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

This morning, before Shacharis, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Avrohom Binyomin Gold, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek on the occasion of the simcha of the bris milah of his grandson, the newborn son of Rabbi Dovid Elimelech Halberstam shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Tartikov shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Rebbe's son-in-law (chasan), the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Shimon Ozer Levi.
- The bochur Tzvi Weiss.
- The bochur Asher Anshel Yosef.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up as the third aliyah, and after davening a lechayim was held for the bar mitzvah bochurim in the heichal of the beis medrash.

The bris milah simcha then took place in the heichal of the beis medrash. The mohel was the father of the baby, and the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandekaus.
Standing sandek: the Rebbe's son-in-law, the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. Brachos and naming: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Tartikov shlit"a. "V'yikorei shmo b'Yisroel": 'Yitzchak', after the grandfather, the Alesk Rebbe zt"l.
After the bris, the entire congregation went over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov.

A few minutes later, the seudas bris took place in the heichal of the beis medrash. At the seudah, the baal simcha, the father of the baby, spoke, as did the grandfathers, the Rebbe's son-in-law, the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, and the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Tartikov shlit"a.
The Rebbe honored the HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yechezkel Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kenehnitch, with "Yom Libashah".
The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the topic of bris milah, and warmly blessed the baal simcha shlit"a and the grandfathers.
The Rebbe led the bentching over the cup and honored the family members with the Harachamans. The seudah concluded at around 1:30.
Afterward, the Rebbe went over to the home of his son-in-law, the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, where the Rebbe extended good wishes to the women who had given birth.

In the afternoon at around 3:00, the Rebbe went on a visit to the HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Stern shlit"a, Rav of Maariv in Bnei Brak, in his holy room. A lovely conversation ensued in the give-and-take of Torah study on various sugyos of the Shas. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim, bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, and accompanied him out to the street.

At around 8:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ahil Street.
Afterward, there were entrance times (zmanei kenisah) in the Rebbe's room until 12:30 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- R' Moshe Shlomo Klagsbrun - R' Meir Eli Goldberger.
- R' Meir Moshe Moskowitz - R' Yisroel B'rosh Schwartz.

During the entrance times, the HaRav HaTzaddik R' Asher Adler shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Seredna, entered the Rebbe's room to receive the holy blessing on the occasion of the upcoming marriage of his daughter, mazel tov, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing.

Also entering the Rebbe's room was R' Aharon Bentzion Wieder, Assemblyman from Monsey and longtime askan on behalf of saving pure chinuch in New York, who has stood at the head, at the right hand of the Rebbe shlit"a, in the effort to save chinuch, all these years, equally for the good, since the very beginning of the campaign. R' Aharon Bentzion thanked the Rebbe shlit"a for the constant guidance and counsel throughout the long struggle, particularly now in the situation of the new law coming about, both with the funds and the right connections, and above all the clear and certain da'as Torah in every aspect. He described the tremendous siyata dishmaya in endorsing and bringing into office the right figures, which enabled the great victory with the new law for the benefit of chinuch. R' Aharon Bentzion also conveyed greetings from the highly successful 'Satmar' business expo. The Rebbe warmly thanked him for his longtime askanus for the sake of the future of chinuch, both for going down to Albany before he was elected to the Assembly, and for his help with the petitions, and for his courageous stand against the Education Department at the meeting in Monsey about the petitions, and more. The Rebbe warmly bestowed upon him from his holy blessing, that he should be able to continue and succeed with his askanus and the proper methods of hishtadlus.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30. Before Maariv, candles were lit in honor of the yahrzeit of his uncle, the Holy Rebbe R' Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum zt"l Hy"d, Av Beis Din of the holy community of Sighet, may Hashem avenge his blood.

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