The Satmar Rebbe Stops By Chabad of the Airport On His Way to Eretz Yisroel

by CrownHeights.info

On his way to Eretz Yisroel for a two day trip, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum stopped by the tefillin booth from Chabad of the Airport and received a Kuntres from the Lubavitcher Rebbe before giving a bracha for the booths continued success.

The Satmar Rebbe had arrived at the airport with an entourage of chassidim who stopped to see the Tefillin booth stationed in the ELAL terminal in JFK Airport. There the Satmar Rebbe and the chassidim were given a tour of the Tefillin booth, and told of the hundreds of yidden who pass by each day and the tens who put on tefillin, including Karkaftas.

There the Satmar Rebbe gave a bracha that Chabad of the Airport should “Zol hobben a sach Hatzlucha Siyate Dishmaya Mamshech in de heilike arbet.”

Each of the chassidim received a Kovetz Chof Ches Sivan and a bottle of water before they went to the Shul in the airport to Daven Mincha.

Following Mincha The Satmar Rebbe was presented with a copy of the Kovetz Chof Ches Sivan, which he decided to take with him on the plane.

He also noted that he himself was a descendent of the Alter Rebbe.

On this trip, the Satmar Rebbe will also be visiting Meron.