Sunday, Parshas Chukas, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, before Shacharis, the following brissen took place:
- The son born to R' Yaakov Friedman, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- The son born to R' Avieizer Mordechai Schwartz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Sofer.
- The bochur Yitzchak Moshe Gross.
- The bochur Yaakov Yoel Sapdi.
- The bochur Avrohom Weinstein.

After davening, the Rebbe recited the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 26, verse 1. Afterward a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

At around 2:00 the Rebbe arrived at the Ateres Charna Hall in Monsey for the annual Chumash seudah of the students of our holy mosdos. The Rebbe greeted the rabbis at the head table, and the children sang several songs and rhymes in honor of the occasion. Afterward all the children came over and the Rebbe gave each one a Tehillim.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed blessings upon all the children and their parents, and spoke words of blessing to the children, emphasizing the importance of learning Torah with peyos, and bestowed abundant blessings.

Afterward the Rebbe entered a side room where the twelfth-grade students of Bais Rochel of our holy mosdos had gathered. The Rebbe spoke words of guidance to the students, stressing that now, as they leave Bais Rochel after so many years, they must keep in mind what is expected of a Bais Rochel graduate, especially as this is the first year of the graduating class in our holy mosdos in Monsey, and when the fruits of Bais Rochel are examined, they are examined closely. This demands of each one a tremendous responsibility to create a Kiddush Hashem. The Rebbe continued with words of guidance on how a Jewish home should be run, and concluded with his holy blessing.

At 3:00 the Rebbe arrived at the Talmud Torah building, the 'Goldstein Building,' on Monsey Blvd. The Rebbe entered the beis medrash where the students of the mosdos were learning Torah, and went among the children and bochurim and engaged in the learning with great satisfaction.

Afterward the Rebbe entered a side classroom where the students of the mosdos who had brought in larger sums for the benefit of our holy mosdos came over, and the Rebbe distributed coins and siddurim.

From there the Rebbe went to the building of Yeshiva Ketana, the Kinyan Torah branch, under the direction of HaRav Asher Anshil Griesgott shlit"a. Upon arrival the Rebbe looked over the construction work on the new yeshiva building being built alongside it, and heard a report from R' Hershel Wertheimer - a member of the yeshiva's board.
The Rebbe entered the yeshiva's hall, looked over the learning, and walked among the tables with great pleasure, and bestowed blessings upon the yeshiva's administration.

From there the Rebbe went to Yeshiva Ketana, the Darchei Torah branch, under the direction of HaRav Shaul Yechezkel Perlstein shlit"a. The Rebbe entered the yeshiva's hall, went among the tables and looked over the learning with great satisfaction, and bestowed blessings upon the yeshiva's administration.

Afterward, at around 4:00, the Rebbe went to our new beis medrash, Beirach Moshe, in the Spring Valley area, which opened in recent months. The Rebbe toured the entire beis medrash building and looked into the davening rooms, the mikvah, and the ezras nashim. Then a lechayim gathering was held in the beis medrash's main hall. Several songs were sung, and R' Yoel Shmuel Gottlieb, one of the gabbaim of the beis medrash, spoke.

The Rebbe drank lechayim and extended blessings to the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, to HaRav Aharon Isriel shlit"a, a moreh tzedek, and to the entire congregation, especially to the benefactor and patron of the beis medrash, R' Moshe Yitzchak Landau.
Then the Rebbe spoke words of Torah and expressed his great satisfaction with the expansion of the borders of holiness of our kehilla and our holy mosdos in Monsey, both in quantity and in quality, and concluded with his holy blessing for the entire congregation, particularly for R' Moshe Yitzchak, who donated and established such a beautiful beis medrash, and said that the main beauty of a beis medrash is when it is full of those who learn Torah, and bestowed abundant blessings.

From there the Rebbe traveled to the new beis medrash building 'Lev Aharon' in the West Maple neighborhood, which is in the deep stages of construction. The Rebbe entered and looked over the construction work on all floors, accompanied by R' Hershel Wertheimer - benefactor and patron of the beis medrash, and bestowed abundant blessings. At around 4:40 the Rebbe set out on the way home to his residence in Kiryas Joel.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- R' Yehuda Yosef Weinstock and R' Shraga Chaim Feder, in the Kinor Dovid halls.
- R' Yoel Dana and R' Chaim Mordechai Shema, in the Bais Rochel Paradise halls.
- R' Lipa Neustadt and R' Yitzchak Moskowitz, in the Ginas Klein halls.

At around 8:10 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his residence on Ohel Court.

After Mincha the Rebbe went to the front of the Yeshiva Ketana building, the Yismach Moshe branch, for the levaya of HaRav Yisroel Chaim Gutman a"h, a rebbi in the yeshiva.

Yechidus hours were from 9:00 until 12:45 at night in his residence on Ohel Court.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- R' Ari Hershkowitz and R' Chaim Shlomo Wertheimer.
- R' Menachem Shmuel Frankel and R' Avrohom Yitzchak Meir Wertzberger (of Williamsburg).

After the tenaim, the Rebbe went to be menachem avel at the family of R' Yisroel Chaim Gutman a"h, and after the nichum aveilim returned to his residence on Ohel Court to continue the yechidus hours.

During the yechidus hours, the Rav of our kehilla in Lindenwood, HaRav shlit"a, entered together with prominent members of the community to invite the Rebbe to the ceremony of pouring the foundations for the mikvah at our beis medrash in Lindenwood, which will take place this Tuesday, and the Rebbe conferred of his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:45.

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