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

In the morning, the brissim took place.
- For the newborn son of R' Mordechai Yosef Herskowitz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.
- For the newborn son of R' Meir Dovid Masri (of Williamsburg), at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, the Eitz Chaim branch, Shiur Gimmel. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The bochur Yissachar Dov Farkash.
- The bochur Shmuel Dovid Markowitz.
- The bochur Eliyahu Reuven Sapdi.

After davening, the Rebbe learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 27, verse 4. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the heichal of the beis medrash.

At around 1:45, the Rebbe arrived at the main beis medrash for the gathering of the opening-of-the-zman address for close to 1,500 choice bochurim, may they live, from the 7 branches of the Mesivta.
The Rebbe began with extended words of drush and aggada on the weekly parsha and on the yeshiva's shiurim in Maseches Bava Basra, and in this context repeated the question that the Rebbe had left for the baalei batim at the siyum of half of Shas by the Yesodei HaTorah chaburah in Maseches Bava Kamma.
Afterwards, the Rebbe strengthened the yeshiva's takanah to fully dedicate oneself to all matters and not to go to weddings. He continued on the holy customs at a chuppah, whose foundation is in the holy mountains, and that everything done at a chuppah is a holy minhag which may not be altered or added to. He strongly urged the bochurim not to be dragged along by the American street, which wants to turn the chuppah into a wedding ceremony, and especially regarding singing or filming at a chuppah, which was not seen in previous generations, even if the melodies are good, but it does not belong at a chuppah, and a chuppah must remain as it was in the past. He concluded with abundant blessings for all the talmidim of the yeshiva. It ended at around 2:30.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe went up to the Yeshiva branch Kedushas Yoel, where the Rebbe learned with a chavrusa from among the talmidim of the yeshiva in his private room. At around 5:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha in the yeshiva.

In the evening, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.
The reception hours were from 8:00 until 12:40 after midnight at his holy residence on Hewes St.

During the reception hours, a lechayim celebration was held in honor of the engagement of the kallah, the daughter of R' Berl Perlstein of Boro Park. Present were the administration of the Toras'cha Sha'ashuai chaburah, in honor of the tremendous donation of R' Berl to cover the previous session of Toras'cha Sha'ashuai in Boro Park. A pleasant conversation took place about the beis medrash benches that were added in Boro Park through the Toras'cha Sha'ashuai chaburah. The Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 10:30 and then continued receiving the public.

Late at night, a brief meeting was held with the administration of the Yesodei HaTorah chaburah, where the list of 2,000 new members who had just joined the chaburah was brought before the Rebbe, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon them to increase Torah and glorify it.

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