The Final Days of Pesach 5784 — B'tzeil HaKodesh with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Yom Tov afternoon, in his holy home, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a lit the yizkor candles in memory of his parents, the Rebbe zt"l and the Rebbetzin a"h.

In the evening at around 8:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol and approached the amud for Mincha, and began Hodu with fiery enthusiasm. Maariv: Rabbi Zalman Leib Philipp shlit"a. After Maariv the Rebbe counted Sefirah before the amud.

The davening concluded at around 9:40. The congregation went over to wish a good Yom Tov, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 12:35 the Rebbe entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the tish.
During the tish, they sang at length in song and praise in honor of Yom Tov. For the zemiros, the Rebbe honored HaGaon Rabbi Berish Rosenberg shlit"a (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah thought on the verse "And Hashem saved on that day," explaining that it is an honor for the Creator when holy and pure ones recite song before Him, not just ordinary flesh and blood. Through emunah in the Creator one is called holy, and through da'as the bondage is removed and one can sing to the holy Creator. So too, through emunah we will merit to sing shirah in the future to come.

They continued with song and praise, Shirah Chadashah, and "Bivkaacha Yam Suf," and at around 1:45 the Rebbe shlit"a rose to dance the shirah with deveikus and fiery enthusiasm, and with him the huge crowd of thousands, for an extended time. Afterwards they sang "Ki LaHashem HaMelucha."

Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's brother-in-law, the Gaon Rabbi, rav of Beis Medrash Berech Moshe shlit"a. The tish concluded at around 2:00.

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