Shabbos, the First Day of Yom Tov — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At around 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash to daven. Pesukei D'zimra: HaRav R' Shalom Meir Eckstein. The Rebbe shlit"a approached Shacharis and Hallel with great outpouring of the soul. After Hallel, the Rebbe recited the order of Hoshanos for Shabbos, verse by verse.

Opening the Aron: R' Yehoshua Nachman Schreiber (London). Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah) were given as honors to: HaGaon R' Dovid Hirsch shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Williamsburg, and HaGaon R' Yoel Stein shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla and member of the Beis Din of the Union of Chareidi Kehillos in London.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Eli Shlomo Kahn. Levi: R' Shmuel Hersh Feldman. Shlishi: the Gaon Hagadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a. Revii: R' Wolf Perl. Chamishi: R' Yissachar Ber Hirsch. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and gave names in honor of the birth of a daughter to:
R' Kalman Eliezer, son of R' Saul.
R' Eliezer Sofer.
R' Yaakov Frenkel.
R' Menachem Uri Lebovitch.

Shevii: R' Yosef Yitzchak Steinberg (Williamsburg) — the Rebbe named his newborn daughter, mazel tov. Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Asher Anshel Ashkenazi shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Moshe Kapel (London).
Maftir: R' Meir Hirsch. Hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: R' Dovid Freund (London). Gelilah: R' Moshe Aharon Steinberg.

Mussaf: the Gaon Hagadol, the Av Beis Din shlit"a. Opening of Naim Zemiros: HaGaon R' Michel Friedman shlit"a (Manchester). They finished at around 1:55.

At the midday tish in his holy home, the Rebbe shlit"a honored others to sing the zemiros.
The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Midrash "You said, 'Rest beneath the tree'; I swear that I will repay your children with the mitzvah of sukkah," and explained that Avrohom Avinu brought down all the souls of the future converts, and the soul of Rabbi Akiva, according to whose view there are pure waters in which to purify oneself and be able to enter the sukkah.
Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a.

Third Seudah

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 6:45. Mincha: HaRav R' Yitzchak Feuerstein shlit"a. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Mordechai Scher (London). Kohen: R' Yitzchak Friedman. Levi: R' Yehoshua Wertzberger. Shlishi: HaGaon R' Meir Hersh Grunbaum shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Avrohom Yaakov Fried (Williamsburg).
The Rebbe shlit"a went over to the sukkah hagedolah for Shalosh Seudos.
The Torah was on the Midrash "You said, 'Rest beneath the tree'; I swear that I will repay your children with the mitzvah of sukkah," and he explained that Avrohom Avinu made converts, and through them all later converts came about, among them the soul of Rabbi Meir, whose view is that Jews are children of Hashem, and teshuva helps, and in this way one can enter the holy sukkah.

Yedid Nefesh: HaGaon R' Berish Kahn shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Antwerp. Kel Mistater: R' Eliezer Lev (London).
The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup. They finished at around 8:15.

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