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

Before davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Fishel Sofer, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
And a bris for the newborn son of R' Yosef Eliyahu Bikel, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Beis Medrash Rav Tov in the Eitz Chaim neighborhood, on the occasion of the simcha of the bris milah of his grandson, the newborn son of HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, the rav of the beis medrash.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Shalom Zusha Kessler.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah.

After davening, the simcha of the bris milah took place in the main hall of the beis medrash.
- The mohel was the father of the baby shlit"a.
- The Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandekaus.
- Standing sandek: the Rebbe's mechutan, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.
- Blessings and naming: HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a.
The baby was named in Yisroel: "Yekusiel Yehuda," after the Baal Yitav Lev zy"a.
After the bris, the entire congregation came over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a and the distinguished grandfathers "Mazel tov," and a lechayim gathering took place together with the bar mitzvah bochur in his private room.

After a short while, the Rebbe went up to the top floor of the building to the Yeshiva Ketana, Zera Kodesh branch, under the direction of R' Yoel Asher Weider shlit"a, where the seudas bris took place. At the seudah, the baal simcha, the father of the baby, HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh shlit"a, spoke, as did the grandfathers, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, and the Rebbe's mechutan, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.
For Yom Libeshah, the Rebbe honored his grandson Rabbi Meshulam Zusha Rosenbaum shlit"a, the son-in-law of the Rebbe's mechutan, HaGaon HaTzaddik, the rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. Afterwards the Rebbe delivered holy words on the subject of bris milah and spoke words of guidance to the talmidim of the yeshiva, and warmly wished the baal simcha shlit"a, the distinguished grandfathers, and the rebbeim and talmidim of the yeshiva.
At the end, the Rebbe spoke about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness in Kiryas Joel and in Kiryas Joel HaMurchevres, and said that apartments are being built here nearby, more Jewish apartments, more apartments where people will serve Hashem and do the will of the Creator. The Rebbe named the Carlsburg street, where the beis medrash and the yeshiva are located together with the neighboring apartment projects, in the name of his grandfather, the Holy Gaon zy"a, with the name "Shechunas Eitz Chaim."
Likewise, there is a new neighborhood being built by R' Yozefa Landau, located on Route 208 right at the border of the city of Kiryas Joel ("whatever is attached to the pure is pure"), and the Rebbe named it "Shechunas Or HaChaim," after the holy Or HaChaim zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls next week on 15 Tammuz. The Rebbe concluded with his holy blessings that the city of Kiryas Joel may continue to grow in quantity and quality, which the Rebbe, its founder, already sanctified and purified until the coming of the Redeemer.
For Birkas HaMazon, the Rebbe honored R' Yoel Asher Weider shlit"a, and with the Harachaman's, the rebbeim of the yeshiva and the family members. They concluded at around 1:45.
Afterwards the Rebbe went over to the home of his grandson HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh shlit"a, where the Rebbe wished the mother mazel tov, as is customary.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Yoel Meremelstein and R' Yoel Gandel in the Kinor Dovid halls.
And at the chuppah of the mechutanim R' Bentzion Mezei and R' Pinchas Shlomo Perlmutter in the Gina Klein halls.

Between the chuppahs, the Rebbe went over to the home of R' Bentzion Klein, where a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yoel Yaakov Kahn, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
After the bris, the Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished mazel tov to the baal bris and his family.

Entry hours (zmanei kenisah) were from 8:15 until 2:00 at night at his holy residence on Ohel Court.

At around 9:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha at his holy residence.

During the entry hours, the Rebbe connected by phone with Rabbi Eliyahu Shlomo Kahn shlit"a, director of Bais Rachel Kiryas Joel, and Rabbi Meir Yosef Gross shlit"a, director of Camp Bais Rachel, where the Rebbe inquired how the first week in camp had gone, discussed various matters, and gave his holy blessing.

At around 10:45, the Rebbe read the tnaim of the mechutanim R' Fishel Rispler and R' Binyomin Aryeh Leibush Hirsch in the tnaim hall at his holy residence.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:45, and after Maariv continued receiving the public.

In the late night hours, HaGaon R' Hersh Leib Bernstein shlit"a, chairman of the Kiryas Joel Kashrus Committee, entered together with several members of the committee for a meeting, where they discussed several matters on the agenda regarding kashrus, about which the Rebbe gave them his holy instructions.

Likewise, the members of the committee for expanding the city's boundaries entered and discussed various matters on the agenda in the new neighborhoods in Kiryas Joel, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon them.

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