Sunday, Parshas Re'eh — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yoel Kasirer (Monsey), where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Tzvi Weiss.
- the bochur Yitzchak Schnitzer.
- the bochur Eliezer Weinberger.
- the bochur Avrohom Yosef Stessel.
- the bochur Yissachar Markowitz.
- the bochur Yoel Yisroel Meir Spielman.
- the bochur Yoel, son of Avrohom Meir Schwartz.
- the bochur Eliezer Ari Jungreis.
- the bochur Chaim Rachamim Seruga.
- the bochur Dovid Weinberger.

After davening, HaGaon R' Mordechai Betzalel Klein shlit"a, dayan and moreh d'asra of our kehilla in Lakewood, took leave of the Rebbe shlit"a.
Also entering the Rebbe's room was Rabbi Mordechai Dov Meisels shlit"a, son of HaGaon R' Aharon shlit"a and grandson of the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, who presented the Rebbe shlit"a with his sefer Peri Chemed on ribbis. The Rebbe looked into it for a while and bestowed his holy blessing.

Afterwards a lechayim took place with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the hall of the beis medrash.

Around 1:00 the Rebbe went to the halls of Bais Rochel Paradise for the 'Chumash Seudah' for the 550 first-grade talmidim, may they live long, from all branches of Mosdos Kiryas Joel. The children sang songs and rhymes in honor of the occasion and recited the verses of Chumash Vayikra, led by the menahalim Rabbi Yoel Acker shlit"a, Rabbi Dovid Chananya Weiss shlit"a, and Rabbi Dovid Falkowitz shlit"a.
The Rebbe drank lechayim, spoke a few holy words, emphasized the importance of learning Torah with young children (tinokos shel beis rabban), and bestowed abundant blessings.
Afterwards the Rebbe distributed a gift to all the children, a Krias Shema She'al HaMitah booklet, and the Rebbe also presented a gift to the esteemed R' Shalom Eliyahu Markowitz, who had purchased the zechus of the event. The children then stood up and danced while the Rebbe watched with nachas. It concluded around 1:50.

Afterwards the Rebbe set out on his annual visit to Camp Bais Rochel.
Upon arriving around 2:45, the Rebbe went into the new beis medrash of the country-grounds 'Beis Avrohom Abba.' The Rebbe greeted the rabbis of the camp and looked around the beis medrash.
Then a lechayim gathering took place in the beis medrash hall. The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the benefactor R' Meir Hirsch, the rabbis of the camp, and the entire public, and spoke holy words in praise of the camp's administration, who devote themselves to the Bais Rochel students so that they can be educated to raise proper Jewish generations in accordance with the tradition handed down to us, and concluded with abundant blessings.

Afterwards R' Meir Hirsch spoke. At the end, the Rebbe gave Rabbi Eliyahu Shlomo Kohn shlit"a, director of Bais Rochel, his sefer Lev Aharon to distribute to the kollel members of Camp Bais Rochel.

Then around 3:05 the Rebbe went to the Shaarei Shalva building, where thousands of Bais Rochel students were gathered. The Rebbe spoke at length with words of guidance in matters of tznius and concluded with his holy blessings.
Rabbi Eliyahu Shlomo Kohn shlit"a then spoke and asked the Rebbe, on behalf of the thousands of students, to keep the students in mind during the Days of Mercy and Favor, that they may grow in Torah and fear of Heaven and merit a good, blessed year.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to one of the dormitory buildings and looked at the bedrooms. The Rebbe asked the camp administration to work to expand the dormitory buildings so as to provide bedrooms for the students in a more spacious manner, and blessed the members of the mosdos administration and the camp administration. It concluded around 3:30.

From there the Rebbe traveled to Kiryas Yoel Moshe in Monticello for the simcha of the hachnasas sefer Torah in memory of HaGaon Rabbi Leibush Teitelbaum zt"l, dayan of the kiryah.
Around 3:45 the Rebbe arrived at Beis Medrash Zichron Yechiel Michel. The Rebbe took the Sefer Torah and danced with holy joy, and then recited Ledovid Mizmor as customary.

Afterwards a lechayim gathering took place in the beis medrash hall, with songs of Torah, and HaGaon R' Shalom Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan of the kiryah, spoke.

The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the many rabbis present and the entire public, and spoke holy words about the joy of completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. He elaborated in praise of the place, a splendid corner to which everyone turns throughout the summer weeks, and blessed the administration of the kiryah, who have provided all the public's needs during the past 27 years since the kiryah was founded. The Rebbe mentioned the distinguished dayan HaGaon Rabbi Leibush zt"l, who stood at the head of the kiryah throughout all the years, and blessed his son, the dayan of the kiryah, who follows in his father's ways and is engaged in judging and teaching the entire public, and concluded with abundant blessings.

The singing of joyous songs continued and the Rebbe stood up and danced. It concluded around 4:25.

Afterwards the Rebbe traveled to the Hamispik resort in the Catskills. The Rebbe first went into the home of R' Meir Wertheimer in the resort for a lechayim gathering. A pleasant conversation ensued about the many housing projects being built in the Catskills and the many activities of the Hamispik organization, among them Camp 'Mamtakim' for many Hamispik students of Rockland.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed R' Meir and his family, and Rabbi Elazar Yonah Silberman shlit"a, director of Camp Mamtakim.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the Camp Mamtakim building and looked around the newly added wing of the building and went into the hall where the students and the camp staff were gathered.
Rabbi Elazar Yonah Silberman shlit"a spoke and welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe then spoke words of chizuk to the students and emphasized the importance of helping the sick of Israel, and mentioned in praise R' Meir Wertheimer, who established the mosad and has done so much for the sick of Israel for many years, and concluded with his holy blessing. It concluded around 5:00.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the halls of Ateres Wertheimer in the resort, where the siyum on Maseches Shabbos of the Talmud Yerushalmi took place, as part of the Toraschu Sha'ashuai group. The Rebbe greeted the rabbis at the head table and the guest speaker, HaGaon R' Noach Eizik Eilbaum shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Humenne, and rhymes were sung.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the entire public, and spoke holy words that the joy at a siyum on a maseches is not only over the maseches that was finished, but one also rejoices that a new maseches is being started. He spoke in praise of the participants, a large portion of whom have already completed the entire Shas Talmud Bavli, and blessed that they should be able to complete the entire Talmud Yerushalmi, and concluded with his holy blessing to the administration of the Toraschu Sha'ashuai group and to all the learners.

On his way out, the Rebbe warmly blessed R' Yitzchak Schwartz, patron and spiritual force behind the Toraschu Sha'ashuai group.
Then the Rebbe went down to the lowest floor, where the Rebbe looked around at the magnificent mikvah with its nearly 300 seats. Around 5:30 the Rebbe left the resort on the way home to Kiryas Joel.

In the evening the Rebbe officiated at kiddushin at the chuppahs of the mechutanim:
- R' Shimon Hershkowitz and R' Aharon Yosef Landau in the halls of Kinor Dovid.
- Rabbi Avrohom Goldberger shlit"a and Rabbi Avrohom Meir Markowitz shlit"a in the halls of Bais Rochel Paradise.
- R' Yisroel Meyer and R' Avrohom Farkash in the halls of Ginas Klein.

Around 8:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha in the new beis medrash in his holy home on Ohel Court.

After Mincha the Rebbe went down to the tenaim halls in his holy home, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim:
- HaGaon R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash Binyan Gelbstein of Williamsburg, and R' Chaim Ellenbogen.
- Rabbi Hersh Elimelech Rubinfeld shlit"a and Rabbi Yoel Spitzer shlit"a.

Entry times for the Rebbe shlit"a were from 9:10 until 1:45 at night in his holy home on Ohel Court.

During the entry times, HaGaon R' Tzvi Avigdor Pecsete shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nagykároly, entered the inner room and presented his new sefer Imrei Tal, with an abridgment of the sefer Simlah Chadashah on the laws of shechita. The Rebbe looked into it for a while, a pleasant conversation ensued, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing upon him.

The Rebbe davened Maariv around 12:50 and then continued receiving the public.

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