Tuesday, Parshas Chayei Sarah — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning a bris for a newborn son took place at R' Nesanel Braun, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah, minyan 4. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Shmuel Sofer
- the bochur Baruch Mordechai Goldberger
- the bochur Kalman Gefen
- the bochur Yaakov Yitzchak Winkler

After davening, the Rebbe recited 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.

In the afternoon hours, a bris for a newborn son took place at R' Chaim Mendel Acker, in the home of his father-in-law, R' Shlomo Rubinstein, where the Rebbe served as sandek. A lechayim gathering followed, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing.

Around 5:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Zanz Court, Kiryas Joel.

In the evening, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly zmanei kenisa (receiving hours).

Upon arriving in Williamsburg, the Rebbe went up to the home of the askan R' Yosef Menczer on the occasion of his son's wedding, mazel tov. A pleasant conversation took place, the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

The zmanei kenisa in Kiryas Joel ran from 8:40 until 1:10 after midnight, in his holy home on Hughes St.

During the zmanei kenisa, the Rebbe shlit"a was visited in Kiryas Joel by his mechutan, HaGaon Rabbi Menashe Meyer shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Greenville. A pleasant conversation took place about the expansion of the boundaries of kedusha in Greenville; the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

Also visiting Kiryas Joel was HaGaon Rabbi Sinai Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Zanz Shikun Gimmel, Bnei Brak. A pleasant conversation took place on the matter of machine matzos, and the Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

HaGaon R' Tzvi Elimelech Rokeach shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Borough Park Flatbush, also entered Kiryas Joel together with his son, the chosson, to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the occasion of his son's wedding, mazel tov, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

During the zmanei kenisa, a signing of documents took place, in which R' Wolf Stern, one of the prominent members of the community in Linden, purchased the merit of the mikvah in our new beis medrash in Linden. A pleasant conversation took place about the expansion of the boundaries of kedusha of our holy kehilla in Linden. The Rebbe signed the documents together with the donor, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessing upon the donor and his family, upon the Rav of our Linden kehilla shlit"a, and upon the kehilla's administration.

HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Rottenberg shlit"a, son of the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Salka Monsey shlit"a, also entered Kiryas Joel together with his son, the chosson, to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the occasion of his son's wedding, mazel tov, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

Afterwards, HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Zusman Horowitz shlit"a, Rav of Kehal Toldos Tzvi of Spinka in Boro Park, son of the Toldos Tzvi of Spinka Rebbe shlit"a and chairman of the Vaad Shemen Mishchas Kodesh at the holy site of Meron, entered. The Rebbe inquired about the vaad's activities to strengthen the standards of tznius in Meron, and bestowed his holy blessing.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 11:30 and then continued receiving the public.

After Maariv, the Skulen Yeshuos Yaakov Rebbe shlit"a visited Kiryas Joel. A pleasant conversation took place about the Chesed L'Avraham institution, Meron branch, and the Skulen Rebbe shlit"a invited the Rebbe shlit"a to visit the institution while staying in Meron for Shabbos Kodesh. The Skulen Rebbe shlit"a then handed the Rebbe shlit"a a kvitel to take along to Meron, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

Afterwards, a group of bochurim, students of the Yeshiva for Youngsters of Williamsburg, entered the Rebbe's room and presented larger sums that they had collected for the Rebbe's fund for the poor of Eretz Yisroel, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon them.

HaGaon R' Yeshaya Lichtenstein shlit"a, one of the rabbanim of the Beis Horaah of our Williamsburg kehilla, also entered Kiryas Joel together with the administration of the Beis Horaah, and showed the Rebbe the new pamphlet that he published on the Rebbe's instruction ahead of the holy trip to Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe reviewed the pamphlet, noted precisely where it was written according to his holy instruction, and bestowed his holy blessing.

Likewise, the administration of the building fund of the new and magnificent beis medrash in Bnei Brak, may it be protected, entered Kiryas Joel and presented a report on the construction work in the beis medrash, which is being finished beautifully and magnificently in these very days.

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