B’Chasdei Hashem, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe successfully underwent a pacemaker implantation on Tuesday morning at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

The chassidim hope that the Rebbe will be able to lead the Yom Kippur tefillos as usual, in a large gathering attended by thousands of chassidim in the chassidus’s main Beis Medrash.

On Monday evening, the Rebbe presided over the eirusin of his granddaughter, the daughter of HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Mordechai Hager, Av Beis Din of the Vizhnitz kehilla in Elad. The simcha was held in the hall beneath the main Beis Medrash in Kiryat Vizhnitz, Bnei Brak, with more than 1,000 chassidim and family members filling the venue.

Throughout the simcha, the Rebbe delivered words of chizzuk about emunah and bitachon, repeating again and again that a Jew with complete emunah in Hakadosh Baruch Hu does not lose his composure even during difficult and complex times. The Rebbe stressed that everyone experiences difficult periods, but knowing that everything is in the hands of Hakadosh Baruch Hu gives a person the koach to endure even the greatest trials.

The Rebbe also recounted several times that his father, the Yeshuos Moshe of Vizhnitz, zt”l, once heard about a person who had lost his composure during a time of pressure and difficulty. He expressed astonishment, saying: “How could a Jew lose hope and emunah in Hakadosh Baruch Hu?”

The choir sang a niggun composed for the words frequently spoken by the Rebbe: “Tamid shtendig freilach zain”—always be b’simcha. The chassidus noted that the Rebbe himself suggested this week that the phrase’s initials allude to the Hebrew year 5787. The Rebbe expressed great satisfaction with the niggun and instructed the choir to sing it several times throughout the simcha.

The public is asked to continue davenng for the refuah sheleimah of Yisrael ben Leah Esther b’toch sha’ar cholei Yisrael.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)