Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Noach 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Shabbos afternoon, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a put the shtreimel on the chassanim.
The chassan Menachem Zev, the bochur son of Avrohom Moshe Lebovitch.
The chassan Menachem Gershon, the bochur son of Naftali Moshe Weiss.

On Friday night at around 6:40, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Naftali Moshe Weiss.
The davening ended at around 8:10. After davening, an appeal was held for the Talmud Torah Tiferes Yaakov in the holy cities of Yerushalayim and Bnei Brak. Afterwards, everyone went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 8:45, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the mesivta, and began, as is his holy custom, to sing Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the grandson of the Rebbe, the bochur, the chassan Meir Eliezer Teitelbaum, son of HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Moshe shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash. Hagbaas hakos: R' Moshe Rosenai (Beitar).

Before the fish, the Rebbe shlit"a said Torah to the bochurim on the verse "Eileh toldos Noach," and explained that the three times Noach appears in the verse allude to the three Shabbos seudos, through which, by singing shiros v'tishbachos, the kelipos are shattered and one comes to teshuva. He roused the bochurim to conduct the Shabbos seudos properly with shirot and tishbachos in honor of Shabbos Kodesh.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek. Menucha V'simcha: R' Moshe Rosenai.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Eileh toldos Noach" and explained, in the manner of drush, the sugya of whether a positive commandment before speech overrides a prohibition after the speech.

Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Aharon Yekusiel Berkowitz shlit"a (Monsey). Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Avrohom Wolf Friedman shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy Rebbe, the Meor Einayim zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Thursday, 11 Cheshvan.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The new chassanim went over to take fruit.
Az B'yom HaShvi'i: R' Akiva Hirsch (Williamsburg). The tish ended at around 11:25.

On Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:40. Pesukei D'zimra: Rabbi Shalom Weiss shlit"a, Rav of the Kiryas Yoel beis medrash in Williamsburg, with the Rebbe saying the verses aloud ahead of him verse by verse. Shacharis: R' Yosef Leib Kahana.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: HaGaon Meir Leib Katina shlit"a. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Chaim Elazar Weiss shlit"a of Chmelnik, Monsey.
Aliyos. Kohen: R' Efraim Fishel Glantz. Levi: R' Yoel Levy. Shlishi: the chassan, the bochur Naftali Moshe Weiss - bombarded with candy. Revi'i: the chassan, the bochur Yehuda Weiss - bombarded with candy. Chamishi: the chassan, the bochur Yosef Amram Markowitz - bombarded with candy. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe called out names in honor of the birth of a daughter to:
R' Yoel Zev Scheer.
R' Yisroel Mendel Schwartz.
R' Shlomo Menashe Lebovitch.
R' Leibush Krausz.
R' Yosef Markowitz.
R' Hillel Meir Friedman.
R' Aharon Weinstock.
R' Aharon Klein.

Shevi'i: R' Yehuda Weiss. Acharon: R' Shmuel Chaim Brach (Boro Park). Maftir: R' Dovid Eckstein. Hagbah: Rabbi Yosef Amram Markowitz shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Yosef Leib Kaufman.
After the leining, the Mi Sheberach for the kehilla was recited.

Musaf: R' Dovid Eckstein. Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Zalman Leib Indig.

After davening, a bris was held for the newborn son of R' Efraim Fishel Glantz, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel. It ended at around 12:40.
Ra'avah D'ra'avin

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 6:35. Mincha: R' Gershon Mendel Taub (Monsey). Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yoel Zev Scheer. Kohen: R' Avrohom Shlomo Katz (London). Levi: R' Shlomo Wertzberger. Shlishi: HaGaon R' Moshe Schwartz shlit"a (Bnei Brak). Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Shmuel Wertzberger (Boro Park).

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe honored people with the zemiros. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Es haElokim hithalech Noach" and explained that Jews are by nature humble, but one needs to have within oneself a holy pride, "vayigbah libo b'darchei Hashem." One should think, "I can achieve, and I am worthy," and not have a disqualifying humility. This can only be attained through Torah study. Now, in the new winter zman, one must strengthen oneself in Torah learning, and in this way one will have the correct understanding for the service of Hashem.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Shmuel Chaim Brach. Kel Mistater: R' Avrohom Shlomo Katz. The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Berachos.

Maariv, Motzei Shabbos: HaGaon R' Moshe Schwartz shlit"a. After Havdalah, everyone went over to wish a gutte voch. It ended at around 9:00.

On Motzei Shabbos at around 10:15, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a few minutes at the Gan Klein halls for the Melaveh Malkah arranged by Mosdos Kiryas Yoel for the young men who married in the last three years, for the benefit of the mosdos. The Rebbe drank a lechayim, delivered divrei kodesh about the merit of being able to support the mosdos, and concluded with his holy blessing. The Rebbe left the hall at around 10:30.

From there the Rebbe set out for Williamsburg for the siyum on Maseches Kiddushin by the graduates of the ninth-grade mechina class at our holy mosdos in Williamsburg, held in the Eden Palace halls.

The Rebbe shlit"a arrived at around 11:50. The bochurim sang a few niggunim. Then the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Zalman Leib, son of HaGaon R' Yoel HaKohen Glantz shlit"a, made the siyum and also spoke in honor of the occasion with brief words of aggadah. Afterwards, one of the talmidim sang beautiful rhymes in honor of the occasion.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and delivered brief divrei kodesh of chizuk and guidance for the new zman. Then the Rebbe distributed to the bochurim a gift, the sefer 'Shemaatsa D'Mara' arranged by parsha, combined with various sugyos from Maseches Kiddushin. At around 12:35, the Rebbe left the hall on his way home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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