Sunday, Second Day of Chol HaMoed Pesach — "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, the Rebbe put on tefillin in his holy home with the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Shimshon Gefen.

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:10.
- Baal tefillah: R' Yuda Eliezer Gottesman.
The Rebbe recited Zochreinu verse by verse, and proceeded to Hallel.

- Pesicha: R' Mordechai Gedalya Spitzer and R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (Wombsb"g).
- Kohen: the baal bris, R' Meir Zalman Cohen.
- Levi: R' Mendel Levy.
- Shlishi: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Chaim Elazar Weiss shlit"a of Chmelnik, Monsey.
- Hagbah of the first Sefer: R' Eli Farkash.
- Gelilah: R' Meir Moshe Spitzer.
- Revii: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah of the second Sefer: R' Yisroel Leib Cohen.
- Gelilah: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yekusiel Yuda, son of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Glantz shlit"a.

- Mussaf: HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Shlomo Panet shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Shaarei Tefilla, Kiryas Joel.
Davening concluded at around 11:45.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Meir Zalman Cohen, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

In the afternoon, at around 6:30, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra, Monsey, came for a private Yom Tov visit in the Rebbe's holy home. A longer, warm conversation took place lasting over an hour, in which they discussed various interesting questions that arose on Yom Tov Pesach, as well as a fine discussion on the topics of eruvin, mikvaos, and shechita. The Rebbe gave him his new sefer, Lev Aharon Derushim – Pesach, and warmly blessed him and accompanied him out to the street.

At around 8:00 the Rebbe davened Mincha, and Maariv at around 9:00, in his holy home, at Zanz Kt.
Between Mincha and Maariv there were private entry times for the community.

After Maariv, R' Mordechai Pinchas Twersky shlit"a, son of HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Yitzchak shlit"a, son of the Skverer Rebbe shlit"a, entered privately to receive the Rebbe's blessing on the occasion of his son's bar mitzvah simcha. A pleasant conversation took place, and the Rebbe blessed him.

Also entering the Rebbe's room was Rabbi Binyomin Aryeh Glick shlit"a, one of the heads of the OU kashrus division. A pleasant conversation on kashrus matters took place, and the Rebbe blessed him.


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