Wednesday, Parshas Ki Seitzei

In the morning a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Levi Yitzchak Levy, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Yeshiva Ketana branch Yitev Panim, under the direction of HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Leib Silberstein shlit"a. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- The bochur Shmuel Eckstein.
- The bochur Dovid Kaufman.

The Rebbe lit candles and went to the amud in honor of the hilula kadisha of his grandfather, the Yitev Lev zy"a.
The Rebbe blew shofar and recited ten chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul.

After davening, a lechayim gathering took place in the main hall of the beis medrash. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the bar mitzvah bochurim, the rebbeim and the talmidim of the yeshiva well. He delivered words of Torah, explaining that in the merit of Torah study—"even one who sits and studies Torah, the Shechinah is with him"—Hashem looks at the blemish of a sin according to how it appears in this world, and not how it appears in the upper world. He concluded with his holy blessing.

Upon arriving home at his residence, the Rebbe blessed small bottles of honey, which will be sent out by the Rebbetzin, the tzadekes tlit"a, to the hundreds of widows of our holy kehilla from all over the world, in honor of the upcoming Yom Tov of Rosh Hashana. He also heard a report from the askanim about the efforts to assist the widows, and bestowed his holy blessing.

At around 3:30 the Rebbe traveled to Monsey for the annual reception times for the members of the kehilla, to give and receive blessings in advance of the Days of Mercy and Favor.
At around 4:15 the Rebbe arrived at his private room in the large beis medrash for the reception times. During the reception, hundreds of Jews, elders and youths, entered to give and receive blessings with a kvitel and pidyon, in advance of the upcoming Yamim Noraim.

At around 8:10 the Rebbe davened Mincha. The Rebbe lit candles and went to the amud in honor of the yahrzeit.

After Mincha, at around 8:30, the Rebbe entered the main hall of the beis medrash for the seudas hilula and honored the holy table in honor of the yahrzeit. At the lechayim after the fish, the Rebbe wished, "May his merit protect us and all of Israel."
During the seudah, inspiring niggunim were sung, and with "Michtam LeDavid" the Rebbe honored the Tzaddik R' Aharon Teitelbaum shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sighet-Monsey, son of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park, shlit"a.

The Rebbe delivered words of Torah and explained, in the teachings of the Baal HaHilula zy"a, that since Klal Yisroel are servants of Hashem, Hashem could take This World away from the nations of the world and give it to the Jewish people. In the merit of a person lowering himself from his own levels to help others, Hashem too descends to the lowly world and looks at the blemish of a sin according to how it appears in this world, and not how it appears in the upper world. This was seen with the Baal HaHilula zy"a, who lowered himself to every individual, especially to bochurim, and ran a yeshiva and taught Torah to bochurim. We must strive to follow in his ways and conduct ourselves as talmidim of the Yitev Lev.
The Rebbe continued in praise of our holy kehilla and mosdos in Monsey and of the Rav shlit"a who stands at its head, and urged sending children only to our yeshivas, and helping and supporting the holy mosdos so they can complete the new buildings currently being built for the yeshiva, the talmud torah and the Beis Rachel. At the end, he urged everyone to prepare for the Days of Mercy and Favor by studying sefarim of chassidus and mussar, and he designated the sefer Tiferes Shlomo to be studied to warm the heart toward teshuva and in preparation for the Yamim Noraim. He concluded with abundant blessings.

- Birkas Hamazon: the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a.
It ended at around 9:50, and the Rebbe returned to his private room and continued with the reception times.

At around 12:30 the Rebbe davened Maariv.
After Maariv, a lechayim gathering took place in the Rebbe's room in honor of the engagement of the chassan, son of R' Yechiel Michel Berkowitz shlit"a, son of the Gaon, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of Kiryas Joel shlit"a and son-in-law of the Seredna Rebbe of Boro Park shlit"a. The kallah's parents are R' Yosef Meir Schmidman shlit"a, son of the Gaon and Tzaddik, Av Beis Din of Flatbush shlit"a, and son-in-law of R' Avrohom Dovid Wagshal z"l. The kinyan was made, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.
Afterward, the Rebbe traveled home to Kiryas Joel.

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