Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Shemos, Mevarchim Chodesh Shevat — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Friday night at around 5:10, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos, led by R' Moshe Chaim Goldstein. The davening concluded at around 6:45.
After davening the congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 8:35 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shalosh Seudos-style table in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem, with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the chassan Rabbi Meir Eliezer ט"ב (may he be well), son of HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Moshe shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash. Lifting of the cup: HaGaon R' Meir Zwiebel shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our holy kehilla in Williamsburg.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Meir Zwiebel shlit"a. Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Eliezer Hersh Horowitz shlit"a, son of the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Manchester shlit"a, and son-in-law of the Spinka Beis Yitzchak Rebbe shlit"a.

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Lo ish devarim anochi" ("I am not a man of words"), and explained it in the manner of derush within the sugya of "darshinan taama dikra" (whether we expound the reason behind a verse).

Kah Echsof: R' Yisroel Mordechai Felberbaum (Yerushalayim). Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.

Stories and accounts: this week the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a related stories about the holy Baal HaTanya zy"a, whose yahrzeit was on Friday, 24 Teves.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Ezra David Cahira shlit"a, moreh tzedek of Kehillas Charedim in Argentina. The new chassanim went over to take fruit, and a Shalom Zachor took place at the bochur Meir Steinmetz, as the bris is on the eighth day: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. The tish concluded at around 11:15.

On the holy day of Shabbos

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:20. Pesukei D'Zimra: Rabbi Eliezer Hersh Horowitz shlit"a. The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Shalom Yosef Gottlieb (Williamsburg). Verses of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Meir Zwiebel shlit"a.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Shlomo Katz. Levi: the chassan, the bochur Chaim Eliezer Heller. Shlishi: the chassan, the bochur Yaakov Kellner. Revii: the chassan, the bochur Shlomo Tzvi Scher. Chamishi: the chassan, son of Rabbi Menachem Hirsch shlit"a. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah the Rebbe recited a Mi Sheberach in honor of the birth of a daughter for:
R' Amram Brach.
R' Hillel Moskowitz.
R' Yehoshua Hersh Greenfeld.
R' Lipa Fried.

Shevii: R' Avrohom Yehuda Rosenberg (Williamsburg). Acharon: R' Nachman Dov Heller (Williamsburg). Maftir: R' Meir Yaakov Indig. Hagbah: HaGaon R' Menachem Hirsch shlit"a (Williamsburg). Gelilah: R' Mordechai Kahn shlit"a.

After the Torah reading the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a blessed the new month with great inspiration.

Mussaf: R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz, one of the Shabbos chazzanim. Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Chaim Nosson Weinstock. The davening ended at around 12:30.

Raava D'Raavin

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 5:15. Mincha: R' Yaakov Yosef Filipp. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Shlomo Hersh Scher (Williamsburg). Kohen: R' Naftali Hirtzka Kahn. Levi: R' Shlomo Wertzberger (Williamsburg). Shlishi: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Yisroel Moshe Landau.

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

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a began with the words of the holy Divrei Yoel, that it is the Jewish custom not to learn Torah at night (the night of the exile of Esav's ascendancy): every night when Jews come to the batei medrash to engage in Torah, the "voice, the voice of Yaakov" rises up on high in Heaven. On the night when the kelipah descends upon the world and one is not engaged in Torah, "the hands are the hands of Esav" rises up in Heaven. The voice of Shema Yisroel, with which Jewish children in all generations let themselves be killed al kedushas Hashem, is from the strength of Yaakov Avinu, who brought the power of emunah into Jewish children. In conclusion, the Rebbe shlit"a added, in honor of the days of Shovevim, that the entire decline of that man began because he did not have shmiras einayim, and this leads to damage in matters of emunah.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Shalom Yosef Gottlieb. Kel Mistater: R' Shlomo Wertzberger. The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Berachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Naftali Hirtzka Kahn. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. The davening ended at around 7:40.
At around 10:45 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a went over to the Dverei Chaim neighborhood, to the home of R' Asher Zev Gutman, one of the leading askanim of our kehilla, where a lavish banquet took place for the benefit of our beis medrash and the mikvah tahara in the Dverei Chaim neighborhood. Speaking were the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Moshe Meisels shlit"a, R' David Eckstein of the Rabbinical Court, and HaGaon R' Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel in the Dverei Chaim neighborhood.
The Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim and related holy stories about the greatness of giving money to build a mikvah, and concluded with abundant blessings for all the donors.
Afterwards the signing of the pledges took place, as all the larger donors signed their pledges together with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a. The event ended at around 12:00.

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