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Oistrik.
- Kohen: R' Meir Mendel Weiss (Kiryas Joel).
- Levi: R' Moshe Eliyahu Wertzberger (Kiryas Joel).
- Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yoel Berish Eckstein (Kiryas Joel).

After Shacharis the Rebbe walked home to his holy residence. A pleasant conversation was held about various neighborhoods in New York and countries in Europe where Jews settled after the Second World War.

In the afternoon at around 5:55 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha. Baal tefillah: R' Shlomo Menashe son of R' Yoel Falkowitz (Kiryas Joel). Between Mincha and Maariv the Rebbe was engaged in his learning, and at the time of Rabbeinu Tam, at around 6:35, Maariv was davened.

After Maariv a lechayim gathering took place in the heichal of the beis medrash in honor of the simcha of the kishur ha'chituin (engagement) of the Rebbe shlit"a's eldest great-grandchild, the kallah, daughter of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Glanz shlit"a, to the grandson of HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Womsb"g shlit"a. The Rebbe came out in a festive dance in the middle of the floor for several minutes, and nigunim of thanksgiving were sung with great emotion.

The Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim and blessed the rabbonim shlit"a who were present and the entire kehilla. He then delivered a Torah discourse on the verse "Ozi v'zimras Kah vayehi li lishuah" and explained that by building a Jewish home, one draws down the Shechinah, and it becomes "Elokei avi — va'aromemenhu." He continued in a voice choked with tears, with the emotion of the joy of Shehecheyanu v'kiyemanu v'higianu lazman hazeh, now that an engagement is being made with his first great-grandchild, and of the praise and thanks owed to Hashem for living to see such a distinguished match, with a chosson who is a talmid chacham, a bar orayan and a bar avahan, a descendant of tzaddikim and kedoshim, a close family member, a grandson of his grandfather the holy R' Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert zy"a, may he be elevated in holiness. The Rebbe mentioned that the kallah was born on the day of the passing of her father's father, the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, who even lived to see a fifth generation, and that surely he would have had great joy from the present match. He concluded with abundant blessings, from afar, for the chosson, the mechutanim, the distinguished grandfathers, the rabbonim shlit"a, and the entire kehilla.
They continued with joyous nigunim for some time. They concluded at around 7:15, and the entire kehilla came over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov.

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