Tuesday, Parshas Haazinu, Selichos 3 — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At 5:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recitation of Selichos. The baal tefillah was HaRav R' Aharon Wertzberger. They finished at around 6:30, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on his grandson, the bar mitzvah bochur Shmuel Shmelka (may he live long and well), son of HaRav R' Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of his brother-in-law (mechutan), the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a.
Afterward, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Bentzion Goldman.
The Rebbe blew the shofar and recited fifteen chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the month of Elul.

After davening, a festive lechayim gathering took place in honor of the simcha of putting on tefillin, in the Chadar Avraham Yuda. Joyous songs were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and blessed the bar mitzvah bochur, his mechutan, the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a, his grandson's father R' Chaim Hersh shlit"a, and the entire assembled. Then the bar mitzvah bochur recited the pshetl, and they sang him in as is customary.
The Rebbe then delivered words of Torah and Mussar, bringing out that tefillin connects Klal Yisroel to Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and for this reason teshuvah is effective; accordingly, a bar mitzvah is a good preparation for Rosh Hashana. He concluded with his holy blessing.

In his holy home, a seudah of Shacharis was held in honor of the bar mitzvah simcha together with the Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a, and his family. Beautiful conversations took place about the customs of the month of Tishrei and bar mitzvah customs, and joyous songs were sung.
At Birkas HaMazon, the Rebbe honored the bar mitzvah bochur Shmuel Shmelka (may he live long and well).

In the afternoon, the Rebbe traveled to Williamsburg for the weekly reception hours.
The reception hours in Kiryas Joel ran from 4:30 until 11:30 at night in his holy home on Hayes St.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 6:30 and Maariv at around 9:50 in his holy home.

During the reception hours, over a hundred orphan girls, students of the Ohr Chadash institution, came in to Kiryas Joel to receive a blessing in anticipation of the Days of Mercy and Favor. The administration presented a report on the many activities of the institution for the benefit of the orphans. The Rebbe conveyed a holy blessing to the orphans, blessed chains (kaitelach) that will be distributed to all the orphans, and extended his holy blessing to all the askanim and askaniyos of the institution.

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