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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Eitz Chaim branch – Shiur Gimmel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Heller, son of R' Chaim Heller.

After davening, the Rebbe said over the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 26, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the heichal of the beis medrash.

In the afternoon at around 5:00, the Rebbe arrived in Linden, where the ceremony of pouring the foundations for the mikvah in our new beis medrash and for the community's tahara mikvah took place.
The Rebbe greeted the Rav of our Linden kehilla shlit"a and his father-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Anshel Shoer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Klausen, and entered the heichal of the beis medrash and looked over the construction work. There he heard a report from R' Yaakov Yoel Weiss, one of the gabbaim of the beis medrash, about the plans to complete the beis medrash by this coming winter, b'ezras Hashem. Then he went down to the lower floor and looked over the heichal haTorah that is being built.
The Rebbe then poured the foundations and honored the Rabbonim HaGeonim shlit"a and members of our holy kehilla to pour the foundations. Afterwards the Rebbe went upstairs to a lechayim gathering in the heichal of the beis medrash. Present at the lechayim were the rabbonim of the city, the Kosson Rebbe shlit"a and the Rachmistrivka-Linden Rebbe shlit"a, and a pleasant conversation ensued. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rav of our kehilla shlit"a spoke.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and warmly wished the Rabbonim shlit"a and the entire assembly well, and delivered words of Torah on the verse "Zos chukas haTorah," bringing out that the talmidim of the Baal Shem Tov instituted that one should learn and daven in a state of purity and go to the mikvah every day. Therefore, it is a great simcha that we have come today to pour a mikvah in a beis medrash where people learn and daven. He concluded with abundant blessings for the entire assembly and wished that the beis medrash and the mikvah be renewed soon and speedily. The gathering ended at around 5:40.

Afterwards the Rebbe went over to the new, huge building that was purchased for our mosdos in Linden, and walked through the building to look around. He heard a report about the building's plans from the dedicated askanim of the mosdos, and also from the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach, one of the great benefactors of our holy mosdos in Linden, and gave his holy blessing to the mosdos' administration.

Afterwards the Rebbe went over to the adjacent office building owned by the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach to a lechayim gathering on the occasion of the signing of the contract for the mosdos building. A pleasant conversation developed about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness in Linden. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished abundant blessings to R' Avrohom and to the entire assembly.

Afterwards the Rebbe went over to the pouring of the foundations at the tahara mikvah of our holy kehilla. The Rebbe poured the foundations and honored the Rabbonim shlit"a and the donors of the mikvah to pour the foundations. Afterwards a lechayim gathering was held, and a pleasant conversation ensued. The Rebbe drank a lechayim, and all the donors of the mikvah went over to receive the holy blessing. In particular, the Rebbe extended his holy blessing to the distinguished benefactor R' Yitzchak Zev Lefkowitz. The Rebbe also wished well to R' Yaakov Menachem Stief shlit"a, chairman of the city's tahara mikvah.
Then the Rebbe imparted a holy blessing and wished that the merit of increasing purity among Klal Yisroel should bring all good to the donors of the mikvah.

At around 6:30 the Rebbe left Linden and traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly zmanei kenisa (receiving hours).

The zmanei kenisa in the Rebbe's holy home on Hooper St. took place from 8:00 until 11:30 at night.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 9:00 and Maariv at around 10:00.


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