Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Korach, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before candle lighting, the Rebbe put on the shtreimel for the chasanim.
The chasan Chaim Shlomo the bochur, son of Shmuel Aharon Singer.
The chasan Mordechai Ephraim Fishel the bochur, son of Yisroel Simcha Landau.
The chasan Yoshe, son of HaRav R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a.

Friday night at around 9:05 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went up to daven Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos; the chazan was R' Yochanan Mann.
The davening ended at around 10:40. The congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 11:10 the Rebbe entered the tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the mesivta, and began, as is his holy way, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
Eshes Chayil: the grandson of the Rebbe, the bochur Yissachar Ber Tov, son of the Rav of Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe, HaGaon HaRav Rabbi shlit"a; Hagbahas HaKos (raising of the cup): the grandson of the Rebbe, HaRav Meir Yehuda Ashkenazi shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Yoshe Eisen (Williamsburg); Menucha V'Simcha: HaRav R' Chaim Yaakov Safrin shlit"a, Rav of the Komarna beis medrash in Yerushalayim.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Vayikach Korach" and explained, in the manner of derush, the sugya of "ein aseh docheh lo sa'aseh in the Mikdash," and in another manner, in the way of aggadah, that the dispute between Korach and Moshe Rabbeinu was whether teshuva helps for the sin of the Golden Calf.

Kah Echsof: HaRav Alexander Asher Abad shlit"a (Boro Park); Birkas Hamazon: HaRav R' Avrohom Eckstein shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Buenos Aires.

Stories and accounts: this week the Rebbe shlit"a told about the holy Rabbi Yoshe Heshel of Komarna zt"l, son of the holy Baruch Taam zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Wednesday, 4 Tammuz.

Kah Ribon Olam: R' Gedalya Epstein (Brachfeld); the new chasanim went over to take fruit. Ki Bayom HaShvi'i: R' Yosef son of R' Chaim Yakov. The tish ended at around 1:50.

Uvayom HaShabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:40. Berachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Yisroel Simcha Landau; the Rebbe went up for Shacharis and Hallel.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Chaim Eliyahu Teitelbaum and R' Yitzchak Singer (Williamsburg); Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon HaRav R' Meir Zwibel shlit"a, one of the rabbonim of our holy kehilla in Williamsburg.

Aliyos. Kohen: the chasan Hershel the bochur, son of Yitzchak Elyakim Schwartz - aufruf. Levi: the chasan Mordechai Ephraim Fishel the bochur, son of Yisroel Simcha Landau - aufruf. Shlishi: the chasan Chaim Shlomo the bochur, son of Shmuel Aharon Singer - aufruf. Revi'i: the chasan Yoshe, son of HaRav R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a - aufruf. Chamishi: R' Shaul Leib Zaldan. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After the aliyah, the Rebbe called up the following in honor of the birth of a daughter:
R' Shmuel Wolf Levy (Williamsburg).
R' Shlomo Aharon Friedman.
R' Shimon Goldberger.
R' Shmuel Steinberg.
R' Shmuel son of R' Chaim Dovid Fried.
R' Yoel son of R' Yehuda Perl.
R' Shaul son of R' Yissachar Brach.

Shevi'i: R' Kapel Berger. Acharon: R' Yisroel Meir Friedman (Williamsburg); Hagbah: R' Wolf Schwartz (Williamsburg); Gelilah: R' Shmuel Aharon Singer.
Maftir - the reading for Rosh Chodesh: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Shalom Friedman shlit"a, moreh tzedek. Hagbah: R' Shalom Landau. Gelilah: R' Avrohom Fischer (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe went up for Mussaf in honor of Shabbos Rosh Chodesh; the opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Yosef Yehuda Jacobowitz (Williamsburg).

After davening a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Avrohom son of R' Shmuel Jacobowitz, at which the Rebbe was sandek. The tish ended at around 1:15.

In the afternoon at around 7:45 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Pirkei Avos. The Rebbe began with Perek 4, Mishnah 11: "Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says: One who performs one mitzvah acquires for himself one advocate." "One mitzvah" refers to peru urevu, emunah, Kriyas Shema, and bris milah, and he explained it in 16 ways in the manner of derush and aggadah. He gave mussar in preparation for the summer days, may they come in peace, and urged being careful with shemiras einayim and shemiras habris, and thereby acquiring an advocate for the Day of Judgment, and concluded with his holy blessing. It ended at around 8:45, and the Rebbe went into his private room.
Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 9:00. Mincha: R' Avrohom Moshe Taub. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Avrohom Moshe Heiman (London). Kohen: R' Yitzchak Elyakim Schwartz. Levi: R' Yoshe Eisen. Shlishi: R' Chaim Ber Adler. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Mendel Frankel.

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

The Rebbe shlit"a spoke on the verse "Vayikach Korach" and explained that by not indulging in the pleasures of this world, one can draw kedusha-vitality from Yaakov Avinu and never be pushed away from kedusha. Now, in the summer days, one must see not to slacken from anything from the whole year, and prepare for the holy days.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Zusha Rubin (Williamsburg); Kel Mistatter: R' Chaim Heller (Williamsburg). The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: R' Shaul Leib Zaldan. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. It ended at around 11:15.

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