Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Vayeira — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

On Friday night at around 5:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Shlomo Elazar Berkowitz.

The davening concluded at around 6:45. The crowd went over to wish a "Gut Shabbos," and the Rebbe shlit"a went home.

At around 8:20 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and began, as is his custom, to sing "Shalom Aleichem" with deep emotion and sweetness.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon Rabbi Rav of the beis medrash, the Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Raising of the cup for Kiddush: Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a, son of the Seredna Rebbe of Bnei Brak shlit"a.

Before the fish the Rebbe shlit"a said a few words to the bochurim: "I hope, IY"H, to visit the kehilla in Montreal this week. An enticement has arisen among the bochurim to travel. 'Not in these do I delight'; I despise propaganda. All these things bring no honor; rather, one should remain in yeshiva engaged in Torah."

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a; Menucha V'Simcha: R' Chaim Hecht (Beitar).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And he stood over them under the tree and they ate," and explained in the manner of derush on the sugya of eating not in the usual manner.

Kah Echsof: Rabbi Yoel Yosef Teitelbaum shlit"a (Williamsburg). Birkas Hamazon: the HaGaon, Rav of the beis medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a.

After bentching, R' Yitzchak Shimon Oestreicher, a prominent Belzer chassid of Boro Park, brought the Rebbe a silver becher that the holy Rebbe, the Maharid of Belz zy"a, used during the period he stayed in Munkatch during the First World War. The Rebbe made a brachah, drank from the becher, wished "L'chaim," and expressed his thanks.

This week the Rebbe shlit"a told stories and accounts of the holy Maharid of Belz zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Wednesday, 22 Cheshvan. Kah Ribon Olam: R' Moshe Schwartz (London).

The newly married chasanim went around taking fruit, as it was the seventh day: R' Aharon Yosef Weiss (Boro Park). The seudah concluded at around 11:30.

On Shabbos Kodesh Day

On Shabbos Kodesh morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:20. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Moshe Schwartz (London). The Rebbe shlit"a then approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Yissachar Ber Hirsch. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Moshe Dovid Ackerman.

Aliyos: Kohen: R' Zalman Leib Friedman; Levi: R' Shmuel Meir Appel; Shlishi: the chasan, the bochur Yeshaya Binyamin Spielman — bombarded with candy; Revi'i: the chasan, the bochur Yoel Mertz — bombarded with candy; Chamishi: the chasan, son of HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh Kollel in Williamsburg; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Shebeirach and naming for the birth of a daughter for the following baalei simcha:
R' Yosef Blumenthal.
R' Dovid Yaakov Wieder.

Shevi'i: the chasan, the bochur Shalom Eliezer Grad; Acharon: the chasan, the bochur Shlomo Elazar Berkowitz; Maftir: HaGaon R' Avrohom Yosef Ackerman shlit"a; Hagbah: R' Yitzchak Feuerstein; Gelilah: R' Wolf Weiss (Boro Park).

Mussaf: HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a. Introduction to Anim Zemiros: R' Menachem Asher Berkowitz (Williamsburg). The davening concluded at around 12:20.
Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 5:10. Mincha: R' Bentzion Chaim Zaldan. Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Yitzchak Yosef Grad (Williamsburg). Kohen: R' Yoel Glanzer; Levi: HaGaon R' Chaim Yehoshua Levy shlit"a; Shlishi: HaGaon R' Meir Leib Katina shlit"a; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Pinchas Mordechai Klein (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen; Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

For the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a spoke on the verse "And I will take a morsel of bread," and explained that through the beliefs one holds and by cleaving to the Creator — "And you who cleave to Hashem your God are all alive today" — one is on the level of life and is never rejected, and even if one has sinned, chas v'shalom, one can always return through teshuvah.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Eliyahu Dovid Greenfeld (Williamsburg). Kel Mistater: R' Yitzchak Yosef Grad. The Rebbe shlit"a made a blessing over the cup and recited Sheva Brachos.

Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: R' Shlomo Zalman Stein. After Havdalah the crowd went over to wish a good week. The davening concluded at around 7:30, and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted with song and music, with "Ki Malachav," on the occasion of the uplifting visit this week, IY"H, to our holy kehilla in Montreal.

After Havdalah the Rebbe shlit"a went to visit his brother-in-law, the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, who is staying these days at the home of his son-in-law HaGaon R' Shlomo Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ziditshov, Kiryas Joel. A warm conversation developed, and the Rebbe bestowed upon him from his holy blessings.

At around 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a participated in the Sheva Brachos simcha of the son of HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh Kollel in Williamsburg. A warm conversation ensued, the Rebbe drank l'chaim and offered good wishes, and then joined in a dance with the chasan and the mechutanim.

Afterward, at around 10:20, the Rebbe went to the halls of Beis Rachel Paradise, where an assembly of Torah educators and a Melaveh Malkah were held for the maggidei shiur of the 9 branches of the yeshiva ketana in Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe drank l'chaim and delivered brief words of Torah and blessing. The Rebbe left the hall at around 10:40.

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