Blessed is he who comes in the name of Hashem

Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira, 9:41 in the morning in Argentina (7:41 New York time). In these very minutes, the flight of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a landed, b'sha'a tova u'metzuyenes, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Rebbe shlit"a will travel into the city, a drive of about 40 minutes, to the place of lodging, and then travel to the local beis medrash, Kehal Charedim, for Shacharis among the chassidim. Afterwards a lechayim gathering and reception will take place, and later in the afternoon, the farewell gathering and lechayim celebration in honor of the completion of the purchase of the Talmud Torah building in the city.
Afterwards the Rebbe will continue the journey to visit the shechita in the country of Uruguay.

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

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Monday–Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a
Brief Visit of the Rebbe shlit"a Among the Community in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the Heichal HaMesivta, Divrei Yoel branch. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim:
the son of R' Yoel Weinberger shlit"a;
the bochur Yoel Schreiber.

During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah. After davening, he learned the daily Tehillim shiur, on chapter 24, verse 1. Afterwards, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in his private room.

In the afternoon at around 5:00, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy residence.

After Mincha, at around 5:25, the Rebbe left his holy residence on the way to JFK Airport, from where the Rebbe shlit"a traveled to visit the shechita in the country of Uruguay, where our holy kehilla will begin to shecht large animals with the utmost kashrus and hiddur, in accordance with the rulings of our holy Rabbis, with a stopover for a brief visit in Argentina among the community.

At around 7:05 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the airport. After a short while the Rebbe davened Maariv in the Chabad house; the baal tefilla was R' Moshe Dovid Davidowitz.
After Maariv, the local Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Yosef Raab shlit"a, and his father-in-law Rabbi Eliezer Reitzik shlit"a, one of the rabbis of "Mikvah International," took leave of the Rebbe. They presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a report of their many efforts to build mikvaos around the world, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

At around 8:40 the Rebbe boarded the plane together with HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Boro Park shlit"a, and HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of Monsey shlit"a, and a select few close followers.

At 9:02 the plane took off. On the way, the Rebbe shlit"a learned his shiur in Maseches Bava Kama for an extended time, and then engaged in a lengthy conversation with the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a and the Rav of Monsey shlit"a about a current question of ribbis that is on the table, and they delved into it at length.

The plane landed today, Tuesday, at 9:41 local time, where the Rebbe was greeted with song and joy by HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim Argentina shlit"a, and most members of the kehilla. People came to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe traveled a 40-minute drive to the lodging.
After a short break at the lodging, the Rebbe shlit"a went to the local great beis medrash of Kehal Charedim, where the entire community, elderly and young alike, greeted the Rebbe shlit"a in the street with song and joy. The children of the talmud torah received the Rebbe in the beis medrash, where the Rebbe looked upon the children with affection and deep emotion.

Afterwards, the Rebbe went to view the large mikvah in the building, and then went to immerse in the private mikvah of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim Buenos Aires, Argentina shlit"a, in the beis medrash building.

At around 11:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Shacharis. The baal tefilla was HaRav HaChassid R' Moshe HaKohen Gabra.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Yitzchak Salem, where the Rebbe served as sandek and recited the brachos.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a paid a visit to HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim shlit"a, in his apartment above the beis medrash. Also present were HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, and HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of Monsey shlit"a, as well as HaGaon R' Shmuel Ari Levin shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Chafetz Chaim Argentina. The Rebbe shlit"a praised all the esteemed fruits that have come out of the kehilla: rabbinic decisors, sofrim, and those who spread Torah, and quality people who succeeded in New York. He then engaged in a lengthy conversation about the shechita, all the matters of history in Argentina and Uruguay, and all the takanos that were instituted. The Rav honored the Rebbe shlit"a with a lechayim, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings. On the way out, the Rebbe sent his good wishes to the Rebbetzin tlit"a.

Afterwards, at around 1:55, the Rebbe went down to the beis medrash for the welcoming ceremony with song and joy, with the participation of the entire kehilla: elders, avreichim and baalei batim. On one side of the beis medrash were the bochurim, and on the other side the children, and all the righteous women in the ezras nashim.
Several niggunim were sung. Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fishel, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Kehal Charedim shlit"a, welcomed the Rebbe with a few words. Afterwards the Rav shlit"a delivered his heartfelt address and greeted the Rebbe, and noted that the last time the Rebbe came was on a mission from the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, and now the Rebbe had come to see his own students, as the great majority of the kehilla are students of the Rebbe who learned in the Rebbe's yeshiva.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words, expressed his emotion and his praise for the beautiful kehilla with its good fruits, and warmly bestowed abundant blessings.

The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the entire community, and distributed a Sefer Tehillim to all the children. He also left a generous gift for all the staff of the mosdos and the members of the kollel. The event concluded at around 3:00 and the Rebbe returned to the lodging.

At around 3:15 the Rebbe shlit"a went to the new site of the large building for the mosdos. The Rebbe drank a lechayim and gave good wishes to the entire community, and then bid farewell with heartfelt emotion, and personally gave warm blessings to the Rav shlit"a.

The event concluded at around 3:45 and the Rebbe set out for the airport to continue the journey to the shechita in the country of Uruguay, leaving behind a holy impression and great chizuk for the community members, residents of the city.

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Part 2 of the report, Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a - Trip to visit the shechita in the country of Uruguay

At around 4:30 the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the Rebbe's private plane took off at around 4:50 for a 25-minute flight to the country of Uruguay.

On the plane, the Rebbe shlit"a went over with the rabbonim shlit"a all the details and hiddurim within the shechita system here at the new plant.

At around 5:15 the private plane landed at the local airport in Uruguay, and the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the guesthouse at 6:40.

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha together with the shochtim. Baal tefillah: Rabbi Chaim Betzalel Blum.
After Mincha, the Rebbe greeted all the shochtim.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a checked the knives, as each of the shochtim individually gave the Rebbe their knives to check. Afterward Maariv was davened. Baal tefillah: R' Chaim Shlomo Fisher.

After Maariv a lechayim gathering was held with the shochtim, where the Rebbe delivered words of divrei kibbush and guidance, and emphasized the responsibility resting on the shochtim, for whom kashrus is the foundation, and how many Jews can be brought to merit through a single animal, or, chas v'shalom, be caused to stumble, as well as the great merit of the shochtim. He concluded with holy blessings and said that he did not want to keep the shochtim too long, since they would be standing at 5 in the morning to shecht.

After the words, all the shochtim came over to take shirayim from the Rebbe shlit"a.

At around 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a traveled over to the plant together with HaGaon Rabbi, the Dayan and Av Beis Din of Boro Park shlit"a, and HaGaon Rabbi, the Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a. First the Rebbe looked over the place of shechita and the box where the animals are shechted, which is turned over so that the shechita is a shechita munachas, in order to see this up close, not during the work.
Then the Rebbe went over to the nikkur section, where the Rebbe examined for an extended time the entire nikkur apparatus on the meat of today's shechita, and gave various instructions and guidance to the mashgichim.

From there the Rebbe went over to follow the salting sections, and personally exerted himself physically to follow the entire salting procedure, and then continued to the sections of stufa, soaking and rinsing, with all the chumros and hiddurim that are practiced by the Rebbe shlit"a.

Then the Rebbe went in to see the gigantic area of the packaging apparatus, which has already been prepared for tomorrow, and examined for an extended time the entire procedure of how it operates, how the kosher meat is separated from the treif meat, etc., where everything is carried out with the greatest degree of hiddur.

At around 1:00, after a full three hours during which the Rebbe exerted himself physically throughout the entire plant with all its sections, the Rebbe returned to the guesthouse.

Tomorrow morning at 6:30 local time the Rebbe shlit"a will return to look over the shechita system, the external and internal examinations, the examinations of the innards, the packaging and all the remaining sections.

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Report, Wednesday, Parshas Vayeira, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a - Trip to Visit the Shechita in the State of Uruguay

At 6:30 in the morning the Rebbe shlit"a traveled from the guesthouse to the mehudar slaughterhouse.

First, the Rebbe shlit"a went in to view the gigantic area of the plant at the packaging and was shown all of its sections. The Rebbe was tremendously impressed, both by the practical side and by all the parts that touch on the halacha of kashrus, which is carried out with the greatest measure of hiddur.

From there the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the bedikas kreisim (examination of the intestines), where the Rebbe and the rabbanim observed for a longer time how it is examined.

From there they went over to the shechita apparatus. The Rebbe examined the knives, which were perfectly smooth according to the high standards that the Rebbe shlit"a introduced. The Rebbe observed for a longer time the entire order of the shechita with all its stages, the double box where two animals enter, and watched the three shochtim and a bodek yavesh standing at the stand, with all the chumros and hiddurim that the Rebbe introduced for shechita of large animals for our holy kehilla.

Afterward the Rebbe went over to the sections of the examinations, the internal examination and the external examination, and then continued to the nikur cham (hot deveining). Everything was at the highest standard, b'siyata d'Shmaya.

It was already 10:45. After more than four hours of the Rebbe going around the entire plant with great physical exertion, the Rebbe left the place and returned to the guesthouse.

After a short break the Rebbe went back to the plant building and entered the offices, to the owner, and thanked him warmly and expressed his amazement at the full chumros and hiddurim that are made possible here. He said, "One has not yet seen such a successful plant where all kinds of hiddurim and chumros can be carried out so easily. It is so beautiful that I feel like coming back again, even though it is so far and with such effort." In addition, the Rebbe thanked him for his devotion in building an entire guesthouse complex for the shochtim, with beautiful bedrooms, magnificent facilities, and a beautiful beis medrash as well, which brings the shochtim and bodkim a rare sense of ease.

From there the Rebbe went up to the mikvah in the plant, and then davened Shacharis with some of the shochtim in the beis medrash of the guesthouse.

After davening the Rebbe said to the shochtim, "I did not believe what a mehudar operation takes place here, and I did not want to approve this place without it, since I know that I will have such a distinguished, upright staff of shochtim, bodkim and mashgichim." Afterward the shochtim went in to the Rebbe one by one.

Later the Rebbe shlit"a telephoned the Nirbator Rav shlit"a to thank him, and complimented him on the effort he invested in establishing such a mehudar system of shechita for the sake of Heaven and for glory.

In the afternoon at around 4:15 the Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha.
After Mincha the Rebbe shlit"a bid a heartfelt farewell to all the shochtim.

From there they traveled to the local airport, a 45-minute drive, from where the private plane took off and flew for 25 minutes to Argentina.

At the airport in Argentina a fine crowd of community members was waiting, and the Rebbe received the community one by one. Afterward Maariv was davened.

After Maariv they boarded the plane, which took off at 10:48 local time.
During the first hours on the plane the Rebbe shlit"a engaged in Torah study. Afterward the Rebbe shlit"a discussed the entire order of shechita at length with the rabbanim shlit"a, and expressed his admiration at how beautiful and mehudar the entire plant was, and at the efforts that the Nirbator Rav shlit"a had already invested in that place in the past to raise the standard of kashrus.

Today, Thursday, at 7:08 in the morning the plane landed at JFK Airport, from where the Rebbe shlit"a traveled home to Kiryas Joel, arriving at 9:25.

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