The night of the 2nd day of Chol HaMoed, Ushpiza of Moshe Raya Mehemna — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Simchas Beis HaShoeivah celebration in the Sukkah HaGedolah at around 10:30.
After the recital of the order of the Ushpizin, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the Yom Tov seudah.

The ushpiza hosts placed 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 ushpiza hosts; the Rebbe tasted them and distributed shirayim.

With Shir HaMaalos, the Rebbe honored:
HaGaon HaTzaddik, the av beis din of Monsey shlit"a.
HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, rosh hakahal of Williamsburg.
HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Simcha Sholom Steinberger shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Divrei Chaim.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Mi u'mi hahol'chim... bin'areinu u'viz'keineinu neilech ki chag Hashem lanu" (Who and who are those who go... with our youth and our elders we will go, for it is a festival of Hashem for us), explaining that through the waving of the Four Species, one can merit teshuva even if it is not in the same place. He concluded with abundant blessings that the "moliech u'meivi" (waving back and forth) should bring all good blessings to us, so that we should not need to seek parnassah in faraway places.

Birkas HaMazon: a grandson of the Rebbe, HaRav HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Rav Tuv. After bentching, there was dancing in honor of Simchas Beis HaShoeivah. It ended at around 12:00.

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