Wednesday, Parshas Va'eschanan — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Shacharis at around 8:45. The baal tefillah was HaRav HaTzaddik R' Chaim Elazar Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Chmelnik-Monsey. After davening, the tzibbur went over to bid farewell to the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe thanked the loyal attendant of the beis medrash, HaRav R' Fishel Farkash, and then the Rebbe walked home.

At around 3:10 the Rebbe left his holy residence in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, on the way to the nearby Mount Washington Regional Airport, where the Rebbe took off at 3:40 on a private plane on the way home, after spending the last four weeks resting.

At around 4:30 the plane landed at Kingston Ulster Airport, from where the Rebbe traveled to Fleischmanns for a visit to the camps of our holy yeshivos of Boro Park.

Upon arrival at around 5:30, the Rebbe first went to visit the Spinka Rebbe, Beis Yitzchak shlit"a, who is staying there during the summer weeks. A pleasant conversation in Torah and Chassidus ensued. The Spinka Rebbe shlit"a honored the Rebbe shlit"a with fruit and lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.

From there the Rebbe went to the talmud torah of the camp. The children sang several nigunim, and the Rebbe addressed the children with brief holy words and a blessing.

The Rebbe then entered the hall of the beis medrash of our holy yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedolah Vayoel Moshe, where the chanukas habayis ceremony for the new, magnificent beis medrash took place. Several nigunim were sung, and the Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Rzeszów, spoke and warmly welcomed the Rebbe shlit"a. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the Rosh Yeshiva, the maggidei shiur and all the bochurim well, and delivered longer holy words of guidance.

The Rebbe then went to visit the HaGaon Av Beis Din of Rzeszów shlit"a. A longer conversation ensued, with stories and accounts of the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a and of the connection of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a with the Tzanzer Rav zy"a. The Rzeszów Rav shlit"a honored the Rebbe shlit"a with lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings.
From there the Rebbe went to visit our holy yeshiva, the Yeshiva Ketana branch of Vayoel Moshe, under the direction of HaRav HaGaon R' Yitzchak Aharon Green shlit"a. The bochurim sang several nigunim, and the menahel shlit"a spoke. The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished well to the rebbeim of the yeshiva and all the bochurim, and delivered holy words of guidance to the bochurim.

After the lechayim the Rebbe davened Mincha in the beis medrash, where the talmidim of the Yeshiva Gedolah also davened along.

A few minutes after Mincha, the Rebbe went back into the beis medrash where the bochurim were sitting and learning. The Rebbe walked among the bochurim for an extended time with great nachas, and engaged in learned discussion with the bochurim over their studies.

At around 9:00 the Rebbe left Fleischmanns on the way to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel, where the Rebbe arrived at around 10:15. Talmidei hayeshiva and anshei shlomeinu waited and greeted the Rebbe. At around 10:30 the Rebbe davened Maariv in his holy residence.

When the tzaddik is in the city, he is its splendor, its glory and its majesty.

▫️ Satmara Niyes 🌴▫️