Thursday, Parshas Vayeira - 21 Kislev 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Simcha Bunim Eisenbach, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Meirmelstein, son of R' (Rabbi) Meir.
During the leining, the Rebbe received the third aliyah, and after davening a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

During the morning hours, the Rebbe made his weekly visit to the mehudar slaughterhouse.

At around 4:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Zanz Street, Kiryas Joel.

After Mincha, the Rebbe went to the halls of Ginas Klein, where the seudah in honor of 21 Kislev was held by the more than 1,500 talmidim of the Mesivta, together with the Sheva Brachos celebration for the marriage of the eldest fourth-generation granddaughter of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a. The kallah is the daughter of his grandson HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Glantz shlit"a, son-in-law of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Womsib"g shlit"a, and the chosson is the choshuv bochur Rabbi Alter Yitzchak shlit"a, one of the distinguished talmidim of our holy yeshiva in Kiryas Yoel.
Upon entering, the Rebbe danced in the middle of the floor for several minutes and then washed for the seudah. During the seudah, they sang lengthy melodies of praise and thanksgiving in honor of the day, and R' Moshe Yosef Ashkenazi shlit"a, a rebbi in the yeshiva, spoke, expressing the bond between the Rebbe shlit"a and the talmidim of the yeshiva. He also presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a "bikkurim offering," a record of the consecutive hours the bochurim learned during the two weeks of the holy trip to Eretz Yisroel, as the Rebbe shlit"a had requested at the send-off before their departure for Eretz Yisroel. Afterwards, the Rebbe distributed to the traveling bochurim a small bottle of oil from the oil from which the Rebbe had separated terumos and maasros in Eretz Yisroel.
R' Hershel Friedman, who had served as chairman with his Lashon Limudim and had previously given the bochurim a lengthy chapter of history regarding the Rebbe's rescue, spoke again with words of humor in honor of the simcha.
Before the time, bentching was held.
- During bentching, the Rebbe honored the chosson's grandson shlit"a.
- Birchos Rishonos: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Womsib"g shlit"a.
- Birkas Acharisa: the Gaon Av Beis Din of Bardiov shlit"a.

Afterwards, the Rebbe delivered words of Torah on the topic of thanksgiving, bringing out that true thanksgiving exists only when there is also a good resolution for the future. Every bochur needs to know this: on 21 Kislev, when we offer praise and thanks to Hashem for the past, we must make good resolutions for the future, with more learning of Torah and more toil in Torah. The Rebbe also praised the talmidim of the yeshiva who, during the trip to Eretz Yisroel, continued with the yeshiva's learning seder as usual. He said that the trip's success beyond all expectations was in the merit of the bochurim sitting and engaging in Torah with diligence and adding consecutive hours of learning.
The Rebbe then continued and related several stories about the Divrei Yoel zt"l's connection with the bochurim.
The Rebbe continued, saying that this week at a sheva brachos with the younger bochurim, a question was raised as to whether bochurim should learn Likutei Moharan. The Rebbe entered into a lengthy discussion on the topic of Breslov, particularly regarding learning Likutei Moharan and traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashana.
The Rebbe related several stories of the Divrei Yoel zt"l on this topic and his holy opinion: "The holy Rabbi Nachman of Breslov zy"a was an exalted holy man and his sefer is also holy, but it is not made for us bochurim, to the point that it can lead a bochur away from the correct outlook"... end of the words of the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The same applies to traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashana: although there are also Breslover chassidim and men of deeds who travel, nevertheless there is a large segment who travel with the notion that one can do whatever one wants all year, and then travel to Uman for Rosh Hashana, say the Tikkun HaKlali, and be absolved of everything. This is a great danger and not made for simple people, especially since many travel there to cast off the yoke and seriousness of Rosh Hashana.

In this connection, the Rebbe honored HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Eckstein shlit"a to relate a firsthand account of what the Divrei Yoel zy"a told him on this topic. The Rebbe then continued and urged the bochurim not to get involved in these matters, and then honored HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Glick shlit"a to relate what he remembers the Rebbe z"l said on this topic.
It ended at around 6:00.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim.
- R' Yoel Feierstein, son of R' (Rabbi) Yoel, and R' Gedalia Apfel, in the halls of Kinor Dovid.
- R' Avrohom Yehoshua Gross and R' Yoel Weiss, son of R' Moshe, in the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise.

The hours for receiving the public in the Rebbe's holy home on Uhel Street, Kiryas Joel, were from 8:15 until 11:30 at night.

During the reception hours, the tenaim reading of the mechutanim took place in the inner sanctum: R' Yisroel Shalom Ungar and R' Shlomo Hersh Eckstein, son of R' Dovid.

At around 9:45 the Rebbe went down to the hall, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- Rabbi Baruch Schwartz shlit"a and Rabbi Dovid Leib Kraus shlit"a.
- R' Avrohom Shmuel Schwartz and R' Yoel Farkash, son of R' Zev.

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

After the reception hours, the Rebbe went to the sheva brachos celebration in the Ziditshov beis medrash in honor of the beis medrash's rav, HaGaon Rabbi Shlomo Rubin shlit"a, on the occasion of his son's marriage, mazel tov. A lovely conversation ensued with the grandfathers, the Gaon Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a and the Gaon Av Beis Din of Ziditshov shlit"a.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and offered good wishes to the chosson, the mechutanim, and the grandfathers shlit"a, and joined in a dance with the entire mizrach and especially with the chosson.
Afterwards, bentching was held and the Rebbe recited the sheva brachos. It ended at around 12:00.

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