Leil Hoshana Rabbah, Ushpizin of Dovid HaMelech Moshiach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 10:00 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the recital of Mishneh Torah, and recited the tefillah before the reading. Baal koreh: R' Shalom Yosef Samet shlit"a. They concluded at about 11:40.

A few minutes later the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the holy Shulchan seudah of Leil Hoshana Rabbah and the Ushpizin of Dovid HaMelech Moshiach, in the Sukkah HaGedolah adjacent to the Beis Medrash HaGadol.

After reciting the Seder HaUshpizin, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the Yom Tov seudah. At the lechayim after the soup, the Rebbe wished everyone "a good, blessed year." During the elevated tish, Yamim Noraim melodies were sung with great arousal, while the Rebbe shlit"a shed streams of tears.

With the Shir HaMaalos the Rebbe shlit"a honored:
R' Dovid Cohen shlit"a (Bnei Brak).
HaGaon R' Dovid Perl shlit"a, maggid shiur in our kehilla.
R' Shmuel Dovid Markovitz (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a said a Torah thought in a child's voice, in tears, on the verse "Shir HaMaalos, Mima'amakim kerasicha Hashem." He explained that by the attribute of strict justice teshuva would not be of use, but through the attribute of mercy of the Holy One, teshuva helps. Therefore one can have atonement even from the depths of the kelipos, because His mercy, blessed be He, has no limit. For this reason, the question of "If I am the King, until now why have You not come to me?" does not arise.

Birkas Hamazon: R' Dovid Eckstein. They concluded at 1:00.

After the tish the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash before a large crowd for the recital of Tehillim. Baal tefillah: R' Asher Yaakov Eckstein. After each sefer they recited the Yehi Ratzon for Hoshana Rabbah and Kaddish. They concluded at 2:55, and the Rebbe shlit"a went home to his holy residence, where the Rebbe tied the hoshanos.

Yom Hoshana Rabbah

In the morning at about 11:05 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in the tallis, kappel and kittel of the holy Divrei Yoel zy"a.

Before davening, the brissen took place.
For the newborn son of R' Pinchas Elimelech Glick, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
For the newborn son of R' Yisroel Meir Yazhef, where the Rebbe was sandek.

The Rebbe shlit"a proceeded to Brachos, Pesukei D'Zimra and Shacharis, omitting the Yamim Noraim nusach, and recited Hallel HaGadol and the Shirah verse by verse.
During Hallel the Rebbe shlit"a prolonged his holy service at the shaking of the lulav with deveikus, emotion and great arousal, as the entire assembly of thousands upon thousands of Yidden sang the holy melodies in tears.

After Hallel, the Rebbe's shamash R' Yoshe Mendlowitz removed the rings from the lulav.

At 1:45 the Rebbe shlit"a began the festive "Drashas Hoshana Rabbah," with the well-known mashal that our holy Rebbes zy"a would often repeat, and he spoke at length with stormy weeping and tears, which drew the entire beis medrash into awesome weeping. Then the Rebbe continued at length with elevated themes and words of arousal, in tears, in honor of the day:
Hoshana Lemaancha Elokeinu: This alludes to the matter of the Akeidah, when Avrohom Avinu asked no questions; so too, in Heaven, no questions are asked against Jewish children on the Day of Judgment.
Another way of understanding "Lemaancha Elokeinu": By meriting that Hashem looks upon us, an arousal and thoughts of teshuva will enter our hearts.
Hoshana Lemaancha Borainu: Hashem builds worlds and destroys them; from this we take a mussar to add to our observance of Torah and mitzvos, to do better and finer than until now.
Hoshana Lemaancha Go'aleinu: In Egypt Hashem did not send an angel, because an angel does not understand the test of a human being and would not have distinguished between one house and another. What does an angel understand about the impurity of America? Only the One Creator knows what the exile of America means and understands our trials.
Hoshana Lemaancha Dorsheinu: "Mikveh Yisroel, Hashem moshiyo be'eis tzarah": just as a mikvah purifies even a thousand times, so too Hashem accepts the teshuva of Jewish children without end and without limit.
Hoshana Lemaan Amitecha: Through engaging in Torah, the Torah of truth, "Is not My word like fire," which fills the Gemara, Jewish children have continued existence.
Hoshana Lemaan Bericha: Through the mitzvah of milah Jewish children are not cast away, "for no one is cast away from Him."
Hoshana Lemaan Gudlecha U'Seifarticha: Sins create a partition separating Yidden from Hashem. The segulah of the Four Species is to bring love of Hashem, so that one can merit teshuva out of love. The Rebbe concluded the drasha with abundant blessings, and cried out in tears that we should merit upright Jewish children.

The drasha concluded at about 2:45, and the hakafos around the beis medrash began. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the Hoshanos ahead of the congregation with great arousal. Between the hakafos the Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a blew the shofar as is customary. After the hakafos the piyutim were recited, and after Kaddish Titkabal the Rebbe beat the hoshanos 5 times and recited the Yehi Ratzon as is customary.

Hotzaah and hachnasah: HaGaon R' Shmuel Lev shlit"a, moreh tzedek in London. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Aharon Menachem Oestreicher shlit"a, moreh tzedek in London.
Baal koreh: R' Dovid Eckstein.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Dovid Cohen shlit"a, moreh tzedek (Bnei Brak). Levi: HaGaon R' Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan of our holy kehilla in Montreal. Shlishi: HaGaon R' Meir Weinberger shlit"a, dayan in our kehilla in Antwerp. Revii: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Elazar Teitelbaum shlit"a (London), who recited Birkas Hagomel and also honored the hundreds of fresh guests from our community overseas. Gelilah: R' Yoel Berish Frankel (London).

Musaf: HaGaon R' Yoel Gutman shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The kohanim duchened. Immediately after Musaf, Mincha was davened. Baal tefillah: HaGaon R' Asher Chaim Weiser shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla in Boro Park. They concluded at about 4:30.

A few minutes after Mincha the Rebbe shlit"a entered the tish in honor of the day in the Sukkah HaGedolah and recited the Seder HaUshpizin. With the soup, krepelach were distributed as is customary. At the lechayim after the soup, the Rebbe wished everyone a good, blessed year. Yom Tov melodies were sung.

With the zemiros the Rebbe honored: HaGaon R' Shmuel Lev shlit"a (London). Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Meir Weinberger shlit"a, dayan in our kehilla in Antwerp. They concluded at 5:30.

Before leaving, the Rebbe said, "Thank Hashem that we were able to sit in the sukkah the entire Sukkos, eat all the seudos calmly, and sleep in the sukkah."

Immediately after the tish the Rebbe went to the mikvah to purify himself in honor of Yom Tov.

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