Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Shemini, Mevarchim Chodesh Iyar — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Friday night at around 8:05, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha, Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Yechiel Rubin.

After davening, the appeal for the yeshiva ketana Be'er Mordechai in the holy city of Beit Shemesh took place. It concluded at around 9:40, the crowd went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 12:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos, and began, as is his holy custom, Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yisroel Dushinsky, son of HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a. Lifting of the cup: HaGaon Rabbi Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Zanz Kiryas Joel.

At the soup, the matzos were distributed as customary from Pesach until Shavuos.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon Rabbi Kalman Halberstam shlit"a; Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Chaim Meisels shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "And a fire came forth from before Hashem," and explained, in the manner of a derush, the topic of "an positive commandment overrides a negative commandment."

Kah Echsof: HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Nachum Gottlieb shlit"a, moreh tzedek; Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's son-in-law, the Rav of Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.

Stories and Accounts: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories about his grandfather, the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Sunday, 25 Nissan, and about his father, the Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Monday, 26 Nissan.
Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek.

The new chasanim went by to take fruit; Ba'Yom HaShvi'i: Rabbi Chaim Elisha Stern shlit"a, Rav of Kehal Chassidim in Eastwater. It concluded at around 2:20.

Shabbos Day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:30. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Moshe Falkowitz; the Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Pinchas Brach; Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Yosef Weiss.

Aliyos: Kohen: R' Yoel, son of R' Mordechai Moshkowitz. Levi: R' Shimon, son of R' Aharon Weiss — the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and named his newborn daughter, mazel tov. Shlishi: the Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a. Revi'i: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Meisels shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a. Chamishi: R' Meir Dovid Weiss — the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and named his newborn daughter, mazel tov. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Shevi'i: R' Eliyahu Neustadt. Acharon: R' Chaim Tager. Maftir: R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss. Hagbah: R' Avrohom Moshe Lebowitz. Gelilah: R' Yoel, son of R' Yeshaya Schwartz.

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed the new month and approached the amud for Mussaf in honor of the yahrzeit of his father, the Rebbe zy"a. Opening of Ne'im Zemiros: R' Avrohom Chaim Klein (Australia). It concluded at around 12:35.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:00. Mincha: R' Nata Meir Davidowitz (Yerushalayim). Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yaakov Yuda Weiss (Williamsburg). Kohen: R' Yechiel Yitzchak Kahana. Levi: R' Baruch Lipa Levi. Shlishi: Rabbi Shmuel Shlomo Teller shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Pinchas Shapiro.

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe honored the following with the zemiros: Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "This is the thing which Hashem has commanded, that you shall do," and explained that the main thing is to be careful regarding the matter of falsehood, on which the entire power of the yetzer hara depends, and the remedy for it is to be engaged in Torah.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Moshe Falkowitz; Kel Mistaser: R' Lipa Friedman (Williamsburg); the Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup.

For Maariv on Motzei Shabbos, the Rebbe approached the amud in honor of the yahrzeit; after Havdalah, the crowd went over to wish a gutte voch. It concluded at around 10:15.

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