Monday, Chayei Sarah 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe davened Shacharis at the Yeshiva Gedolah, Dvar Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe laid tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim.

- The bochur Yoel the bochur Heresh Eliyahu Ekstein.
- The bochur Shmuel Klein.
- The bochur Alexander Zicherman.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe performed hagbah, and after davening, he delivered the daily Tehilim shiur on Chapter 33, Verse 15. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon hours, the Rebbe visited the Mehadrin shechita facility.

Around 1:20, the Rebbe arrived at the Binyan HaTalmud 'Binyan Vider Polacheck' on Riminov Street for the 'Hatchala Limud Gemara' ceremony for nearly 500 students from all four branches of the Kiryas Joel mosdos. The children sang several nigunim and recited poems in honor of the occasion. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the administrators, teachers, and all the children, and distributed sweets to the grandchildren.
The Rebbe then delivered a dvar Torah, expressing the joy of the children as they begin to learn Gemara, and the satisfaction of the Rebbe, Dvar Yoel z"l, who from the heavens sees that in Kiryas Joel there are nearly 500 children from one grade who are starting to learn Gemara, and he blessed them with abundance.
Afterwards, the Rebbe distributed sweets to the teachers to give to the children. The event ended around 1:50.

In the late afternoon hours, the Rebbe received the Rosh Yeshiva, R' Heresh Eliyahu Teitelbaum shlit"a, who came to receive the Rebbe's blessing for the upcoming wedding of his daughter. A beautiful conversation ensued, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him a blessing from the Holy One.

In the late afternoon, the Rebbe went up to the Yeshiva, Dvar Yoel branch, where he learned with a chavrusa of yeshiva students in his private room. Around 5:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha at the yeshiva.

The hours of receiving the public were from 8:15 to 11:30 at night at his holy home on Ihel Street.

Around 9:40, the Rebbe came down to the halls at his holy home, where he read the tenaim of the mechutanim.
- R' Yoel Barshai Steinmetz and R' Shmuel Meir Levi shlit"a.
- R' Dovid Eliyahu Katina and R' Yaakov Meir Weiss.

During the hours of receiving the public, the Rosh HaTzila, R' Shimon Shisha shlit"a, arrived. He is the head of the Ezra V'Yoetz center, which is currently in America to raise funds for the many offices that have been established throughout Eretz Yisroel to help with the work. They spoke at length about the difficult situation in Eretz Yisroel with the bitter decree of drafting yeshiva students, and how people from all circles are turning to the Ezra V'Yoetz center for help. The Rebbe strongly encouraged the good deeds of Ezra V'Yoetz and bestowed a blessing from the Holy One upon the Rosh HaTzila, R' Shimon shlit"a, R' Yitzchok Shiff (Monsey), chairman of the Ezra V'Yoetz administration in the US, and R' Velvel Kubitchek (Beit Shemesh), activist for Ezra V'Yoetz.

Around 11:30, the Rebbe davened Maariv, and afterwards continued to receive the public.

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