Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Vayeishlach — Sheva Brachos Shabbos of the eldest fourth-generation granddaughter of the Rebbe shlit"a, the chosson HaRav Alter Yitzchak Panet shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon R' Yoel Glantz shlit"a, son-in-law of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, in our holy kehilla in Williamsburg

Before candle lighting, the Rebbe put on the shtreimel for the chosson Yechezkel Shraga, the bochur, son of Lipa Teitelbaum.

On Friday evening at around 5:05, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went up to Mincha.
After Mincha, HaRav Elazar Eichenstein shlit"a, one of the directors of our holy mosdos, spoke on the occasion of the annual dinner of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg, which takes place every year on the 20th of Kislev.
Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Moshe Chaim Goldstein (Kiryas Joel). They finished at around 6:40. The Rebbe went up to the Aron Kodesh and wished the entire congregation a good Shabbos together, and then went home to his holy residence next to the Beis Medrash HaGadol.

At around 9:30, the Rebbe entered the tish in the hall of the beis medrash and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yissachar Ber, may he be well, son of the Gaon Rav of the Beis Medrash Barach Moshe shlit"a. Lifting of the cup: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with the zemiros.
- Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Meir Schnebalg shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Hanipoli.
- Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon R' Meshulam Nosson Spiegel shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Tefilla L'Moshe Kalashin, Monsey.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Yesh li rav achi, yehi lecha asher lecha" and explained it in a derush style on the sugya of min b'mino.

- Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Zalman Leib Meisels shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Boro Park.
- Birkas Hamazon: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a.
- Birchos Rishonos: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Karlsburg, Montreal shlit"a.
- Bracha Acharisa: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Jasło shlit"a.
- Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel in the Divrei Chaim neighborhood of Kiryas Joel.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe spoke at length about the holy Rebbes, the Eitz HaTemarim zy"a, who had the merit to participate in the wedding celebration of a fourth generation.
The newly married chasanim went over to take fruit. The Sholom Zochor took place at the homes of:
- R' Aharon Silberstein.
- R' Mordechai Hersh Lichtenstein.
- R' Yitzchak Fogel.
- R' Avrohom Klein.
- R' Yitzchak Eidelis.
- R' Yaakov Yuda Weiss.

The badchan, R' Mordechai Dovid Oestreicher, called up the Rebbe shlit"a with fitting rhymes for the elevated mitzvah dance, and the Rebbe watched the holy dancing for a longer time and then danced with the chosson, and then honored the grandfathers and the mechutanim to dance.

- Az B'Yom HaShvi'i: HaRav Meir Dovid Glantz shlit"a (Monsey), and the Rebbe danced in a circle in the hall of the beis medrash together with the chosson and the mechutanim. They finished at around 12:15.

And on Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:20.
- Brachos: R' Hershel Schreiber (London).
- Pesukei D'Zimra: the mechutan, HaGaon R' Yaakov Shlomo Panet shlit"a.
The Rebbe went up to Shacharis, and for Chazaras HaShatz he sent his son, the Gaon Av Beis Din shlit"a.

- Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: HaRav Fishel Soffer shlit"a.
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: the Rebbe's grandson HaRav Elazar Teitelbaum shlit"a (London).
- Baal Koreh: HaGaon R' Yoel Rosenfeld shlit"a.
Aliyos.
- Kohen: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Bardiov shlit"a.
- Levi: R' Chaim Levi (Vienna).
- Shlishi: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a.
- Revi'i: the chosson Yechezkel Shraga, son of Lipa Teitelbaum — Ufruf.
- Chamishi: HaGaon R' Yaakov Shlomo Panet shlit"a.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe made a Mi Shebeirach on the birth of a daughter for:
- R' Naftali Chaim Schiff
- R' Yonah Friedman.
- R' Yishai Scheer.
- R' Aharon Silberstein.

- Shevi'i: the chosson, the Rebbe's grandson HaRav Alter Yitzchak Panet shlit"a.
- Hosafos: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Jasło shlit"a.
- The Gaon Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.
- Acharon: HaGaon R' Yoel Glantz shlit"a.
- Maftir: R' Chaim Yuda Lefkowitz (Boro Park).
- Hagbah: HaRav Yissachar Yakobs shlit"a, director of our mosdos in Yerushalayim.
- Gelilah: R' Hershel Weiss (Antwerp).

- Mussaf: HaGaon R' Yoel Glantz shlit"a.
- Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Yisroel Yitzchak Heiman (Antwerp).
They finished at around 12:15.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe came in for Mincha at around 5:00.
- Baal Tefillah: R' Moshe Falkowitz.
- Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Nosson Binyomin Rottah (Yerushalayim).
- Baal Koreh: R' Chaim Heller.
- Kohen: HaGaon R' Berel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, Kiryas Joel.
- Levi: R' Eliyahu Moshe Rottah.
- Shlishi: R' Chaim Friedman.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Menachem Yuda Friedman (Manchester).

The Rebbe honored the following with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos.
- Odeh: R' Avrohom Yoshe Gross.
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Chaim Levi (Vienna).

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Vayishlach Yaakov malachim" and explained that every Jew sometimes has a hisorerus to do teshuva, but not everyone merits to remain with that hisorerus, "Mi yaaleh b'har Hashem u'mi yakum bimkom kodsho." The advice is to be involved in Torah and to do mitzvos that are effective in nullifying the power of the yetzer hara. The mitzvah of bris milah is effective in weakening the power of desire, and the mitzvah of tefillin is effective in subjugating the desires and thoughts of the heart, and in this way one can remain with the hisorerus to do teshuva.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Menachem Gershon Lebovits.
- Kel Mistateir: R' Nachman Dov Heller.
Before bentching, they continued with singing joyous and grateful melodies. The Rebbe bentched over the cup and recited the Sheva Brachos.

- Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: HaGaon R' Yoshe Gelb shlit"a, moreh tzedek.
After Havdalah the Rebbe wished the entire congregation a good week together. They finished at around 7:10 and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe traveled home to Kiryas Joel.
Upon arriving in Kiryas Joel, the Rebbe first went over to the new "Mitav" location on Satmar Drive, which sells all grocery products at cost for those in kodesh and kollel students. The Rebbe looked around the entire store and then affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance, and a lechayim celebration took place. There the Rebbe heard a report from R' Yisroel Zahler, the driving force and patron of the store, about the enormous sums the grocery has already saved the residents of Kiryas Joel, and R' Naftali Hersh Zahler and HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a, director of Mivtzar HaKollelim, also spoke.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the entire public. Afterwards the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 10:50, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the annual "Hineni Bni" dinner of the mosdos in Kiryas Joel, which took place in the Beis Rochel auditorium.
The chairman, R' Nachman Levy, continued with his address and called up R' Meir Hirsch with the appeal for the mosdos. Afterwards R' Nachman Levy shared words of humor on the occasion of the simcha in the home of the Rebbe shlit"a, with the wedding of his first great-grandchild.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words and expressed the feelings of the elevated trip and Shabbos Kodesh at the holy site of Meron this past Shabbos Parshas Toldos, which was a tremendous success, and praised the travelers who went with elevation only to Rabbi Shimon and back and were involved in Torah on the way. It is certain that it was a kavod Shomayim and an honor for the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, as most of the participants are graduates of our holy mosdos in Kiryas Joel, and this is a credit to the mosdos that such distinguished young men come out of here.
The Rebbe continued in praise of the mosdos and urged everyone to support the mosdos with a generous spirit, especially to be able to build the two new buildings currently being built for the Talmud Torah and Beis Rochel. He also urged people to conduct a Jewish home as befits a resident of Kiryas Joel, and especially spoke about reading material, saying that one should only bring reading material into the home with proper supervision, and he told a story of how the holy Rebbe zy"a sent a bochur from the yeshiva to check on a booklet that was not appropriate, and concluded with words of blessing for the mosdos' administration and for the entire public.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the entire public well. They finished at around 12:00.

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