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Motzei Shabbos B'tzeil HaKodesh

At around 11:00, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for the Melave Malka in honor of the hilula kadisha of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, together with a siyum on the writing of a Sefer Torah written by R' Eliezer Lev, which is being donated to our holy yeshiva in London.

Melodies of arousal were sung. Afterward, R' Nachman Baruch Schiff sang heartfelt rhymed verses full of emotion and longing about the spreading of Torah in the city of Sighet by our holy Rebbes, their merit should protect us. He summed up the elevated Shabbos with all the divrei Torah of the Rebbe shlit"a throughout the Shabbos, and continued about the tremendous privilege that the Rebbe chose to bring us to Sighet, and "we are all talmidim of the Rebbe here in Sighet." When we go to the tziyon, we will daven for the Rebbe, and he should have us in mind.

Afterward the Sefer Torah was brought in, in which the Rebbe had written letters, and they continued with melodies of arousal. The sofer was Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Twersky shlit"a, son of the Chernobyl Ashdod Rebbe shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim and delivered holy words, a longer Torah address on the topic of writing a Sefer Torah. He spoke at length with words of guidance for the bochurim who are taking home from such a Shabbos something to accompany them for a lifetime, and various directives for the bochurim's daily schedule, that they should rise ever higher.
The Rebbe shlit"a went up for Hagbah. Gelilah: HaGaon Rabbi Pinchas Schlesinger shlit"a, director of our yeshiva in London. The Rebbe then left in a fiery dance, "and the doorposts shook." Afterward, the Rebbe honored the donor, R' Eliezer Lev, to dance, together with his family members. It concluded at 1:15.

Afterward, the Rebbe shlit"a instructed it be announced that despite the late hour, IY"H at 8:00 in the morning the learning seder will begin in the "Yeshiva Shel Maalah" for two hours.

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Ra'avah d'Ra'avin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 6:15. Mincha: HaGaon Rabbi Yisroel Klein shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Antwerp. Pesicha: R' Moshe Dovid Davidowitz (Kiryas Joel). Kohen: R' Eliezer Dovid Glick (Kiryas Joel). Levi: R' Yaakov Eliezer Wotzbeg (Kiryas Joel). Shlishi: R' Pinchas Moshe Landau (Boro Park). Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Chaim Yuda Goldberger (Williamsburg).

At Shalosh Seudos, before the zemiros, several warm melodies were sung with great arousal and deveikus. The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: HaGaon Rabbi Zalman Yuda Kahana shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in Yerushalayim. Shir HaMaalos: HaGaon Rabbi Shneur Zalman Weiss shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

Before the Torah, they again continued with melodies of arousal.
The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah address with great arousal on the topic of machatzis hashekel, which points to simple emunah, and continued with words of chizuk and concluded with his holy blessing.

Yedid Nefesh: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Shraga Perlmutter shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in London. Kel Mistateir: HaGaon Rabbi Menachem Simon shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in Manchester. Shoshanas Yaakov: HaGaon Rabbi Akiva Stern shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in Manchester. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup.

For Maariv on Motzei Shabbos, the Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud in honor of the hilula kadisha of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a. After Havdalah, the Rebbe wished the entire gathering a good week on the spot. It concluded at around 8:45.

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And on the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:30. Birchos HaShachar and Korbanos: HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Jacobs shlit"a, menahel of the Yeshiva Ketana in Bnei Brak. Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Yozshef shlit"a, menahel of Yeshiva Gedola Maharit.
Hallel HaGadol and Shirat HaYam were recited verse by verse with great enthusiasm, as is the custom of the holy community of Sighet. The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis and began "Ad Henah B'Esh Kodesh." The Rebbe led the davening for the Yotzros, and "Mimkomcha" was sung as is customary.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Aharon Tzvi Mittelman (Boro Park) and R' Yoel Epstein (Kiryas Joel). Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Shalom Yitzchak Weinberger (Kiryas Joel).
Carrying the Sefer Torah: HaGaon Rabbi Shimshon Stern shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in Bnei Brak, and HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Aron Israel shlit"a, maggid shiur in our yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

Baal Koreh: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Kellner shlit"a, menahel of our holy yeshiva in Manchester. Aliyos. Kohen: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Glanz (Kiryas Joel); after his aliya he recited Birkas HaGomel and the entire congregation responded. Levi: R' Yoel Yuda Rubinfeld (Williamsburg). Shlishi: R' Eliezer Lev (London). Revi'i: R' Moshe Goldstein (Kiryas Joel). Chamishi: R' Elimelech Shimshon Weiss (London). Shishi: R' Dovid Eckstein (Kiryas Joel). Shevi'i: the bochur Alter Dov Samet, grandson of the great Gaon R' Meir Brandsdorfer zt"l. Acharon: R' Chaim Levi (Vienna). Hagbah: R' Refael Perlmutter (Monsey). Gelilah: R' Shmuel, son of R' Asher Zelig Lev (London).
Maftir, Parshas Shekalim: The Rebbe shlit"a himself was called up and read it himself, as is the custom.
Hagbah: R' Chaim Hersh Oberlander (Kiryas Joel). Gelilah: R' Chaim Yosef Greenfeld (Manchester).

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed Rosh Chodesh with great fervor, and HaGaon Rabbi Leibel Tauber shlit"a (Manchester) was honored with holding the second Sefer Torah. HaGaon Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Teitelbaum shlit"a (Boro Park) was honored with taking the Rebbe's Sefer Torah after the blessing of Rosh Chodesh.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Mussaf with great fervor in honor of Shabbos Shekalim, and the verses of "Ohr Panecha" were sung as is customary. Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Yoel Wertheimer (Kiryas Joel). The davening concluded at around 1:00.

After davening the Rebbe shlit"a went down to his holy residence and made Kiddush with the 22 benefactors who had come and sponsored the Shabbos. HaGaon Rabbi Pinchas Schlesinger shlit"a, menahel of our holy yeshiva in London, spoke and described what such a Shabbos means for the bochurim, in the past, present and future. The Rebbe said "Lechayim" and bestowed from his holy blessings.

At around 2:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for the afternoon tish. As it was at first, so was it the second time: it was conducted on an exceedingly elevated level. Many niggunim were sung in honor of Shabbos Kodesh for an extended time, and there was dancing with joy and exaltation.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah and related at length several stories from the sifrei kodesh about our holy Rebbes in the city of Sighet, concerning students and bochurim.

The Rebbe shlit"a distributed honors for the zemiros. Baruch Hashem: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Elazar Teitelbaum shlit"a (London). Baruch Kel Elyon: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Asher Anshel Ashkenazi shlit"a (Manchester). Birkas HaMazon: HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Betzalel Weinberg shlit"a, maggid shiur in the Yeshiva Ketana in Bnei Brak.

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That Hashem Should Remember Us With Mercy and Bless Them Upon Their Coming to My Home

Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Mishpatim — Shekalim, Shabbos Mevarchim Chodesh Adar, the Shabbos before the holy hilula of our master and teacher, the Holy Rebbe, the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, B'tzeil HaKodesh with the continuer of the dynasty of the House of Etz HaTamarim, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, in the city of the forefathers, Sighet, Romania, during the holy journey and the Shabbos of "Yeshiva Shel Maalah."

With holy trepidation, excitement and great spiritual elevation, the uplifting, historic Shabbos of "Yeshiva Shel Maalah" was held, a Shabbos Kodesh resembling the World to Come, with the leader of the congregation of Yeshurun, the great Rosh Hayeshiva, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, together with close to 400 talmidim from the 6 holy yeshivos of Eretz Yisroel and Europe, who for the first time merited to experience an elevated Shabbos B'tzeil HaKodesh, where the Rebbe descended from the mountain to the people and spent many hours with the talmidim from abroad, in the very place where his forebears, our holy Rebbes of Etz HaTamarim zy"a, davened, where our holy Rebbes carried out their holy service for many years, particularly in teaching Torah to talmidim.

It is difficult, and there are no words, to convey the elevated feelings of the hundreds of talmidim of "Yeshiva Shel Maalah" after experiencing this uplifting Shabbos Kodesh, which will accompany them for many years. Nevertheless, for the benefit of the public, the thousands of our fellow chassidim, we will try to report only the events and honors that took place throughout the Shabbos B'tzeil HaKodesh.

On Erev Shabbos, at candle-lighting time, the Rebbe shlit"a lit the Shabbos Kodesh candles in the Heichal of the Etz HaTamarim beis medrash.

About 15 minutes after the time, a derasha to open Shabbos was delivered to all the bochurim by HaGaon Rabbi Lipa Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan of our holy kehilla in Antwerp.

On Friday night at about 6:20, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis, approached the amud for Mincha, and prolonged it for some time with awesome weeping and great arousal. Kabbalas Shabbos was led by HaGaon Rabbi Yoshe Klein shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Yerushalayim. Mizmor LeDovid Havu LaHashem was said verse by verse, following the custom of the holy community of Sighet.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Aron Kodesh and, with a radiant countenance, wished a good Shabbos to all the talmidim on all sides of the beis medrash.

Afterward HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Kellner shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Manchester, led and announced the sedarim throughout the Shabbos.

Immediately afterward, all the bochurim went down to the dining hall to review the sedra, and then a wonderful shiur was given by HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Langberg shlit"a, maggid shiur in our holy yeshiva in London.
Meanwhile, the beis medrash was set up for the occasion with platforms on all 3 sides so that all the bochurim could participate. At each person's place was prepared a splendid Zemiros booklet with the Imra Tevo'a LeShabbos Kodesh pamphlet, with special challah covers and the like.
The entire great beis medrash, from end to end, was set up with the hundreds of places packed closely together in a special manner so that everyone, without exception, could sit and take part from all sides.
At all 3 tables during the Shabbos Kodesh, the beis medrash was indeed filled to capacity, and everyone sat. The servers were only chassidic bochurim, "and no stranger shall mingle in our camp."

At about 9:10 the hundreds of bochurim came in; each was arranged in his place by a special system of cards by the esteemed directors, who distributed a special card to each one showing where his seat was. In addition, along the sides above, the Rebbe's attendants were arranged, along with the several generous donors who financed the Shabbos of "Yeshiva Shel Maalah."

At about 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the Shulchan Aruch, which was conducted on an exceedingly elevated level, with great spiritual elevation and excitement, and it extended for close to 5 hours!

The Rebbe shlit"a began, in his holy manner, with Shalom Aleichem, with feeling, sweetness and burning fire.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer ט"ב, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the beis medrash, Rabbi Berach Moshe shlit"a. Hagbahas HaKos: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer ט"ב, ני"ו, of the Rebbe shlit"a, who made Kiddush and fulfilled the obligation for the entire congregation.

During the seudah, between the courses, before the fish, the soup, the meat, and after the meat, the Rebbe shlit"a said 4 Torah thoughts and explained the four categories of damages: shor, bor, mav'eh, and hev'er, with wonderful explanations in derush style, continuing from one Torah thought to the next, filled with mussar and chizuk.
During the tish, several niggunim were sung for long periods, and twice the chassidim stood up to dance fiery dances. They also sang several timely songs in Yiddish about the bond between Israel and our Father in Heaven during the days of Shovavim, with great arousal.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people to lead the Zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon Rabbi Pinchas Schlesinger shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in London. Menucha VeSimcha: HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Yozef shlit"a, director of Yeshiva Gedola Maharit in Bnei Brak.

After the Zemiros, the Rebbe shlit"a delivered a longer Torah discourse on the sugya of shelo kederech hanaasan and "aseh lifnei hadibbur."

Kah Echsof: HaGaon Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Yakov shlit"a, director of the yeshiva ketana in Bnei Brak. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Rabbi Lipa Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Antwerp, grandson of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a related stories and episodes about his ancestor, our master and teacher, the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Monday, 29 Shevat.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Kellner shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Manchester.

After the fruit, bundles were brought in and joyous niggunim were sung in honor of the Shalom Zachor of the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Mordechai Yuda Halberstam shlit"a.

Ohr Panecha in honor of Shabbos Shekalim: HaGaon Rabbi Yoshe Klein shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Yerushalayim, the holy city, which was sung with arousal and deveikus.

Az Beyom Hashvi'i: HaGaon Rabbi Yisroel Klein shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Antwerp. Then they continued with Uvau Kulam and Naaseh VeNishma. It ended at about 2:05.

After the tish, the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedola Maharit in Bnei Brak came in as a group and engaged in pilpul with the Rebbe shlit"a on the sugya of shelo kederech hanaasan, on the Friday-morning shiur sugya, for a longer time, and the Rebbe greatly marveled at their knowledge and depth.

Also, HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Aron Israel shlit"a, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Gedola in Bnei Brak, brought a letter from his rebbi, the great Gaon Rabbi Dov Landau shlit"a, Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka, containing a chiddush on the sugya of shelo kederech hanaasan that he sent in honor of the Shabbos of "Yeshiva Shel Maalah." Having heard that the Rebbe would spend the Shabbos with the bochurim and be engaged in this sugya, in the letter he refers to the Shabbos Kodesh in Sighet, sends regards to the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, and concludes with a blessing. In return, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a sent back greetings and his holy blessing.

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Report of the holy journey of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a to the city of the forefathers, Sighet, may it be rebuilt

Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim

Although the yeshiva students arrived in Sighet late Thursday night, the learning schedule in the Yeshiva Shel Maalah began in the morning at 7:00, with the beis medrash packed to capacity. The Rosh Yeshiva, the Rebbe shlit"a, entered the beis medrash at around 7:45 and walked around for nearly a full hour, stopping at each and every table and engaging in pilpul with great nachas.

It was a majestic sight to see the great leader of Israel walking around, stopping for a minute at a table of Manchester, a minute by London and by Antwerp, young bochurim and older ones, at a table of Bnei Brak and by Yerushalayim. Everyone had a chance to speak. The Rebbe listened to the bochurim and debated and engaged in pilpul over the topics they were learning.

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis davening. The Rebbe put on the tefillin of the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yuda Glick (Antwerp), before davening, and also laid the tefillin in the beis medrash.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the Aron Kodesh and delivered the first sugya shiur, with a fiery passion in the sugya of "shelo kederech hanaasan" on Simchas Torah.
After the shiur the Rebbe shlit"a continued with words of praise and thanks to Hashem for the privilege of teaching Torah to students in the very place where his holy grandfathers taught Torah, spoke at length about all that took place in the spreading of Torah in this place, and concluded with his holy blessings.

Afterward a generous breakfast was served to the bochurim, and then all the bochurim went in to the Rebbe for a private audience and passed by like the angels on high, taking leave. The Rebbe received each one and inquired about him, and many bochurim asked questions on the sugya, to which the Rebbe replied to each one and discussed them with good reason and insight.

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