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

This morning before davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Mordechai Bentzion Eckstein, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah branch of Beirach Moshe. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Yoshe Itzkovitch.
- the bochur Shalom Moshe Eckstein.

During the Torah reading the Rebbe went up for Hagbah, and after davening the shofar was blown, and the second round of Sefer Tehillim was begun, and the Rebbe recited fifteen chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul. Afterward a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

The talmidim of the Yeshiva's branches also entered the Rebbe's room, who had presented themselves for examination on the entire Maseches Shabbos, and the Rebbe distributed a Tehillim to all the bochurim and bestowed his holy blessing upon them.

After a short time, at around 12:45, the Rebbe returned to the heichal of the beis medrash and delivered the seventh sugya shiur, on the sugya of mitzvah haba'ah ba'aveirah, as preparation for the Shabbos Shuva derasha. After the sugya shiur he continued with words of mussar and guidance in anticipation of the Yemei HaRachamim V'HaRatzon, IY"H, and he brought out the joy of the bochurim now, as the year draws to a close and they are going home having completed the entire Maseches Shabbos. 'B'zos yavo Aharon el hakodesh' — 'b'zos' in the Gemara refers to Shabbos; with Maseches Shabbos we draw near to the Yom HaDin. He concluded with abundant blessings.
Several niggunim were sung in honor of the conclusion of the zman, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the rebbeim and talmidim of the yeshiva well. It ended at around 1:40.

Afterward the Rebbe went over for his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse. On leaving the slaughterhouse, the Rebbe looked over the construction work at the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla, which is being expanded to be able to meet the demand for mehudar matzos.

In the afternoon hours a group of askanim from Houston, Texas, who run hachnasas orchim for the benefit of the sick in the local hospitals, entered the Rebbe's room, accompanied by the dynamic askan on behalf of the sick, R' Meir Wolf Mendlowitz. A pleasant conversation took place about the many activities on behalf of the sick, and the Rebbe warmly bestowed his holy blessing.

Entry times to the Rebbe's room were from 6:30 until 12:50 at night, at his holy residence on Uhel Ct.

Around 7:30 the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- HaRav R' Chaim Yaakov Hershkovitz shlit"a and R' Naftali Hirtzka Weiss, in the halls of Beis Rochel Paradise.
- R' Moshe Henoch Friedman and R' Baruch Mordechai Rosenberg, in the halls of Kinor David.
After the chuppos the Rebbe davened Mincha at his holy residence.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:50.

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