Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Nissan — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Gedolah, Brach Moshe branch. The Rebbe went up for Hallel, and during the Torah reading he was called up as the fourth aliyah (Revi'i).

After davening, the Rebbe delivered the ninth shiur on the topic of positive time-bound mitzvos, as preparation for the Shabbos HaGadol derasha. He then continued with words of preparation toward Yom Tov Pesach, which is coming upon us, IY"H, urging the bochurim to prepare for Yom Tov Pesach by learning Chassidic seforim, so as not to fall into the Seder night unprepared, but rather to understand all the mitzvos of the Yom Tov. He also encouraged them to make use of the bein hazmanim period to review the learning of the winter zman and to conduct themselves with good and upright conduct, as befits a yeshiva student, and to help out at home in honor of Pesach, etc. He concluded with his holy blessing to the chasanim who are now leaving the yeshiva, and to all the yeshiva students.
Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place in honor of the end of the zman. Several songs were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the rebbeim and the yeshiva students well.

In the afternoon hours, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yehoshua Katz shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Zagreb, visited the Rebbe at his holy home. A pleasant conversation took place on various questions regarding kashrus, during which the Rabbi shlit"a expressed his admiration for the many chumros and hiddurim in the matzah bakery of our holy kehilla, after baking matzos there today. The Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessing.

Also entering the Rebbe's room were students of Yeshiva Ketana Bobov 45 of Boro Park, together with HaRav Rabbi Asher Menachem Eichenstein shlit"a, son-in-law of the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe heard the bochurim being tested on their learning and delivered words of encouragement to learn Torah. Afterwards the bochurim went over to receive the holy blessing, and the Rebbe wished well to HaRav Rabbi Asher Menachem shlit"a. In doing so, the Rebbe spoke in praise of his father-in-law, the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a, who regularly delivers shiurim in his yeshiva, and asked that greetings and a mazel tov blessing be conveyed to his father-in-law, the Bobov 45 Rebbe shlit"a, on the occasion of the weddings of his grandchildren, mazel tov.

Around 6:15 the Rebbe davened Mincha at his holy home on Zanz Street.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the mechutanim:
- R' Yechezkel Shraga Glantz and R' Lipa Schonbrun in the halls of Kinor David.
- R' Yoel Berish Yakobovitch and R' Shneur Zalman Greenfeld in the halls of Ginat Klein.
- R' Berel Teller and R' Yonason Bleier in the halls of Keren V'Yoel Moshe.

After the chuppah at the Kinor David hall, the Rebbe went to Beis Medrash Beis Mordechai of our holy kehilla for the affixing of a mezuzah, on the occasion of the splendid completion of the renovation of the mikvah and the rooms for davening. The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah and then looked around the entire beis medrash and the mikvah. Afterwards he bestowed his holy blessing upon HaGaon Rabbi Shalom Moshe Lipschitz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of the beis medrash, and upon the members of the administration and the mispallelim of the beis medrash.

Entry times at the Rebbe's holy home on Ohel Street were from 9:00 until 12:45 at night.

During the entry times, members of the committee of the Keren Melamdim of our holy mosdos entered the Rebbe's room. They distribute the enormous sum of ten thousand dollars to each melamed of our holy mosdos, wherever they are, at the time of their children's weddings.
R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman, chairman of the fund, gave the Rebbe a report on the activities of the Keren Melamdim, which has already distributed the fantastic sum of over six million dollars during the past eight years that the fund has existed. In addition, the Rebbe appointed R' Leib, son of Shaul Yechezkel Goldberger, of Kiryas Joel, to serve as a member of the fund's administration, to stand alongside the current administration. The Rebbe warmly wished well to R' Leib, to R' Aharon Hersh, and to the other members of the administration, Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, head of the administrators of Kiryas Joel, and R' Dovid Yosha Hirsch.

Around 10:30 the Rebbe went down to the halls at his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- Rabbi Naftali Hirtzka Friedman shlit"a, son-in-law of R' Friedman, and Rabbi Asher Anshil Karpen shlit"a.
- R' Shraga Chaim Feder and R' Yoel Berish Brach.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 12:45.

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