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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in Beis Medrash Eitz Chaim Sighet in Williamsburg. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the following bar mitzvah bochurim:
the son of R' Eliyahu Alter Horanchik shlit"a;
the son of R' Tzvi Meir Gottlieb shlit"a;
the bochur Shimon Elazar Marmorstein;
the twin sons of R' Eliezer Yitzchak Feldman;
the bochur Wolf Weiss.
The Rebbe shlit"a lit 5 candles for the yahrzeit of his ancestor, the holy Rebbe R' Yisroel Yaakov Yokel of Volove zt"l. After davening, the shofar was blown, and then a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the heichal of the beis medrash.

In the afternoon, there were yechidus hours in the inner sanctum from about 2:45 until 6:30 at his holy residence on Hewes St. After the yechidus hours, the Rebbe davened Mincha at his holy residence.

At about 7:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at our magnificent beis medrash, Binyan Brach, where a huge crowd had gathered for the simcha of the hachnasas sefer Torah, donated by the builder and founder of the beis medrash building, the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom Brach. The Rebbe led the holy dancing with great vigor and energy, honored the philanthropist, the distinguished R' Avrohom, with placing the Sefer Torah into the Aron Kodesh, and then recited Ledavid Mizmor as is customary.

At about 9:15 the Rebbe davened Maariv at his holy residence.

Afterwards the Rebbe went to the home of his son, HaGaon Rabbi Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, to honor the Vachnacht celebration for the newborn son of his son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Horowitz shlit"a. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the baal simcha, the distinguished grandfathers and the entire gathering, and a conversation developed about the tziyun in Volove and about the life story of the Volover Rav zt"l, whose yahrzeit fell on Sunday. On his way out, the Rebbe recited Krias Shema and blessed the mothers who had given birth.

At about 10:05 the Rebbe went to our beis medrash, Binyan Brach, for the festive seudah in honor of the completion of the Torah. Upon arrival the Rebbe danced in the open area for several minutes, and HaGaon Rabbi Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its environs shlit"a spoke a few brief words.
Then the Rebbe drank a lechayim and blessed the baal simcha, the distinguished philanthropist R' Avrohom, and the entire gathering, and delivered holy words. The Rebbe based his remarks on the verse "Hashem will establish you as a holy nation to Himself," and explained matters relating to the hachnasas sefer Torah, and spoke in praise of the esteemed philanthropist R' Avrohom, who built this magnificent place for Torah, for davening and for purity, and of all that the philanthropist does for our holy kehilla here and in all corners of the world, and especially for the holy mosdos Yitev Lev in Beit Shemesh.
Then the Rebbe addressed the pressing matters of the day concerning the kashrus scandal in Lakewood, expressing his pain that people rely on giving hashgacha to non-Jewish owners, and even more so that Jews with beards and peyos, wearing shtreimels and bekeshes, rely on those hechsherim, and he called for teshuva and for correcting one's actions, especially now in the days of the month of Elul.
Then the Rebbe mentioned the decrees against chinuch that are looming over New York Jewry, and said that with the shofar "let it awaken and sound to destroy every evildoer" the decrees will be halted. We have a promise, "Hashem will establish you as a holy nation to Himself" — with Hashem's help we will remain a holy nation, "they shall not harm and shall not destroy"; they will not succeed in changing either the chinuch of boys or the chinuch of girls. We will not change anything, no one will touch us, and we will educate in the future just as we educated in the past. The Rebbe concluded with his holy blessings. It ended at about 10:55.

At about 11:45 the Rebbe arrived in Linden, New Jersey for the ceremony of the "opening of the mosdos and affixing of the mezuzah" for our holy mosdos in Linden. The Rebbe affixed a mezuzah on the building's gate, and afterwards a lechayim gathering was held. HaGaon Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Sofer shlit"a, Rav of our kehilla in Linden, spoke. The Rebbe drank a lechayim, blessed the Rav shlit"a, the mosdos administration, the philanthropists and the entire gathering, and delivered holy words, speaking about the expansion of the boundaries of holiness in Linden and the responsibility resting on the first residents who are laying the foundation for the city. He concluded with his holy blessings to all the esteemed donors and askanim.
After the lechayim the Rebbe toured the entire building and looked into the classrooms, and honored the Rav shlit"a with affixing a mezuzah. Afterwards the Rebbe went over and toured the adjacent building of Beis Rachel. At about 12:30 the Rebbe shlit"a set out for his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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