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

At dawn, around 5:45, the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the recital of Selichos in the Beis Medrash HaGadol, with R' Chaim Hersh Mendlowitz shlit"a leading the davening. It concluded at around 6:35, and the Rebbe returned to his holy residence.

Before Shacharis, the Rebbe placed the schach on the private sukkah at his holy residence, for the first time in the new sefarim room, and recited "l'shem tzeil sukkah." The Rebbe gave various instructions and thanked the askanim who are engaged in the holy work of setting up the sukkah.

At around 10:00 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis.
Before davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yaakov Yoshe Grunwald, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The son of HaRav R' Yitzchak Eizik Glick shlit"a, a moreh tzedek.
- The bochur Chaim Hersh Schwartz.
- The bochur Yoel, son of Shmuel Landau.
- The bochur Yoshe Leib Stein.
- The bochur Yoel, son of Yaakov Mittelman.
- The bochur Yaakov Binyamin Stessel.
- The bochur Yoel, son of Moshe Goldberger.
After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the hall of the beis medrash.

In the afternoon hours, HaRav R' Yitzchak Markowitz entered for a private audience and presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a new, magnificent silver honey holder in honor of Yom Tov. The Rebbe thanked him, gave him blessed honey, and shared his holy blessing.

Entry hours for private audiences were from 6:45 until 11:30 at night at his holy residence at the Ohel, Kt.
The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 7:15.

During the entry hours, a signing of documents took place at which the distinguished philanthropist R' Akiva Hersh Klein, builder and founder of the Vayoel Moshe neighborhood and donor of Beis Medrash Beis Menachem Zev, pledged the sum of one million dollars to expand the beis medrash. A pleasant conversation took place about the splendid neighborhood. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor, drank a lechayim, and shared his holy blessing with the donor, with his grandson HaRav R' Zalman Teitelbaum shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash, and with the administration and mispallelim of the beis medrash.
Another signing of documents also took place, at which R' Yaakov Hersh Wertheimer pledged a considerable sum for the building fund committee of Beis Medrash Beis Menachem Zev. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor and shared his holy blessing.

At around 10:15 the Rebbe went down to the hall at his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- R' Yaakov Mordechai Landau and R' Azriel Spitzer.
- R' Zalman Weider and R' Asher Shmuel Katz.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 11:30.

After the entry hours, at around 11:50, the Rebbe went over to the home of the Gaon Rabbi, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Chaim Yaakov shlit"a, to the Vachnacht celebration in honor of the birth of his son, l'mazel tov. A pleasant conversation took place on the halachos of sukkah and the customs of the Aseres Yemei Teshuva. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and shared his holy blessing, then recited Krias Shema, and on his way out at around 12:10 wished the mother and the women of the family mazel tov as is customary.

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