Sunday, first blessing of Tzom Gedalia, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At 5:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for the recitation of Selichos. Baal tefillah: R' Shlomo Zalman Stein. The davening ended around 6:35, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

Around 9:45 the Rebbe arrived at the great beis medrash for Shacharis. Before davening, the Rebbe put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochurim:
The son of R' Chaim Hersh Kahn shlit"a.
The bochur Aharon Shmuel Glantz.
The bochur Yosef Leib Sander.
The bochur Chaim Deutsch.
The bochur Yoel Landau (Antwerp).
The bochur Yisroel Meyer.
The bochur Yaakov Moshe Wertzberger.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe went up for Hagbah.

Around 5:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for Mincha and the Shabbos Shuvah derasha. Baal tefillah: R' Avrohom Moshe Falkowitz. Pesichah: R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (Williamsburg). Kohen: R' Lipa Friedman (Williamsburg). Levi: HaGaon R' Chaim Yosef Wertzberger shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Hunyad. Shlishi and Maftir: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: HaRav R' Yosef Leib Kahn shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Shlomo Zalman Weinberger shlit"a.

After Mincha the Rebbe went up to the Aron Kodesh for the Shabbos Shuvah derasha, in the presence of thousands of chassidim who filled the entire great beis medrash with all its wings, and who merited an hour of nachas ruach listening to the holy Shabbos Shuvah derasha.
The Rebbe prayed a silent prayer and began the derasha on the verse "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth," with a lengthy discourse of Torah analysis and homiletics of over an hour on the topic of "mitzvos were not given for enjoyment." He then continued with words of mussar and chizuk about learning Torah, setting fixed times for Torah, matters of prayer and tznius, and the power of holiness of the city of Kiryas Joel, which is growing in every direction. He highlighted the success of the takanos regarding the apartments in Kiryas Joel for only three hundred dollars per square foot, and asked the entire community to hold to this and not buy for more. He also spoke about the difficult wartime situation in Eretz Yisroel, that we must daven for our brothers, and be careful not to, chalilah, praise the wicked or fall into any kind of idolatrous admiration; not to be so glued to the news about the elections in America; and to daven about the decrees against chinuch in New York.
He then spoke about preparing for Yom Kippur by learning the Mishnayos of Maseches Yoma, and especially the Rosh at the end of Maseches Yoma, where he records in brief the Seder HaAvodah. Although mitzvos were not given for enjoyment, enjoyment is not forbidden, and one may derive pleasure, and there is nothing more delightful than preparing for a mitzvah with all its detailed halachos. He wished that everyone merit a complete teshuva, and concluded with many blessings.

The derasha ended at 7:35. A few minutes later, at the time of Rabbeinu Tam, the Rebbe davened Maariv in the heichal of the beis medrash. Baal tefillah: the son-in-law of the HaGaon, Rav of the Yismach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a.

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