The Night of the First Day of Shavuos — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Yom Tov, in his holy home, the Rebbe lit the yahrzeit candles.

At about 9:10 in the evening, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Maariv: HaRav HaGaon R' Elazar Mendel Filaf shlit"a (of Williamsburg).
The davening ended at about 10:10. The congregation went over to wish a good Yom Tov and greet the Rebbe for a very long time, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

In his holy home, the Rebbe was engaged in Tikkun HaLeil until the tish, and recited the Tikkun Leil Shavuos, the Torah portion.

At about 1:50 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the pure table in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Lifting of the cup: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a.

During the tish, they sang at length the Yom Tov melodies, melodies of the sweetness and pleasantness of the Torah.
The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Ahavah Rabbah: HaRav HaGaon R' Hershel Meizlish shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Nachum Dov in Williamsburg; Piyut of Maariv: HaRav HaGaon R' Shalom Teitelbaum shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash V'Yoel Moshe in Williamsburg.
Afterwards they sang "V'har Einenu" for a longer time with great arousal and weeping.

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "U'Moshe alah el haElokim" and explained that when one davens in the proximity of a tzaddik, it is a segulah for one's tefillos to be accepted. At Matan Torah, Yaakov Avinu was there, so that when Jews pray for themselves and for their children, the prayers should be accepted. In this way, to this very day, there is the power that through davening one can merit to have upright children and grandchildren.

Birkas HaMazon: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. They finished at about 3:35, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence, where the Rebbe went to the mikvah a few minutes before Aliyos.
First Day of Shavuos

Before davening, a bris took place for a newborn son of R' Yoel Rosenberg, where the Rebbe served as sandek.

The Rebbe entered for davening at about 11:10. Reciting the brachos: HaRav HaChassid R' Moshe Gross shlit"a (of Monsey). Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon HaTzaddik, dayan and moreh tzedek of our holy kehilla in Yerushalayim shlit"a. The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis, Yotzer and Hallel. At Ahavah Rabbah, they sang the traditional melody of the holy R' Hersh of Rymanov zy"a with great arousal and weeping.

Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: HaRav HaGaon R' Shalom Landau shlit"a, of the Rabbinical Association and moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Manchester, and HaRav HaGaon R' Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan of our holy kehilla in Montreal.
Pesukim of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Avrohom Meir Halberstam shlit"a, dayan of Beis Medrash 18 in Boro Park.

The Rebbe went up to the bimah, and the Kohen was called, HaRav HaTzaddik R' Berl Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe recited Akdamus in a voice hewing flames of fire, with holy emotion and longing, and then read the Torah with great arousal.

Levi: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a. Shlishi: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a. Revi'i: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Avrohom Meir Halberstam shlit"a. Chamishi: the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

After the aliyah, the Rebbe recited a Mi Sheberach on the occasion of the birth of a daughter for:
R' Yehoshua Goldberger.
R' Chaim Dovid Farges.
R' Refael Wertheimer.
R' Aharon Shimon Masri.

Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: HaRav HaChassid R' Moshe Yosef Mittelman (of Williamsburg). Gelilah: HaRav HaChassid R' Yoel Schiff (of Boro Park).
Maftir: HaRav HaChassid R' Chaim Levi (of Vienna). The guests recited Birkas HaGomel. Hagbah: HaRav HaChassid R' Eliezer Lev (of London). Gelilah: HaRav HaChassid R' Yosef Mordechai Kahana (of Williamsburg).
The Rebbe recited the Haftarah standing, as is customary.

The Gaon HaGadol, the dayan and moreh tzedek shlit"a approached the amud for Mussaf. Opening of Aneim Zemiros: HaRav HaChassid R' Yitzchak Schiff (of Monsey). They finished at about 3:15, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

After a few minutes the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for the kreplach tish. The Rebbe made Kiddush and tasted mezonos and fish, and some of the dough of the milchig kreplach, and drank coffee.
They sang Yom Tov melodies, and the Rebbe delivered the "kreplach pshetl," with the fervor of Torah and the joy of Torah, a longer pilpul on the sugya of davar sheyesh lo matirin. They finished at about 3:50.

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash at about 8:50. Mincha: HaRav HaGaon R' Shimon Yoel Brach shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Bnei Brak.
After Mincha the Rebbe sat down by the Aron Kodesh, and they sang Yom Tov melodies. The Rebbe tasted mezonos, drank lechayim, and blessed the entire congregation. The Rebbe honored HaRav HaGaon R' Nosson Dovid Ashkenazi shlit"a of Stanislav, Monsey, with Ahavah Rabbah.
The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Vayisyatzvu b'tachtis hahar" and explained that the Torah was given after the third day in order to draw strength from the Third Beis HaMikdash, that one can always have a revival.

Afterwards the Rebbe read the Tena'im between Israel and their Father in Heaven, and they sang "U'vau Kulam" and "Elyonim Sashu." They finished at about 9:55, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

After a few minutes the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Maariv. Maariv: the Rebbe's grandson HaRav HaGaon R' Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. They finished davening at about 10:25, the congregation went over to wish a good Yom Tov for a long time, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At about 1:00 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the pure table in the Heichal HaShulchanos. During the tish they sang Yom Tov melodies of Shavuos.
The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros. Ahavah Rabbah: HaRav HaGaon R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash Binyan Gelbstein in Williamsburg; Piyut of Maariv: HaRav HaChassid R' Eliezer Lev.

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Vayichan sham Yisroel neged hahar" and explained that in the merit of Yaakov Avinu there is the power of teshuva, and through this they merited to receive the Torah.

Birkas HaMazon: the Rebbe's grandson HaRav Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a. They finished at about 2:00.

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