President Donald Trump sent a personal letter to the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, and the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, extending his warm wishes to the community as they marked the annual Chof Alef Kislev celebrations.
Chof Alef Kislev commemorates the miraculous rescue of the Satmar Rov, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, from the horrors of the Holocaust in 1944. His escape allowed him to rebuild Satmar from the ashes of Europe. The annual celebration is one of the most significant dates on the Satmar calendar.
In his letter, President Trump praised the enduring legacy of the Satmar Rov and the vibrant faith of his followers. “This time of remembrance does not just commemorate Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum’s escape from the Holocaust—it also celebrates the triumphant faith that continues to inspire the flourishing Satmar community in the United States and around the world,” he wrote. He noted that generations of Satmar families “are guided by his teachings and rooted in a commitment to faith and scholarship.”
The president also highlighted the role of the community in shaping future generations. “Through instilling the importance of faith, prayer, and conviction in tomorrow’s leaders, you help forge a promising future that will continue to guide and uplift generations to come,” he said. Trump emphasized his administration’s commitment to protecting religious liberties, ensuring that “all people may live out their faith freely, openly, and without fear of persecution.”
The letter concluded with his heartfelt blessing: “May the Almighty bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America.”
Trump’s outreach to both Satmar courts came on a night when tens of thousands of chasidim gathered at parallel events led by the two brothers, the Kiryas Yoel Rebbe at the Waterfront in Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Rebbe at the Brooklyn Armory in Crown Heights.
{Matzav.com}
Very personal, just like loads of other things that go out from Beis Lavan with autopen signatures.
Such an ohev yisroel to recognize the jewish people and understand them.
Looks like the “personal” letter was signed by autopen
We need to realize — and it should somehow be brought to the attention of President Trump — that 21 Kislev is much more comprehensive than just the specific rescue of the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Yoel Titlebaum, ZT’L. For 21 Kislev in 1941, was (actually like this year) December 11, which was the day that Germany & Italy declared war on the United States, and the US declared war back on them, thus marking the full entry of the US into World War II.
On Sunday morning of December 7, was the well known extremely massive attack by Japan on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next morning of December 8, the (then) President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, delivered his iconic “Date of Infamy” address to the US Congress, and the Congress, by a unanimous-minus-one-vote, declared — retroactively from the day before — war on Japan. So December 7, 1941, is marked as the day that the US entered World War II.
However, all that was only with Japan, so the US then really had “only one foot in the door.”
However, Germany & Italy & Japan had formed an official military alliance. So, on December 11, Hitler, Yimach Shemo V’Zichro, delivered a long rambling speech to the German Reichstag in which he with Italy and Japan, declared war on the US. Benito Mussolini of Italy also announced a similar declaration. President Roosevelt sent a message about it to Congress, which — this time by unanimous votes — declared war on Germany & Italy. Do, December 11, 1941, marked the full entry of the US into the war.
did trump say tachnun?