Monday – First Day of Chol HaMoed Sukkos, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning, the Rebbe put on tefillin in his holy home for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yechezkel Dov Banda.

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:15.
- Baal tefillah: R' Akiva Hirsch (Williamsburg).
The Rebbe proceeded to Hallel and carefully performed the holy service with the lulav and esrog, and afterwards recited the Hoshanos.

- Pesicha: R' Yitzchak Baruch Braun (Monsey).
- Kohen: R' Mendel Meir Glick (Williamsburg).
- Levi: R' Chaim Levi (Vienna).
- Shlishi: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Naftali Horowitz shlit"a of Rachov, London.
- Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah: R' Yukel Schlesinger shlit"a (London).
- Gelilah: the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yechezkel Dov Banda.

- Mussaf: R' Chaim Elazar Weiss shlit"a of Chmelnik, Monsey.
It concluded at around 12:40.

After davening, a bris of a newborn son took place for R' Yaakov Yisroel Meir Weiss, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went out to the front of the beis medrash and participated in the levaya, escorting the bier of R' Amram Cohen z"l.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went over to the home of R' Chaim Berkowitz, where a bris of a newborn son took place for his son-in-law, R' Lipa son of R' Heinich Schwartz, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

In the afternoon hours, members of the committee for publishing the Rebbe's sefarim entered the Rebbe's holy home and brought the new sefer Lev Aharon on the sugyos of Shas on Maseches Gittin, which had just been released from print. A pleasant conversation ensued about various sugyos of Shas and about the Lev Aharon series, which already stands at 23 volumes. The Rebbe drank a lechayim in honor of the simcha and warmly bestowed his holy blessing upon all the members of the committee.

In the afternoon at around 6:15, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra, Monsey, came for a Yom Tov visit. A longer halachic conversation took place for nearly an hour about various questions relating to Yom Tov Sukkos that had arisen, along with other interesting questions. The Rebbe warmly bestowed his holy blessing upon him, gave him his new sefer Lev Aharon – Gittin, and escorted him out to the street.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 7:30 in his holy home, on the Zanz Kat.
Between Mincha and Maariv, there was a time for yechidus for the community members.

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