Thursday, Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Chaim Michel Schwartz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, Beirach Moshe branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Samet.
- The bochur Yoel Rubinstein, son of R' Moshe Aharon.

During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening he gave over the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 25, verse 11.

Afterwards a lechayim took place in honor of the kiddushin of his grandson, the chassan, the exalted Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik shlit"a, son of the HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to his grandson the chassan, to his son the HaGaon Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, to the bar mitzvah bochurim, and to the entire assembly. He delivered words of Torah and expressed the great joy that another shidduch of a grandchild is being made, and concluded with abundant blessings.
The chassan said the pshetl and it was sung in as customary, and the singing of joyous niggunim continued. It concluded at around 12:40.

At around 5:20 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Heichal of the Mesivta, Divrei Yoel branch, for the drasha opening the summer zman. The Rebbe began with words of derush and aggadah, and then continued with guidance and mussar for the bochurim, strengthened the takanos of the yeshiva, and concluded with words of chizuk to the bochurim on matters of hashkafa and on the need to make use of the years of bochurim, and of the merit the bochurim have to learn in the yeshiva of the Rebbe zy"a, and ended with words of blessing. It concluded at around 6:10.

After the drasha the Rebbe davened Mincha in the Heichal of the Yeshiva, concluding at around 6:40.

The times of entry to the Rebbe's chambers were from 8:00 until 8:45 in the evening, at his home on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- HaRav R' Yisroel Simcha Landau - HaRav R' Lipa Halpert, son of R' Shmuel.
- HaRav R' Yoel Polatschek, son of R' Baruch - HaRav R' Shalom Eliezer Goldberger.

At around 9:10 the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to Boro Park for the tenaim celebration of his grandson, the chassan, the exalted Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik shlit"a, son of the HaGaon Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a. It took place in the hall of HaMispik. The Rebbe arrived at around 10:20 and greeted the rabbonim at the head table, and the mechutan, the HaGaon Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a, came forward.
The Rebbe arranged the tenaim, and honored the grandfather on the kallah's side, HaGaon R' Nachum Meir German shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Bobov, with reading the tenaim.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave blessings to the chassan, the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire assembly, delivered words of Torah on the topic of marriage, continued with several stories about marriage from the great grandfathers zy"a, of whom the chassan and kallah are descendants, and concluded with abundant blessings.
The chassan said the pshetl and it was sung in as customary, and the singing of joyous niggunim continued, and the entire assembly came over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov. It concluded at around 11:40, and on the way out the Rebbe gave the kallah blessings as customary.

Afterwards the Rebbe davened Maariv in a side room, and at around 12:00 left the hall on the way home to Kiryas Yoel.

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