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

Friday night at 5:55 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos: HaRav R' Meir Shlomo Philipp.

After davening, the appeal for the Mosad Bnos Yerushalayim of the holy city took place. It concluded at 7:30, the crowd went over to wish a "Gut Shabbos," and the Rebbe shlit"a went into his private room.

At 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Hechal HaShulchanos for the tish together with the talmidei hamesivta, and began, as is his custom, with "Shalom Aleichem," with emotion and sweetness.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Berach Moshe shlit"a, rav of the beis medrash. Lifting of the cup: R' Yisroel Mordechai Felberbaum, member of the leadership of our holy kehilla in Yerushalayim, the holy city.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaRav R' Mechel Neiman shlit"a (Williamsburg); Menucha V'Simcha: HaRav R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of our beis medrash in the Gelbstein building, Williamsburg.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "And G-d did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines," and explained, in the manner of derush, the topic of "the Torah speaks in the language of people."

Kah Echsof: R' Yisroel Mordechai Felberbaum; Birchas Hamazon: his brother-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a.

Stories and accounts: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related an account about the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a, about a journey to the holy Chozeh of Lublin zy"a for Shabbos Shirah.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaRav R' Shmuel Eliezer Teitelbaum shlit"a (Boro Park). The newly married chasanim went around taking fruit. Then, "Bayom Hashvi'i": the Rebbe's grandson HaRav Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a of Ratzfert. They continued with "Bivki'acha Yam Suf" in honor of Shabbos Shirah. It concluded at 11:45.

On Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at 9:30. The Rebbe approached the amud for Pesukei D'Zimra in honor of Shabbos Shirah and recited Hallel HaGadol and the Shirah verse by verse with great fervor. For Chazaras HaShatz the Rebbe sent his grandson HaRav Chaim Hersh Teitelbaum shlit"a.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Avrohom Yaakov Gantz. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaRav R' Levi Yitzchak Lichtenstein shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Boro Park.

Aliyos. Kohen: the chasan, the bochur Yaakov Friedman - Ufruf; Levi: the chasan, the bochur Shlomo Apfel - Ufruf; Shlishi: HaRav R' Boruch Horowitz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Melitz, Williamsburg; Revi'i: the chasan, son of HaRav R' Lipa Berkowitz shlit"a - Ufruf; Chamishi: the chasan, the bochur Aharon Zev Spitzer - Ufruf; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of a daughter for the following baalei simcha.
R' Yaakov Moshe Palatchek.
R' Shmuel Hersh Stern.
R' Avrohom Hersh Hershkowitz.
R' Wolf Glantz.
R' Shlomo Zalman Schwartz.
R' Wolf Brazi Landau.

Shevi'i: the chasan, the bochur Shlomo Baum - Ufruf; Hosafah: the chasan, the bochur Yoel Gandel - Ufruf; Acharon: the chasan, the bochur Bentzion Klein; Maftir: R' Yaakov Zussman Sofer; Hagbah: R' Moshe Levi Brown (Boro Park); Gelilah: R' Yoel, son of R' Anschel Gandel shlit"a.

Mussaf: HaGaon R' Lipa Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla; Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: HaRav R' Shmuel Eliezer Teitelbaum shlit"a. It concluded at around 12:45.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

For Mincha and the third meal the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at 6:00. Mincha: R' Moshe Gedaliah Palatchek shlit"a (Williamsburg); Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yaakov Teller (Williamsburg); Kohen: R' Yisroel Meir Friedman (Williamsburg); Levi: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of our kehilla in Montreal; Shlishi: R' Pinchas Yuda Lichtenstein; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Moshe Yuda Hirsch.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "And Israel saw the great hand," and explained that with each plague the Egyptians openly suffered, they received five plagues in secret. The main plague corresponded to how they caused the Jews to stumble through evil deeds, and the rest corresponded to how they caused them to stumble in thought. From this we must take a lesson about the severity of evil thoughts, which delay the redemption, and do a complete teshuvah in speech, deed and thought.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Shalom Noach Klein; Kel Mistater: R' Shalom Meir Kestenbaum (Boro Park). The Rebbe shlit"a blessed the cup and recited the Sheva Brachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Moshe Falkowitz. After Havdalah, the crowd went over to wish a "Gut Voch." It concluded at 8:20.

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