Shabbos Kodesh, Chol HaMoed Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Friday night at around 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went up to the amud for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos, led by R' Moshe Goldstein. The Rebbe then went to count Sefira.
They finished at around 9:40, the congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 12:10 the Rebbe entered the tish in the main beis medrash, on the north side, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem, with feeling and sweetness, until "Melech Tamim Darko."

The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with the zemiros: Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon Rabbi Menachem Bachner shlit"a, rav of the Kashnov beis medrash in Kiryas Joel; Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Rottenberg shlit"a, moreh tzedek.

The Rebbe shlit"a said a Torah thought on the Midrash "You sold Yosef — by your lives, you who say 'we were slaves'," and explained in the manner of a derush within the sugya of hekdesh removing the obligation of servitude.

Kah Echsof: Rabbi Elchonon Chaim Teitelbaum shlit"a, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, av beis din of Ciechanów in Kiryas Joel; Birchas Hamazon: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beis Boruch beis medrash shlit"a.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories about the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a, whose yahrzeit fell on Friday, 25 Nissan.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Yechezkel Lax shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The new chasanim went over to receive fruits, and a Shalom Zachor took place at R' Aharon Pollak and at R' Yishai Goldberger, as the bris is on the eighth day: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek. They finished at around 2:15.

On the holy day of Shabbos

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 9:40. Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Yoel Hirsch. The Rebbe recited "V'Charos" verse by verse, and went to the amud for Shacharis and Hallel.
Before the Torah reading, Shir HaShirim was recited as is customary.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: the Rebbe's grandson HaGaon R' Zalman Teitelbaum shlit"a, rav of the Beis Menachem Zev beis medrash, and HaGaon R' Yoel Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Monsey. The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Nosson Dov Schwartz shlit"a, moreh tzedek.

Aliyos. Kohen: the baal bris, R' Aharon Pollak. Levi: R' Elazar Gruber. Shlishi: the HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a. Revii: R' Elisha Horowitz. Chamishi: R' Meir Dovid Masri. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah the Rebbe named the newborn daughters of:
R' Nechemya Katz.
R' Avrohom Avir Schwartz.

Shevii: R' Aharon Goldstein — the Rebbe named his newborn daughter, mazel tov. Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Dovid Elimelech Halberstam shlit"a, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Avnei Tzedek beis medrash shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Nechemya Katz.
Maftir: R' Moshe Meir Teitelbaum. Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Berach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Avrohom Avir Schwartz.

The Rebbe went to the amud for Mussaf in honor of the holy hilula of his father, the Rebbe zy"a, this coming Shabbos, 26 Nissan. Pesicha and the singing of the zemiros: R' Hersh Elimelech Klein.

After davening, the brisos took place:
The newborn son of R' Aharon Pollak, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
The newborn son of R' Menachem Friedman, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
They finished at around 1:15.

Re'ava D'Re'avin

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:25. Mincha: R' Yechezkel Brach. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yoel Goldberger. Kohen: R' Chaim Turnheim. Levi: R' Yisroel Nechemya Wertzberger. Shlishi: the Rebbe's grandson, the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Yismach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Shmuel Yaakov Teller.

The Rebbe honored the following with the zemiros at Shalosh Seudos. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a said a Torah thought on the verse in Shir HaShirim "I am a rose of the Sharon, a lily of the valleys," and explained that in the merit of Klal Yisroel doing mitzvos beyond the letter of the law, especially on Yom Tov Pesach when they are stringent with extra chumros, Hashem too conducts Himself beyond the letter of the law and fulfills the mitzvos of returning a lost object and of helping unload and load with Klal Yisroel, even though Hashem is elderly and it is not in keeping with His honor. He urged that we hold fast to the mesorah of our forefathers and not relax any chumra that we saw from our parents on Yom Tov Pesach.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Abba Weinberger (London). Kel Mistateir: R' Shalom Yosef Gottlieb (Williamsburg). The Rebbe made the bracha over the cup.

At Maariv on Motzei Shabbos the Rebbe went to the amud in honor of the holy hilula on 26 Nissan, this coming Shabbos. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a good week. They finished at around 10:25.
Late Motzei Shabbos, at 1:30, the Rebbe shlit"a went out to accompany the funeral procession of the elderly R' Chaim Hersh Weiss a"h (Williamsburg), which passed in front of his holy residence on its way to Tzanz Cemetery.

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