Monday, Parshas Vayigash – Zos Chanukah

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

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Shiur Daled.
The Rebbe went up to Hallel and was called up as the third aliyah (Shlishi) during the Torah reading.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the Heichal HaBeis Medrash.
Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and wished the Rebbeim and talmidei hayeshiva well. He imparted a blessing to all the bochurim, noting that Chanukah is an auspicious time for shidduchim, and wished shidduchim for all the bochurim.
Afterwards all the talmidei hayeshiva passed by, and the Rebbe distributed coins to all the bochurim.

The Rebbe then went out to the yeshiva courtyard for the burning of the wicks. The Rebbe lit the bonfire and threw in the wicks and the leftover oil from the Chanukah lights. A kvitel of kollelos from all the talmidei hayeshiva was handed to the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe then danced on the spot for several minutes. It concluded at 12:50.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 4:30 in his home on Zanz Court.

After Mincha, at around 4:55, the Rebbe went over to the Talmud Torah building, "the former Palaczek building," for the shulchan hatahor in honor of Zos Chanukah together with the talmidim of Shiur Gimmel of the nine branches of the yeshivos ketanos of Mosdos Kiryas Yoel.
The Rebbe washed for the seudah, and the singing was prolonged with niggunim of Chanukah and the Yamim Noraim.
The Rebbe honored HaGaon R' Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, the head administrator, with the recitation of Mizmor Shir Chanukas.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah, a lengthy drasha and pilpul on the topics of Chanukah, and then continued with guidance, bringing out that a quarter of the year has already passed and that one must make a cheshbon hanefesh about how one has improved: in Torah learning, in good middos, and in yiras shamayim. He strongly encouraged the bochurim to engage in Torah study with diligence and to understand what they learn, and concluded with abundant blessings.
For bentching, the Rebbe honored HaGaon R' Wolf Landau shlit"a, menahel of the Rav Tuv branch of the yeshiva. It concluded at around 6:30. Afterwards the Rebbe davened Maariv together with the bochurim.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- HaRav R' Avrohom Yitzchak Landau and HaRav R' Binyon Avrohom Cohen in the Kinor David halls.
- HaRav R' Shmuel Feuerstein and HaRav R' Meir Yehuda Eisenbach in the Beis Rachel Paradise halls.

The times for entry for kvitlach were from 7:30 until 12:00 at night in the Rebbe's home on Ohel Court.

During the entry times, the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim R' Shimon Herskovits and R' Aharon Yosef Landau in the tenaim hall at his home.

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