Sunday, Parshas Vayigash — 7th day of Chanukah — 2nd day of Rosh Chodesh Teves — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning the following brissim took place:
- For the newborn son of R' Yushe Gantz, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Fishel Freund, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Yoel, son of R' Mendel Mittelman, where the Rebbe served as sandek.
- For the newborn son of R' Moshe Hersh Krausz, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol together with hundreds of chassidim. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
- The son of HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, a member of the Beis Din.
- The bochur Yissachar Berish Weiser.
- The bochur Yoel Berish Liberman.
- The bochur Yosef Eliyahu Lebowitz.
- The bochur Aharon Elazar Shimon Kahn.

The Rebbe approached the Hallel with fiery enthusiasm.
- Opening of the aron: R' Yosef Eliyahu Lebowitz and R' Yissachar Berish Weiser.
- Kohen: the bar mitzvah bochur Aharon Elazar Shimon Kahn.
- Levi: Rabbi Yoel Gruber shlit"a.
- Shlishi: the bar mitzvah bochur Yoel Liberman.
- Hagbah of the first sefer Torah: HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a.
- Gelilah: the bar mitzvah bochur Yissachar Berish Weiser.
- Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: R' Shalom Meir Kestenbaum.
- Gelilah: the bar mitzvah bochur, son of HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a.

After davening the following brissim took place:
- For the newborn son of R' Aharon Hersh Kestenbaum, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Meir Michael Saul, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place together with the bar mitzvah bochurim and the baalei bris in the southern section of the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Several Chanukah and Rosh Chodesh melodies were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed blessings upon the entire assembled.

At around 5:15 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Zanz Street.

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