Monday, Parshas Ki Seitzei — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yaakov Eliezer Berkowitz, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

Before Shacharis, the Rebbe offered nichum aveilim by telephone to the brothers, the Kretchnif-Sigut Rebbes shlit"a who reside in Eretz Yisroel, and afterwards to the brothers, the Rebbes shlit"a who reside abroad, on the passing of their father, the Kretchnif-Sigut Rebbe zt"l.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah branch of Divrei Yoel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yaakov Mendlowitz.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe was called up as the third aliyah, and after davening the shofar was blown and ten chapters of Tehillim were recited, as is customary in the month of Elul.
Afterwards, the Rebbe delivered the daily Tehillim shiur on chapter 27, verse 3. Then a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe offered nichum aveilim by telephone to his mechutan, the Kretchnif-Yerushalayim Rebbe shlit"a, who is sitting shiva for his brother, the Kretchnif-Sigut Rebbe zt"l.

At about 1:40 the Rebbe arrived at the Heichal HaMesivta, the Voyoel Moshe branch, where the Rebbe delivered the first sugya shiur on the topic of "mitzvah haba'ah ba'aveirah" as preparation for the Shabbos Shuva derasha. After the shiur, the Rebbe, as is his custom, engaged in lively Torah discussion with the talmidim, and it concluded at about 2:30.

In the afternoon hours, kollel avreichim of Belz from Boro Park entered the Rebbe's room together with HaGaon Rabbi Asher Ekstein shlit"a, dayan and moreh d'asra of Belz in Boro Park, who had been on a visit to the glatt mehadrin slaughterhouse after completing a review of Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, volume 1. A pleasant conversation ensued regarding shechita and melicha and the many chumros of the slaughterhouse in Kiryas Joel.
Afterwards, all the avreichim went in to receive the Rebbe's blessing, and the Rebbe warmly wished the HaGaon, the dayan of Belz shlit"a, and the Rav of the kollel, HaGaon Rabbi Michoel Pesach Osterlitz shlit"a, well.

Reception hours were from 6:30 until 12:50 at night at the Rebbe's holy home at the Ohel.

At about 7:15 the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- Rabbi Yoel, son of R' Shmuel Dovid, Markowitz shlit"a and HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, a moreh tzedek, at the Kinor Dovid hall.
- R' Alexander Moshe Klein and R' Yoel Brown at the Beis Rochel Paradise hall.
- R' Elazar Feldman and R' Avrohom Yeshaya Shalom Knapler at the Ginas Klein hall.
After the chuppos, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home.

At about 10:30 the Rebbe went down to the tenaim hall in his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim: R' Zev Dov Weisenfeld and R' Yechezkel Shraga Friedman of Montreal.
The Rebbe davened Maariv at about 12:50.

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