At around 9:00, the Rebbe arrived at the halls of Keren Yoel Moshe and participated in the thanksgiving meal hosted by the Mashgiach, R' Yoshe Mendelowitz. A beautiful conversation took place, and the Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly blessed R' Yoshe and his family.

At around 9:45, the Rebbe arrived in Monsey for the completion of Maseches Bava Kama and the beginning of Maseches Bava Metzia, as part of the Yesodei Hatorah group, in the halls of Valley Terrace. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Monsey, shlit"a, the rabbis of our community, and R' Moshe Yitzchak Landa - the patron of the group in Monsey, and the entire community. He also spoke words of Torah and praised our community in Monsey, where over 400 people are part of the Yesodei Hatorah group, and encouraged all those completing and beginning their studies to finish Maseches Bava Metzia and the entire Shas, and concluded with Birkas Kohanim.

From there, at around 10:00, the Rebbe continued on his way to Williamsburg for the grand completion ceremony of the thousands of students of the Yesodei Hatorah group from Williamsburg, in the Continental hall. The Rebbe arrived at around 11:00 and entered a side room.
At around 11:30, the Rebbe entered the completion ceremony and was greeted by the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg, shlit"a, and the attending rabbis of our community. He sat down and spoke before the honorable R' Yaakov Yosef Twersky shlit"a, son of the Admor of Skver, shlit"a, who continued with his speech. Afterwards, the Rebbe was called up to the completion meal.
The chairman, R' Nachman Leibowitz, continued and called up R' Mendel Kaufman - a member of the Yesodei Hatorah administration in Williamsburg, with a few words on behalf of the administration.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the patrons of the group, the rabbinic leader R' Yechzel Dovid Berkowitz, the rabbinic leader R' Avrohom Brauch, and his son, the rabbinic leader R' Yechzel Shraga Brauch, as well as the members of the administration, R' Mendel Kaufman, R' Yoel Heller, and R' Yitzchok Michoel Yakov, and the entire community.

The Rebbe spoke words of Torah on the verse "And He blessed Abraham with everything" and explained that due to the renewal of old studies, one is privileged to hear the Bat Kol and is inspired to repent, and this is the goal of the group, to learn, review, and memorize the masechtos of the Shas. He also quoted from the last page of Maseches Bava Kama, that even small things are not considered theft, but if the owner is particular about receiving them, they gain significance, and explained that one can sometimes think that what is already a page of Gemara against the entire Shas, but if one is not particular about missing any day or any page, it gains great significance.
The Rebbe told how his father, the Baal Divrei Yoel, zt"l, would review with him as a child and tell him to learn with the Rosh, and to cling to the reasoning of the Rosh in all matters, and explained that when a person knows that the Torah is his, he will be able to struggle with the evil inclination and defeat it, and be able to learn, review, and memorize.
The Rebbe mentioned that the Yesodei Hatorah group was founded on Lag Ba'omer, 2006, and has grown in quantity and quality over the years, and today, every community in Israel has a group for Torah study, and it is a personal joy that so many thousands of Jews are learning pages of Gemara and masechtos of the Shas today, and concluded with blessings for the entire community.

They sang songs of Torah study with great enthusiasm, and afterwards, the Rebbe made the completion of Maseches Bava Kama and began Maseches Bava Metzia, and said Kaddish. Afterwards, they exited into fiery dances in honor of the Torah for an extended period.

- Blessings from the rabbinic leader R' Avrohom Brauch, one of the patrons of the group.
The event ended at around 1:10, and the Rebbe returned to his holy home in Kiryas Joel.

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