Monday, Chol HaMoed (the 1st day) — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis at around 9:45. The baal tefillah was HaRav HaChasid R' Yuda Eliezer Gottesman.

The Rebbe shlit"a proceeded to Hallel and performed his holy service during the waving of the lulav with great fervor and arousal, and afterwards recited the Hoshanos. The honor of Pesicha was given to HaRav HaChasid R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (of Williamsburg).

Aliyos. Kohen: HaRav Akiva Yosef Kahana shlit"a, chosson of the Spinka Beis Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a, and a ninth-grade student of the yeshiva ketana preparatory class in Boro Park. Levi: HaRav Chaim Yechezkel Wertzberger shlit"a. Shlishi: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Chaim Elazar Weiss shlit"a of Chmelnik, Monsey. Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: HaRav HaGaon R' Dovid Hirsch shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Williamsburg. Gelilah: HaRav HaChasid R' Shlomo Yuda Friedrich (London).

Mussaf: HaGaon HaTzaddik, the rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch shlit"a. The davening concluded at around 12:15.

In the afternoon at around 6:30, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Mincha, followed by the Shabbos Shuva derasha in the presence of thousands of residents of the city.
The baal tefillah was R' Yaakov Yosef Philipp.

After Mincha, at 6:45, the Rebbe shlit"a ascended the Aron Kodesh and began the derasha. He first expressed praise and thanks to Hashem that, despite the expected rain on the first night of Sukkos, Baruch Hashem it did not rain, and it was possible to fulfill the mitzvah of sukkah in full, both eating and sleeping. The fear and worry of Klal Yisroel turned into the joy of Yom Tov, and we thank and praise Hashem for being able to fulfill the mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah. The Rebbe then delivered a lengthy pilpul on the topic of "matana al menas l'hachzir" and continued with various approaches in drush and aggadah, tying them to Yom Tov of Sukkos.
He strengthened the audience that one must fulfill mitzvos with the joy of a mitzvah and explain this to the children, and spoke words of mussar regarding matters of tznius, setting times for Torah study, davening with the tzibbur from beginning to end, matters of technology, not eating everything and everywhere, and not to be lenient even in the slightest, even when one is not at home. He concluded with abundant blessings. After the derasha the Rebbe recited Kaddish. The event ended at around 7:50. Afterwards, the Rebbe davened Maariv in the heichal of the beis medrash.

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