Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Ki Seitzei — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Mordechai Yosef Brader, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Talmud Torah Building Klein together with the students of the 9th grade of the branch of Rabbi Binyamin Ber Berkowitz shlit"a.
Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
- the bochur Meir Eli Goldberger.
- the bochur Yoel Rosinger.
- the bochur Yitzchak Eizik Powell.
The Rebbe blew the shofar and said ten chapters of Tehillim, as is customary in the month of Elul.

After davening, the simcha of the bris milah took place for the grandson of the Rebbe, the newborn son of Rabbi Meir Eliezer Meisels shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's brother, HaGaon, the Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a, and son-in-law of HaGaon R' Aharon Shmuel Dushinsky shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Dushinsky.
The Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandekaus.
- Mohel: the Rebbe's brother, HaGaon, the Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a.
- Standing sandek: the Rebbe's brother, HaGaon, the Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.
The Rebbe recited the brachos and the naming, "and his name shall be called in Yisroel": 'Yekusiel Yehuda', after the grandfather, HaGaon, the Av Beis Din of Sighet zt"l, who was named for the holy Yetev Lev zy"a.

After the bris, people went over to wish mazel tov to the Rebbe shlit"a.

Afterward the Rebbe went down to the fourth floor, where the gathering "Birnah Yiktzoru" and siyum of the review of this year's learning took place with close to 500 fifth-grade students from all the branches of the Kiryas Joel mosdos.
Several songs and rhymes were sung in honor of the occasion. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the bar mitzvah bochurim, the rebbeim and all the children, delivered holy words of preparation for the days of mercy and favor, and concluded with his holy blessing.

After several minutes the Rebbe entered the seudas bris together with the 9th-grade students. The Rebbe washed for the seudas bris and tore the challah by hand, as is customary on Erev Shabbos.
At the seudah, the baal simcha, the father of the baby shlit"a, spoke. One of the bochurim also sang rhymes in honor of the occasion, and the principal presented a kvitel of the collective learning of the bochurim, who together learned over 2,000 consecutive hours in preparation for the Rebbe's visit.
The Rebbe honored the principal, Rabbi Binyamin Ber Berkowitz shlit"a, with the Yom Libashah.

The Rebbe delivered holy words and guidance: the mitzvah of milah brings wisdom into a person, so that he can discern when to make use of humility and when he does need to make use of pride. He concluded with his holy blessing.
The Rebbe led the bentching over the cup and honored the rebbeim with the Harachaman's. It ended around 2:00.

Afterward the Rebbe went over to the home of the baal bris and wished well to the mother.

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