Friday, 4th day of Chol Hamoed Pesach, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before Shacharis, a bris of a newborn son took place for R' Elikim Yuda Greenwald, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:15. Baal tefillah: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Yaakov Rosenfeld shlit"a. The Rebbe approached the amud for Hallel.

- Pesicha: R' Avrohom Weider and R' Moshe Falkowitz.
- Kohen: R' Yudel Katz.
- Levi: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of the Divrei Chaim beis medrash.
- Shlishi: HaGaon R' Meshulam Nosson Spiegel shlit"a, Rav of the Tefilla L'Moshe Kalashin beis medrash in Monsey.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Baruch Rokeach shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's brother, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Ohel Feiga beis medrash shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yehoshua Weider.
- Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Baruch Teitelbaum shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Baruch beis medrash shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Yaakov Moshe Zafir (of Williamsburg).

Mussaf: HaGaon R' Anshel Gruber shlit"a (Monsey). The davening concluded at around 12:00.

After davening, a bris of a newborn son took place for R' Yehoshua Weider, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

At around 1:45 the Rebbe went over to the courtyard of R' Moshe Goldstein and R' Yisroel Henoch Kraus, where the ceremony of shechitas hasseh took place, with which the Rebbe redeemed the second donkey, for the kohen HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Binyamin Strasser shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra, in Boro Park. Upon arrival, a conversation on matters of shechita developed together with HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, dayan of the Dinov beis medrash in Kiryas Joel, and the Rebbe expressed with emotion the privilege he had to fulfill such a great mitzvah. The Rebbe inspected the chalaf, and the shochet, R' Avrohom Shmuel Schwartz, slaughtered the sheep. It was checked and, Baruch Hashem, came out perfectly kosher, and the Rebbe said that they should still try to send meat to the kohen, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Nitra in Boro Park shlit"a, for Yom Tov. Afterwards, the Rebbe wished a mazel tov to R' Moshe Goldstein and his son-in-law R' Yisroel Henoch Kraus, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

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