Sunday, Parshas Shoftim, 2nd day of Rosh Chodesh Elul — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Heichal HaMesivta, Kedushas Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin with the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
The bochur Yoel Chaim Moshe Miller.
The bochur Yechezkel Meshulam Glauber.
The bochur Shmuel Efraim Gold.

The Rebbe shlit"a went up to the amud for Hallel. "L'Dovid Hashem Ori" was recited immediately after Shacharis. During the Torah reading, the Rebbe received the fourth aliyah. After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a blew the shofar, and then said 10 chapters of Tehillim, as is customary during the days of Elul. Afterward, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon, at around 4:15, the Rebbe traveled to Kiryas Yoel Moshe in Monticello for the hachnasas sefer Torah at the great beis medrash "Zichron Yechiel Michel." The Rebbe came at the invitation of the donor of the Torah, the distinguished R' Yitzchak Zev Filaff.
The Rebbe arrived at approximately 5:00. The Rebbe first davened Mincha in one of the prayer rooms of the beis medrash, then entered the main sanctuary of the beis medrash, took the Sefer Torah from the donor, and danced for an extended time with holy, fiery fervor. He also honored the donor, R' Yitzchak Zev, to dance. Afterward, the Rebbe recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.
After Kaddish, a lechayim gathering took place in the sanctuary of the beis medrash. HaGaon Rabbi Shalom Teitelbaum shlit"a, av beis din of the kehilla, spoke a few brief words. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and warmly blessed the esteemed donor and his entire family with the blessing of Torah, and delivered a few brief holy words to the assembled, basing himself on the verse in the parsha, "Prepare the way for yourself and divide it into three parts." He spoke in praise of the magnificent beis medrash Zichron Yechiel Michel, which is a veritable "talpiyos," a source from which so much Torah, avodah, and acts of kindness emanate, and concluded with a blessing. The event ended at around 6:10.

In the evening, the Rebbe officiated at the kiddushin at the chuppah of the following mechutanim:
HaRav Shraga Gandel shlit"a - R' Yonah Dovid Perl, at Kinor Dovid hall.
R' Aharon Weinstock - R' Yaakov Hersh Perl, at Keren VeYoel Moshe hall.

Entry times for yechidus were from 7:45 until 11:30 at night.

The Rebbe shlit"a read the tenaim at the tenaim gatherings in his holy home for the following mechutanim:
R' Yonah Gutman - R' Yoel Halpert.
R' Shimon Masri - R' Yoel Mizrachi.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Maariv at around 11:30 in his holy home.

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