Wednesday, Chol HaMoed Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before Shacharis, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Shimon Lebovitch, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:15. The baal tefillah was HaRav R' Elchanan Taub. The Rebbe approached the amud for Hallel.

- Petichah: the elder, R' Naftali Lebovitch (of Williamsburg) and R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (of Williamsburg).
- Kohen: R' Lipa Friedman (of Williamsburg).
- Levi: R' Yehoshua Wertzberger.
- Shlishi: the bochur, the bar mitzvah boy Yoel Kaufman – the shamash.
- Hagbah: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a – moreh tzedek.
- Gelilah: R' Avrohom Moshe Lebovitch.
- Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: HaGaon R' Yechezkel Shraga Lax shlit"a – moreh tzedek.
- Gelilah: Rabbi Avrohom Menachem Schwartz shlit"a (of Boro Park).

Mussaf: Rabbi Avrohom Shimshon Horowitz shlit"a. The davening concluded at around 12:00.

After davening, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Yehuda Nesanel Mascher, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

After Shacharis, the Rebbe went over to the home of his grandson, HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash Rav Tov, for the chalaka celebration of his son, the child Shalom Eliezer, may he live. The Rebbe cut a few hairs, put on the child's kippah and tzitzis, drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

At around 6:00, the Rebbe was visited for a Yom Tov visit by HaGaon HaKadosh Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra, Monsey. A longer, warm conversation of nearly an hour took place, during which various interesting questions that arose on Yom Tov Pesach were discussed, along with a fine conversation regarding shechita. The Rebbe gave him a gift of his new sefer Lev Aharon Moadim – Pesach, bestowed his holy blessing and accompanied him out to the street.

Afterwards, the distinguished philanthropist and man of kindness, R' Yoel Landau, patron and president of the magnificent beis medrash 'Or HaChaim' Ribnitz in Williamsburg, entered for a private audience. A fine, lengthy conversation took place about the Yom Tov and about memories of earlier days in the shadow of the Divrei Yoel zy"a, and the Rebbe shlit"a bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

At 7:45, HaGaon R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of the beis medrash 'Binyan Gelbstein' of our kehilla in Williamsburg, entered for a private audience and presented the Rebbe shlit"a with his new sefer 'B'Shvili Halacha', volumes 7 and 8, on the halachos of Yom Tov. A fine conversation took place about the halachos of Yom Tov and matters of the Pesach holiday. The Rebbe thanked him for the sefarim and bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

At around 8:20, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home, and Maariv at around 9:00.

At around 10:15, HaGaon R' Aharon Mordechai Brisk shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Tosh, Monsey, author of Otzar HaZmanim, entered for a private audience. A fine halachic conversation took place and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

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