Thursday, the First Day of Chol HaMoed Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis davening at around 9:50. The baal tefillah was R' Elchanan Taub. The Rebbe approached the amud for Hallel.

Pesicha: R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (Williamsburg) and R' Lipa Epstein (Montreal).
Kohen: R' Yudel Katz. Levi: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of the Divrei Chaim beis medrash. Shlishi: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek. Hagbah: Rabbi Meir Meyer shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Avrohom Filipp.
Revii: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: R' Menachem Yisroel Basul. Gelilah: R' Shmuel Leib Fried.

Mussaf: HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, moreh tzedek and dayan of Dinov in Kiryas Joel. The davening concluded at around 11:30.

In the afternoon at around 6:15, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra Monsey, paid a Yom Tov visit to the Rebbe. A longer, warm conversation took place, among other topics, about various questions and pitfalls that arise on Pesach, fresh hiddurim in shechita and sofrus, and the halachos of ma'akeh. The Rebbe warmly bid him farewell with his blessings, gave him a Haggadah Shel Pesach Lev Aharon, and accompanied him out to the street.

At around 8:30 the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home, and Maariv at around 9:15. The Rebbe then approached the counting of the Omer.

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