Motzei Shabbos 'B'tzeil HaKodesh'

After Havdalah, the Rebbe crossed over to the Heichal of our new beis medrash on 10th Avenue, the construction of which was just completed after the entire beis medrash was rebuilt in great splendor. The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah and looked around, and while there heard a report from R' Yisroel Ari Fischer. Afterwards the Rebbe entered the new Heichal HaTorah, where the Rebbe expressed his great pleasure. This was followed by a lechayim gathering, at which HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a, spoke. The Rebbe drank a lechayim, bestowed from his holy blessing, said a few brief words of blessing, and extended good wishes to the askanim of the beis medrash. In particular, the Rebbe extended good wishes to the sons of R' Dovid Rosenberg a"h, one of the leading benefactors of the beis medrash. The gathering ended at around 11:15, and the Rebbe returned to his lodgings.

At around 12:00 the Rebbe went to the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Chaim Yuda Lefkowitz, who purchased the merit of the mikvah in our new beis medrash on 18th Avenue for the enormous sum of 1.5 million dollars. A pleasant conversation ensued. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the benefactor, drank a lechayim, and bestowed from his holy blessing upon the benefactor and his family, upon Rabbi Avrohom Meir Halberstam shlit"a, Dayan of the beis medrash, and upon the members of the administration.

From there the Rebbe went to the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Shimon Kaufman, who purchased the merit of the aron kodesh in our new beis medrash on 18th Avenue for the enormous sum of one million dollars. A pleasant conversation ensued. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the benefactor, drank a lechayim, and bestowed from his holy blessing upon the benefactor and his family, and upon the Dayan and administration of the beis medrash.
The Rebbe also extended his holy blessing to the talmidim of the yeshiva ketana, Maayan HaTorah branch, who this week were tested on dozens of pages of Gemara as part of the "V'Talmido B'Yado" program.

From there the Rebbe went to the home of the distinguished philanthropist R' Dovid Yosha Hirsch, in the presence of the esteemed philanthropists R' Shalom Kraus and R' Moshe Eli Weinstock, each of the three of whom pledged one million dollars, and the distinguished philanthropist R' Aharon Tzvi Mittelman, who pledged a considerable sum, for our new beis medrash Lev Aharon. A pleasant conversation took place about the expansion of the borders of kedushah in our holy kehilla in Boro Park. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the esteemed benefactors, nigunim were sung in honor of the occasion, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed from his holy blessing upon the benefactors and their families and upon the administration of the building fund committee, and wished that the construction should proceed quickly and easily.

Afterwards the Rebbe went on a bikur cholim visit to R' Shlomo Tzadok Hoffman, for a refuah sheleimah. A pleasant conversation took place, during which R' Shlomo Tzadok pledged a considerable sum for the benefit of our beis medrash on 10th Avenue, and the Rebbe bestowed from his holy blessing upon him.

At around 1:45 the Rebbe traveled home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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