Sunday, Parshas Vayeira, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in Yeshiva Gedolah, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yochanan Mann.

After davening, the simcha of the bris milah of the Rebbe's grandson took place, the newborn son of Rabbi Hershel Meizlish shlit"a, son-in-law of the mechutan HaGaon, Rav of the Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, and son-in-law of HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Tarnipol shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a was honored with the mohel's honors.
- Sandek: HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Tarnipol shlit"a.
- Sandek standing: the mechutan HaGaon, Rav of the Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.
The Rebbe recited the blessings, and the child was named in Israel: 'Yekusiel Yehuda,' after his great-grandfather, HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Sighet zt"l, who bore the name of the holy Yitav Lev zy"a.
After the bris, the entire congregation came over to wish the Rebbe shlit"a mazel tov. Afterwards, a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochur in the Rebbe's private room.

A few minutes later, the seudas bris took place in the Heichal HaYeshiva. At the seudah, the baal simcha, the father of the baby shlit"a, and the grandfather, HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Tarnipol shlit"a, spoke.
With Yom Libeshah, the Rebbe honored Rabbi Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, the yeshiva's menahel.

The Rebbe delivered words of Torah regarding the topics of bris milah and warmly blessed the baal simcha shlit"a, the grandfathers, and all the bochurim.
The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and honored the family members with the Harachaman's. The seudah concluded at around 2:30.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went over to the home of the mechutan HaGaon, Rav of the Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, where the Rebbe wished the mother and the other women who had given birth well.

At around 6:45, the Rebbe arrived in Shikun Skver for the chuppah at the wedding of the grandson of his brother-in-law, the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a, the chosson being the son of his son, the Rebbe R' Yaakov Yosef shlit"a. After the chuppah, the Rebbe warmly wished mazel tov to his brother-in-law, the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a, to the chosson and the mechutanim, to the grandfather, the Kolishitz Rebbe shlit"a, and to the uncle, the Vizhnitz Rebbe of Bnei Brak shlit"a.

After the chuppah, the Rebbe traveled to Monsey to Yeshiva Ketana, Kinyan Torah branch, where the Rebbe davened Mincha in one of the classrooms. After Mincha, the Rebbe went into the beis medrash, where he observed the bochurim's learning. The Rebbe walked among the tables for an extended time with great nachas. On the way out, the Rebbe viewed the construction work on the new building being built for the yeshiva and offered his blessings to the yeshiva's administration. Afterwards, at around 8:00, the Rebbe traveled home to Kiryas Joel.

Entry times to the Rebbe's holy home at Ohel Court were from 8:30 until 12:30 at night.

At around 10:15, the Rebbe went down to the tenaim hall in his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- Rabbi Yehuda Elisha Horowitz shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Medrash Ohr HaChaim, son of HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Manchester shlit"a, and Rabbi Lipa Berkowitz shlit"a, a moreh tzedek, son of the Gaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.
- R' Yehoshua Dov Schwartz and R' Avrohom Shmuel Friedlander.

The Rebbe davened Maariv at around 12:30. Before Maariv, the Rebbe lit candles in honor of the yahrzeit of his father-in-law, the king, the Vizhnitz Rebbe, the Yeshuos Moshe zt"l.

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