Wednesday, Parshas Haazinu, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At around 5:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recital of Selichos. The baal tefilla was HaRav HaChassid R' Yoshe Shmuel Weider. It concluded at around 6:40, and the Rebbe returned home to his holy residence.

The Rebbe davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol.

Before davening, the brissin took place.
- For the newborn son of R' Yoel Reuven Lefkowitz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Avrohom Shimon Weider, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Chaim Avrohom Marmorstein, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Chaim Eliezer Landau, at which the Rebbe served as sandek.

In the afternoon at around 4:00 the Rebbe went over to the Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek for the ceremony of pouring the foundations for the new, expanded mikvah in the beis medrash. The Rebbe poured the foundations and heard a report from the administration of the kehilla and the beis medrash about the expansion of the beis medrash's holy premises.
Afterward a lechayim gathering was held in one of the davening rooms. Several nigunim were sung. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished well to the Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a, the beis medrash administration, and the entire community. He then delivered a Torah thought on the words "Just as a mikvah purifies the impure, so does the Holy One, Blessed Be He, purify Israel," explaining that just as a mikvah purifies without limit, so too teshuva has no limit; therefore, pouring the foundations of a mikvah is fitting for the Ten Days of Repentance. He concluded with blessings for the donors and askanim.

The yechidus hours were held from 6:50 until 11:40 at night at the Rebbe's holy residence on Ohel Court.

At around 9:45 the Rebbe went down to the halls of his holy residence, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim, R' Yosef Dovid Lefkowitz shlit"a and R' Yoel Gruber shlit"a.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 7:35 and Maariv at around 11:40.

During the yechidus hours, askanim and the bochurim of the 'Mekimi' organization entered to receive the Rebbe's blessing in honor of the Days of Mercy and Favor. R' Itamar Rosenbaum shlit"a and R' Shlomo Brach, among the heads of the organization, presented the organization's activities on behalf of the sick of Israel and their families. The Rebbe spoke warm words of chizuk to the bochurim and wished a complete recovery and abundant blessings for the entire community.
Afterward all the bochurim went in, and the Rebbe distributed a blessed coin and bestowed his holy blessing upon each one individually, and then wished well to the askanim.

Also entering the Rebbe's room was HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan shlit"a, and they discussed and went over many questions arising now in advance of the upcoming Yom Tov of Sukkos.

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