Tuesday, Parshas Balak — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Beis Medrash HaGadol at around 8:15, and the Rebbe recited the verses of Krias Shema verse by verse. After davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Moshe Dov Schwartz.

Afterward, the brisos took place.
A son born to R' Mordechai Hirsch, where the Rebbe was the sandek.
Twin sons born to R' Yisroel Horowitz, where the Rebbe was the sandek and mohel.

At around 10:20 the Rebbe set out on the way to Westchester Airport, and at around 11:15 the Rebbe took off on a private flight, a journey of about an hour and a half, to North Carolina, where the Rebbe visited Jewish prisoners who, unfortunately, are being held in the local prison. Through efforts with government authorities, it was possible to arrange the Rebbe's visit properly with an escort, at an appropriate time, and for close to an hour and a half.

After the visit, the Rebbe set out on the way back to New York on the private flight. At around 5:00 the plane landed at Westchester Airport, and the Rebbe immediately traveled to Williamsburg for the regular yechidus hours.

At 7:45 the Rebbe davened Mincha, and afterward there were yechidus hours, in the inner sanctum, until 12:15 at night in the Rebbe's holy residence in Williamsburg.

During the yechidus hours, the chalaka celebration took place for the grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Lipa Ashkenazi shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. The Rebbe cut the hair, drank a lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessings.

At around 10:30, a lechayim gathering and founding event took place in the Rebbe's holy residence for our kehilla and our holy institutions, "Talmud Torah and Beis Rochel" in Lynden, New Jersey, in the way of our holy Rebbes zy"a, under the holy leadership of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, together with the appointment of HaGaon Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Soffer shlit"a, one of the rabbanim of our kollel and a maggid shiur in our batei medrash in Williamsburg, as rav of the kehilla.

The new rav, HaGaon R' Eliezer Mordechai shlit"a, arrived and went in immediately to greet the Rebbe, together with his father HaGaon R' Yitzchak Tzvi shlit"a, dayan in Boro Park, his grandfather HaGaon R' Chaim Aryeh Geller shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Bobov, and his father-in-law HaGaon R' Asher Anshel Scher shlit"a, av beis din of Klausen. A fine conversation took place about the connection of the Arugas HaBosem zt"l to our holy Rebbes of Sighet and Zanz, about the role of a rav in the old country, and about various matters of our holy kehilla in the city of Lynden. In addition, HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Naftali Rottenberg shlit"a, son of the Kossoner Rebbe shlit"a, one of the founders of the community in Lynden, conveyed greetings from his father, the Kossoner Rebbe shlit"a, who sent him as his emissary to the appointment event.

Afterward, the Rebbe went down to Beis Medrash Eitz Chaim Sighet, where a lechayim gathering was held on the occasion, with the participation of the heads of the kehilla and the askanim and residents of the city of Lynden, may it be rebuilt. Speaking were HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, rosh hakahal of Williamsburg, and HaRav R' Yosha Leib Levy, one of the prominent residents and askanim in the city of Lynden, and the new rav, HaGaon R' Eliezer Mordechai shlit"a. The Rebbe shlit"a drank a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon the new rav shlit"a and upon the entire assembly,
and delivered holy words. Among other things, the Rebbe spoke about the early years in America, when the holy Rebbe zy"a arrived and purified the soil of America and laid the foundations for our holy kehilla in all areas, and now it has reached Lynden as well, where our chassidim are establishing a kehilla, and now a rav is being taken on for our holy kehilla. In the course of his words, the Rebbe praised the Kossoner Rebbe shlit"a, who was the pioneer in moving there and founding the chassidic community, and spoke in praise of the distinguished rav shlit"a, who will stand at the head of our holy kehilla and will see to it that the kehilla conducts itself according to the foundations of the holy Rebbe zy"a. It is hoped that soon the Talmud Torah and Beis Rochel will open for our chassidim.

The Rebbe concluded with abundant blessings for the rav and for the entire assembly. Several niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe went back up to his holy residence and continued receiving the public.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:15 in his holy residence.

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