Sunday, Parshas Eikev — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

This morning, before Shacharis, brisos took place.
For the newborn son of R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel, and for the newborn son of R' Yishai Stein, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal of the Mesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Daniel Dovid Steinberg.
The bochur Yoel Pinchas Zicherman.
The bochur Eliezer Dovid Itzkovitch.
The bochur Yaakov Tzvi Teitelbaum.
The bochur Yoel Moshe Friedman.
The bochur Shlomo Baruch Yehuda Teitelbaum.

After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the Rebbe's private room.

Then, at around 12:00, the Rebbe went up to the holy resting place of the Rebbes zt"l on the occasion of the wedding of his grandson, which takes place today, Monday, in the Great Beis Medrash in Kiryas Joel. Upon arriving at the beis hachaim, the Rebbe recited the blessing, and then went into the holy Ohel and lit 5 candles at the holy graves and at the grave of his mother, the Rebbetzin a"h. The Rebbe recited the tefillah of the Yismach Moshe zt"y"a and recited the chapters of Sefer Revi'i as is customary, and said Kaddish. After Kaddish, the Rebbe read kvitlach for an extended time while songs of inspiration were sung. Afterward, the Rebbe prostrated himself on the graves of the Rebbes zt"l and of his mother the Rebbetzin a"h. They concluded at around 1:00.

In the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a officiated at kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim.
R' Lipa Spielman - Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Herskovits shlit"a, at Kinor David hall.
R' Yonason Binyomin Weingarten - R' Alexander Nachum Gottlieb, at Beis Rachel Paradise hall.

At around 8:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on Ahel Street, together with the bochurim, talmidei Yeshiva Ketana Ahavas HaTorah Williamsburg, under the direction of HaGaon R' Moshe Shmuel Rotenberg shlit"a, the class of the Rebbe's grandson HaGaon R' Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a.

After davening, the bochurim and the maggid shiur went into the Rebbe's room, where the Rebbe shlit"a examined them on the entire halachos of Birchas HaPeiros. The bochurim also asked the Rebbe several questions about minhagim in the subject of Birchas HaPeiros and how it was practiced, and a fine discussion developed on these topics. The Rebbe shlit"a said a few brief words of guidance and blessing to the bochurim, and then the bochurim went over to receive the Rebbe's blessing, and the Rebbe gave each one a gift of his sefer Lev Aharon - Devarim.

Afterward, the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedola Esek HaTorah, Monsey branch, under the direction of HaGaon R' Yisroel Mordechai Seidenfeld shlit"a, went in to receive the Rebbe's blessing ahead of the trip tomorrow, Monday, to the holy places in Europe. The Rebbe asked about the details of the trip, delivered words of guidance and his holy blessings, and distributed shlichus mitzvah money to all the bochurim. Then the Rebbe drank a lechayim and bestowed of his holy blessings upon the menahel and the bochurim.

Afterward, there were yechidus hours until 12:45 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at a tenaim ceremony in his holy home for the following mechutanim.
R' Shimshon Gefen - R' Meir Wertheimer.
R' Reuven Ariel Mawas - R' Yoel Saal.

During the yechidus hours, HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yaakov Yosef Hager shlit"a, son of the Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe shlit"a and son-in-law of the Skvira Rebbe shlit"a, came into the Rebbe's room to receive his holy blessings and to invite the Rebbe shlit"a to the wedding of his daughter, the kallah, which takes place this Wednesday night, and the Rebbe bestowed of his holy blessings.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 12:45 in his holy home.

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