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KJ rav, Aaron, makes Tenayim for his son

By GIMPEL the SHISTER, HasidicNews.com Writer

Kiryat Joel (HN) - The Kiryat Joel rav, Aaron Teitelbaum, son of the Satmar Rebbe, celebrated on Saturday night the Tenayim (pre-nuptial agreement signing ceremony) of his son who was engaged to the daughter of Leibish Eichenshtein, son of The Kiviashd'e Rebbe.

The event was spontaneous; no one knew before hand that it will take place and there were no posters or other form of notice distributed to community members in advance. Yet, a huge crowd of thousands of Aaron's supporters from the Kiryat Joel town and elsewhere showed up to this joyous occasion.

Ironically, while the Satmar Rebbe went all the way to Kiryat Joel to attend the Tenayim made by his Gabbe, (assistant) Moshe, in Monroe just days earlier (on Thursday night), he did not attend the Tenayim celebration of his very own son.

According to analysts, Moshe Gabbe was preoccupied with his own "simche" (celebration) on Thursday, thereby allowing Aaron to slip through to see his father, the Satmar Rebbe while he was in Monroe to attend Moshe Gabbe's Tenayim. The Rebbe told him on that occasion "die host doch eibig gebrengt gitteh besiros" (You have, indeed, always brought good news) in stark contrast to the harsh criticism he threw towards him just weeks earlier when the Rebbe called Aaron "Rushe ben Rushe". Yet, Moshe Gabbe and his people managed to keep a watchful eye on the Rebbe so he does not attend his son's simche in Monroe on Saturday night.