Thursday, Parshas Matos-Masei, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, at the vacation location in Bethlehem, New Hampshire

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Shacharis at about 8:55. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Shimon Yisroel Kahana (Montreal).
The bochur Avrohom Shlomo Elazar Berkowitz (Kiryas Joel).

Baal tefillah: R' Yeshaya Yitzchak HaKohen Rubin. Pesichah: R' Avrohom Shlomo Elazar Berkowitz.
Aliyos: Kohen: the bar mitzvah bochur Shimon Yisroel Kahana; Levi: R' Nachman Dov Heller (Williamsburg); Shlishi: the bar mitzvah bochur Avrohom Shlomo Elazar Berkowitz; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Shimon Yisroel Kahana.

After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the hall of the beis medrash. The Rebbe drank lechayim and gave his holy blessings, and spoke about the yahrzeit of Aharon HaKohen, and of the Kreizer Rav, HaRav HaKadosh Rabbi Aharon Halberstam zt"l, son of the Divrei Chaim zy"a, whose yahrzeits fall on Friday, Rosh Chodesh Av.

After the lechayim the Rebbe walked home. On the way a conversation developed about the rabbinates of the districts of Sanz, Kreiz, Gribov, Babov and the surrounding villages, and the differences between the rabbinates in Poland and Hungary.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha at about 9:00. On the way to Mincha, the Rebbe discussed the customs of the holy Rebbes zy"a regarding cutting nails on Erev Shabbos when it coincides with Rosh Chodesh and the like.

After Mincha, guests who had come to spend Shabbos b'tzeil hakodesh greeted the Rebbe. Among them was R' Moshe Ungar of Shikun Skver, a member of the Kehilla's administration in Kiryas Joel, who delivered a report about various plans for expanding the borders of holiness in Kiryas Joel.

Several bochurim also presented the Rebbe with an answer to the question the Rebbe left in the Heichal HaMesivta, among them:
The bochur Yaakov Aharon son of Yosha Fisher (Williamsburg).
The bochur Yoel Baruch son of Yaakov Yitzchak Steinmetz (Kiryas Joel).

At the time of Rabbeinu Tam, at about 9:30, the Rebbe davened Maariv. The baal tefillah was HaGaon Rabbi Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sanz in Kiryas Joel and director of our holy yeshiva, Kedushas Yoel branch.

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