Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Tazria-Metzora, Rosh Chodesh Iyar — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Friday night at around 8:20, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Amram Acker.
They finished at around 9:50, the crowd went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

A short time after davening, the Rebbe shlit"a came in to the Friday night tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, Divrei Yoel branch, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem, with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Meir Eliezer, son of HaGaon Rabbi Beirach Moshe shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: his grandson Rabbi Yoel shlit"a, son of the Williamsburg Av Beis Din shlit"a; Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh Kollel in Williamsburg.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Midrash "The mind of Iyov was not settled until he saw the parsha of 'When a woman conceives'," and explained it in a derush style in the sugya of aseh docheh lo sa'aseh.

Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek; Birkas Hamazon: the Williamsburg Av Beis Din shlit"a.

This week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories and episodes about HaGaon HaKadosh R' Shmelka of Nikolsburg zy"a, and about HaGaon HaKadosh the Chacham Tzvi zy"a, whose yahrzeits were on Shabbos Kodesh, 1 Iyar.

Kah Ribon Olam: R' Yosef Moshe Gelbstein (Williamsburg). The new chasanim went around taking fruit, and Ba'Yom HaShevi'i: R' Yaakov Chaim Moskowitz (Williamsburg). They finished at around 1:20.

On the Holy Shabbos Day

On Shabbos Kodesh morning, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:30. Pesukei D'Zimra: Rabbi Yochanan Henoch Teitelbaum shlit"a (Yerushalayim). The Rebbe recited Vechoros verse by verse and approached the amud for Shacharis, sent the Williamsburg Av Beis Din shlit"a for the chazaras hashatz, and approached the amud for Hallel.

Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: the Rebbe's grandsons Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Halberstam shlit"a, son-in-law of the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, and Rabbi Yoel shlit"a, son of the Williamsburg Av Beis Din shlit"a. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Ari Katz — the Rebbe recited the Mi Sheberach and gave the name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov. Levi: R' Dovid Yitzchak Wertzberger; Shlishi: the Williamsburg Av Beis Din shlit"a; Revi'i: R' Yirmiyahu Buchinger (Williamsburg); Chamishi: R' Yisroel Goldberger; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe recited the Mi Sheberach and gave the name in honor of the birth of a daughter to:
R' Shlomo Wertzberger (Williamsburg).
R' Amram Acker.
R' Yoel Bleich.
R' Aharon Zaldan.
R' Baruch Yitzchak Wertheimer.

Shevi'i: R' Avrohom Brach (Williamsburg). Acharon: HaGaon R' Nosson Dov Schwartz shlit"a, moreh tzedek. Hagbah of the first sefer Torah: R' Yosef Moshe Gelbstein. Gelilah: R' Hershel Wertheimer (Monsey).
Maftir, the reading for Rosh Chodesh: R' Lipa Gross. Hagbah of the second sefer Torah: R' Kalman Weiss (Montreal). Gelilah: R' Wolf Meir Weiss (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Mussaf of Shabbos Rosh Chodesh. Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Menli Shoher.

After davening, the brisos took place.
For the newborn son of R' Yoel Eliyahu Niederman, where the Rebbe was sandek.
For the newborn son of R' Yonason Binyamin Kaufman, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
They finished at around 1:25.
In the afternoon at around 7:05, the Rebbe shlit"a came in for the Pirkei Avos learning. The Rebbe took up Perek 2, Mishnah 9, "Go out and see which is the proper path to which a man should cling," and explained it with words of derush, aggadah and mussar.
"Rabbi Eliezer says, a good eye," in 7 ways: one should look at every thing and see how the power of the Eibershter is hidden within it; through the 7 [words] of Krias Shema one nullifies the evil eye of the chitzonim; through increasing in the physical, the spiritual power is weakened; Torah is a spice against the yetzer hara, but only if one guards his eyes; thus the tzaddikim have the power to transform "death of hunger" into "much money"; "the eye of Hashem" is Hashem's providence; besides the segulos of gazing at a tzaddik, through the opinions a tzaddik looks at, he imparts holiness.
"Rabbi Yehoshua says, a good friend," in 4 ways: through love of friends the Name Hashem is aroused and brings mercy; through public teshuva, willful sins are turned into merits; through joining together the mitzvos of Klal Yisroel, an entire angel is created; through performing mitzvos with the intent of the tzaddikim, one can fulfill the mitzvos in their entirety.
"Rabbi Yose says, a good neighbor": in galus one must indeed be sorrowful in his heart, but joyful on his face.
"Rabbi Shimon says, one who foresees the outcome," in 3 ways: one should improve his deeds so as not to need to be reincarnated again; now, in the time of galus, one must already look forward to the bright time that will come to Klal Yisroel; tzaddikim recognize deeds on a person's face.
"Rabbi Elazar says, a good heart": the main avodah of a person is the desire in the heart; one should make use of the 32 days of the Sefirah period for the avodas Hashem properly.
They finished at around 8:00, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

Re'ava D'Re'avin

The Rebbe came in for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:15. Mincha: R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman (Boro Park); Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Asher Yeshaya Feierstein; Kohen: HaGaon R' Leibush Weinfeld shlit"a; Levi: R' Yisroel Avrohom Shapiro (Shikun Skvira); Shlishi: R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Avrohom Mordechai Gross (Williamsburg).

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

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "This shall be the law of the metzora," and explained that through clinging to the attributes of truth one can arrive at complete teshuva, and even through a resolution in the heart, Hakadosh Baruch Hu already bestows all good, especially now after Pesach, when we ate matzah, which hints to truth, and eliminated the chametz, which is falsehood.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Shmuel Dovid Markowitz; Kel Mistateir: R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman. The Rebbe recited the bracha over the cup.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: HaGaon R' Meir Eliezer Friedman shlit"a. After Havdalah, the crowd went over to wish a gutte voch. They finished at around 10:35.

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