Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Re'eh, Mevarchim Chodesh Elul — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before candle-lighting, the Rebbe put the streimel on the chasanim:
The chasan Elimelech, son of Yoel Weider.
The chasan Naftali, son of Aharon Zev Polatschek.

On Friday night at around 8:05 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha with great hisorerus. After Mincha the Rebbe said Kaddish in honor of the hilula kadisha of the 26th of Av. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Yaakov Yechezkel Gandel.
Davening ended at around 9:40; the congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:20 the Rebbe entered the tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Mesivta, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Ber Taub, son of the Rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a. Lifting of the cup: the grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Meir Yehuda Ashkenazi shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rav of the Avnei Tzedek beis medrash, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored various people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: the Litshik Yerushalayim Rebbe shlit"a. Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a (Beit Shemesh).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "See, I place before you today a blessing," and explained it in the manner of derush in the sugya of Hoda'as Baal Din.

Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Mordechai Yazshef shlit"a, menahel of the yeshiva gedola under our mosdos in Bnei Brak. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Menachem Tzvi Gottlieb shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nyamts.

Stories and accounts: This week the Rebbe shlit"a shared interesting personal memories from the sugya he studied and from tishen with the Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a, whose yahrzeit was Friday, 26 Av.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Rudnik. The new chasanim went over to take fruit. Az B'Yom HaShevi'i: R' Avigdor Frankel (Williamsburg). The tish ended at around 1:00.

And on the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:40. Brachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Yaakov Rosenfeld shlit"a, who also led Shacharis.

Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Berel Polatschek. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Meir Weinberger shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla in Antwerp.

Aliyos. Kohen: Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a. Levi: Rabbi Mordechai Yazshef shlit"a. Shlishi: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Rudnik shlit"a. Revi'i: the chasan Naftali, son of Aharon Zev Polatschek – with the traditional pelting. Chamishi: the chasan Shimon Zev, son of Yoel Brief – with the traditional pelting. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya, the Rebbe called up, in honor of the birth of a daughter:
R' Yoel Mertz.
R' Shlomo Yaakov Wertheimer (Williamsburg).
R' Lipa Wiener.
Rabbi Yoel Asher Weider shlit"a.
R' Yoel Sandel.
R' Avrohom Eliyahu, son of Yoel Friedrich.
R' Yaakov Weiss.

Shevi'i: the chasan Elimelech, son of Yoel Weider – with the traditional pelting. Additional aliyos: the chasan Shmuel Dovid, son of Rabbi Shraga Gandel shlit"a – with the traditional pelting. The chasan Shimon Yisroel, son of Wolf Boruch Wertzberger – with the traditional pelting. The chasan Asher Lemel, son of Avrohom Shmuel Gandel. The chasan Aharon, son of Shlomo Hersh Feldman. Acharon: the chasan Shmuel Binyamin, son of Rabbi Meir Zev Stern shlit"a. Maftir: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Moshe Meir Brief shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ibrany. Hagbah: R' Yitzchak Leib Feuerwerker. Gelilah: R' Shlomo Zalman Schwartz.

After the Torah reading, the Rebbe shlit"a blessed Rosh Chodesh with great hisorerus.

Mussaf: R' Moshe Chaim Wertzberger (Montreal). Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Moshe Yehuda Mendlowitz.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shimon Weinberger, at which the Rebbe served as sandek. The gathering ended at around 12:55.

In the afternoon at around 6:45 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Pirkei Avos. The Rebbe took up Perek 6, Mishnah 4: "This is the way of Torah: eat bread with salt..., and if you do so, 'Happy are you and it shall be well with you,'" and explained it in 16 ways in the manner of derush and aggadah, among them that through spreading Torah, all the merits are credited to the Rebbe, and this can be said about the Divrei Yoel zy"a, whose yahrzeit was Friday. He related several stories about the Divrei Yoel zy"a, the baal hilula, and about the holy R' Shmelke of Nikolsburg zy"a. At the end he spoke words of mussar: today we blessed the month of Elul, and one must awaken oneself to teshuva and good deeds in preparation for the Days of Judgment. He concluded with his holy blessing. It ended at around 7:40 and the Rebbe went into his private room.
Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Seudah Shlishis at around 8:00. Mincha: Rabbi Shraga Gandel shlit"a. Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: R' Avrohom Yitzchak Mertz (Williamsburg). Kohen: R' Ozer Fried (Antwerp). Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wertzberger shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of our kehilla in Montreal. Shlishi: Rabbi Moshe Dovid Grunwald shlit"a, grandson of the Papa Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Chaim Hersh Gandel (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros at Seudah Shlishis. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "See, I place before you today a blessing," and explained that since we have already blessed Rosh Chodesh Elul today, everyone must be seized with awe and fear, as we are about to stand before the Day of Judgment. Only through the foundations of emunah can one arrive at proper teshuva, but one must have the proper desire and contemplation to make a cheshbon hanefesh of how the year has passed, and not let a single day of the month pass without teshuva and good deeds.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Asher Weider (Montreal). Kel Mistatter: R' Eliyahu Shaul Katz (Boro Park). The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup and said Sheva Brachos.

Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Yerachmiel Zev Fried. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gute voch. It ended at around 10:20.

At around 12:00 the talmidim of Shiur Beis of the Yeshiva Ketana Zera Kodesh branch entered the Rebbe's holy home together with their maggid shiur, the grandson of the Rebbe, HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, Rav of the Rav Tov beis medrash. They were tested on dozens of blatt Gemara, by heart, from Maseches Bava Kamma. The Rebbe tested the bochurim for an extended time and then distributed the sefer Lev Aharon Sugyos to all the bochurim, and shared his holy blessing with the bochurim and with the menahel of the yeshiva, HaGaon R' Yoel Asher Weider shlit"a.

Afterwards a ma'amad hismanus took place, at which the Rebbe shlit"a appointed two new morei tzedek to serve in our holy kehilla, who will stand ready to answer questions for the thousands of residents of Kiryas Joel, outstanding talmidei chachamim and spreaders of Torah: HaGaon R' Dovid Greenfeld shlit"a and HaGaon R' Mordechai Hirsch shlit"a. The leaders of our holy kehilla and the families of the new dayanim were present. R' Dovid Eckstein of Eretz Yisroel spoke.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim, shared his holy blessings with the new dayanim, spoke words of guidance and wished them many blessings.

Afterwards the reading of the tenaim took place for the mechutanim R' Naftali Markowitz and R' Dovid Goldstein (Williamsburg). The Rebbe read the tenaim, drank a lechayim and shared his holy blessings.

Also entering the Rebbe's home was HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a, who brought the Rebbe the new holy sefer Noam Elimelech, reworked into Yiddish so that it will be accessible to every person. The Rebbe reviewed it and studied it for an extended time, expressed his admiration for the work, and shared his holy blessings with him and with the sponsor of the sefer, R' Shalom Boruch Mordechai Goldberger.

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