Motzei Yom Tov, the night of the first day of Chol HaMoed — Ushpizin of Yaakov — "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the Yom Tov seudah and Simchas Beis HaShoeivah in the large sukkah adjoining the main beis medrash at around 11:30.
After reciting the order of the Ushpizin, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the Yom Tov seudah.

The ba'alei ushpizin set out wine as is customary. After the Yom Tov foods, several special kugels and delicacies in honor of Yom Tov were served from a number of the ba'alei ushpizin; the Rebbe tasted them and distributed shirayim.

The Rebbe honored the following with Shir HaMaalos:
HaGaon R' Zalman Leib Rubin shlit"a, the Dinov Rebbe of Monsey.
HaGaon R' Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sanz in Kiryas Joel.
HaRav R' Yitzchak Asher Yeshaya Leifer shlit"a of the Nadvorna chassidus in Kiryas Joel.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Yaakov left Be'er Sheva and went to Charan," and explained that through the tefillos of the earlier tzaddikim, Klal Yisroel is helped until the present times, "he gives, returns, and gives again"; when one makes the shaking motions with the four species, even if he is a simple Jew, he does so for all good things in the merit of the holy service of the earlier tzaddikim.

Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson HaRav Chaim Yaakov Rokeach shlit"a, son-in-law of the Chadash Ben Noach, HaGaon, Rav of the Yismach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a. After bentching, there was dancing in honor of Simchas Beis HaShoeivah; it concluded at around 1:00.

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