"Yom Teruah Yihyeh Lachem" — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On the first day of Yom Tov, at around 7:55 in the morning, the Rebbe entered for Shacharis.

The Rebbe shlit"a poured out his holy tefillos, between himself and his Maker, with a torn and trembling heart, begging for mercy like a poor man at the door, with awesome weeping that was heard throughout the entire beis medrash and shook the hearts of the thousands of mispallelim.
The Rebbe recited the berachos aloud, and afterwards the baal tefillah began singing Adon Olam. Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon Rabbi R' Avrohom Shalom Friedman shlit"a, one of the heads of the kollelim. The Rebbe recited "V'chorus" verse by verse. Shacharis: HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Av Beis Din shlit"a. They finished at around 11:10.

After a short break, the Rebbe entered dressed in the kittel, the silver kapel, and white stockings with a bekitshe.
The honors of removing and returning the Torah were given to R' Yosef Hersh Sofer shlit"a, a Rav, and R' Aryeh Asher Indig shlit"a, a Rav.
The verses of Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Eliyahu Gross shlit"a of Berebesht.

The Rebbe was the baal korei, and read the Torah with weeping and great arousal.
Aliyos. Kohen: the distinguished R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman. Levi: R' Elazar Gruber. Shlishi: R' Avrohom Wieder. Revi'i: R' Lipa Gross. Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe recited the "Mi Sheberach" for the birth of a daughter for:
R' Moshe Yeshaya Friedman.
R' Wolf Landau.
R' Pinchas Nachman Gluber.
R' Yoel Weiss.
The Rebbe also instructed that a Mi Sheberach be recited for a speedy recovery for the Rebbetzin, the tzadekes, tlita.

Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: R' Chaim Aharon Klein. Gelilah: R' Simcha Katz. Maftir: R' Meir Hirsch. Hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: R' Aryeh Asher Stessel. Gelilah: R' Shmuel Landau. They finished at 11:50.

After the Torah reading, the brissim took place:
For a baby boy born to R' Berel Fischer, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
For a baby boy born to R' Yoel Nosson Friedman, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
For a baby boy born to R' Elazar Yoel Glick, where the Rebbe was sandek.

There was a pause; the Rebbe went to the mikvah and then into his private room.

At 12:55 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in the tallis, and wearing the kapel and kittel of the Divrei Yoel zt"l, with a white kaftan beneath the kittel.
The Rebbe went up to the aron kodesh, davened a silent tefillah, and began the fiery "Tekias Shofar drasha" on the verse "With trumpets and the sound of the shofar, shout," which is an acronym of "bushah," as cited in the Chasam Sofer. On Rosh Hashana one must do teshuvah both for the sin itself and for having delayed the teshuvah until now. Standing before the Holy One, one must feel fear like one standing before a king. Even though the shame is there, "the redness departs and the pallor comes"; when one is removed from the world there is atonement for sins. He continued with great weeping: Hashem looks and listens, He looks at the face to see whether one is truly ashamed, "mevin and mazin"; "mevin" has the letters of "banim," and is an acronym of "so that none be cast away from Him." Now is the time to daven for upright Jewish generations, and that all the lost souls should return and be awakened to teshuvah. He concluded with an abundance of berachos in all matters for the entire tzibbur. After the drasha the Rebbe recited Kaddish d'Rabbanan. They finished at around 1:25.

A bris took place for a baby boy born to R' Yushe Kahana, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the bimah. The Sifrei Torah were held by R' Yisroel Spielman and R' Aharon Spitzer. The Rebbe recited "Min HaMeitzar," made the berachos with holy fire, and blew the tekios d'meyushav. The baal makri was HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Av Beis Din shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Mussaf and recited "Hineni He'ani Mima'as," and began Kaddish at around 2:00.

The baal tokea for the tekios d'me'umad was HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Shlomo Zabel shlit"a, Dayan of Beis Medrash Beis Dov.
The Rebbe shlit"a davened from a machzor of Nusach Tefillah Yeshara.
Standing before the aron kodesh in awe, with Your people surrounding them like a wall, maintaining the holy service with awe and fear, with arousal and holy emotion during Mussaf, especially during the pesukim of Malchiyos, Zichronos and Shofaros, in a voice that cuts and a heart poured out like water, "the eyes of Your people are hanging and eyes yearn for You."
The piyutim openings of Mussaf were honored to: R' Berel Palatchek, R' Mordechai Landau, R' Yisroel Herskowitz, R' Mordechai Hersh Farkash, and R' Chaim Hersh Schwartz.

R' Wolf Glick and R' Uri Yehuda Kaufman were honored to lift the Rebbe at "kor'im."
R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld approached for "Kavei," and the opening for "Ane'im Zemiros" was R' Yisroel Aryeh Fischer (B"P). They finished at around 5:15 and immediately davened Mincha.
R' Aharon Spitzer davened before the amud; the Rebbe davened Shemoneh Esrei with the tallis over his head. They finished at around 5:45.

At the afternoon meal in his holy home, the Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Fortunate is the people who know the teruah," and explained that the power of Yaakov Avinu is present in every Jew, and in this way one is not cast away.
For Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored R' Avrohom Moshe Falkowitz.

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