The night of 3 Chol HaMoed, Ushpizin of Aharon HaKohen Kadisha — "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the great sukkah for the Simchas Beis HaShoeivah at around 10:35. The Rebbe warmly greeted his brother, HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of our kehilla in Boro Park 15, shlit"a, and after reciting the Ushpizin, washed for the Yom Tov seudah.

The Ushpizin sponsors placed wine as is customary, and after the Yom Tov foods, the sponsors brought kugels, and the Rebbe distributed shirayim.

With the Shir HaMaalos, the Rebbe honored: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Mesholam Nosson Spiegel shlit"a, Rav of the Tefillah L'Moshe Kolashin beis medrash in Monsey. HaGaon Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Sofer shlit"a, Rav of our holy kehilla in Linden. HaRav HaGaon R' Wolf Aharon Teller shlit"a, director of Mivtzar HaKollelim.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Bereishis bara Elokim," and explained that through looking at a tzaddik, one is influenced to return to the proper path; the sukkah likewise has the power to bring kedusha upon a person for an entire year.

Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Englander shlit"a, Dayan of our holy kehilla in Lakewood. After bentching, the singing and rejoicing continued, as the Rebbe stood up and danced in honor of the Simchas Beis HaShoeivah. It concluded at around 12:15.

After a few minutes, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for the grand Simchas Beis HaShoeivah gathering, with the mitzvah dancing of thousands upon thousands of chassidim and men of deed in honor of the Simchas Beis HaShoeivah. The Rebbe went up to the special platform and danced holy dances for an extended time, and then watched with satisfaction for an extended time as the dancing rose ever higher. The Rebbe left the beis medrash at around 1:10.

Monday, 3 Chol HaMoed

Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin at his home for the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Yoel Landau.

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:10. Baal tefillah: R' Yehuda Eliezer Gottesman. The Rebbe recited the Vechoros verse by verse, proceeded to Hallel, and performed his holy service during the shaking of the lulav with great fervor and arousal, and afterwards recited the Hoshanos. Pesicha: R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (Williamsburg).

Kohen: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yechezkel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, Williamsburg. Levi: the bar mitzvah bochur Yoel Landau. Shlishi: HaGaon R' Ari Asher Indig shlit"a, moreh tzedek of the Maharsha beis medrash. Revii: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: R' Hershel Wertheimer (Monsey). Gelilah: R' Moshe Schwartz (London).

Musaf: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Halberstam shlit"a, son-in-law of the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.

After davening, the brisos took place:
For the son born to R' Yisroel Yehuda Gutman, where the Rebbe was sandek.
For the son born to R' Shimon Greenfeld, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel. It concluded at around 12:45.

After davening, at around 1:20, the Rebbe entered the great sukkah for the first Shulchan HaTahor together with hundreds of bochurim from across New York as part of the "L'haalos" group. Upon arrival, the Rebbe danced in place for a few minutes, and after reciting the Ushpizin, washed for the seudah.

During the tish, the singing and praises continued at length.
With the zemiros and piyutim, the Rebbe honored directors of yeshivos ketanos: HaGaon R' Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, head director in Kiryas Joel. HaGaon R' Wolf Landau shlit"a, director of the Rav Tov branch. HaGaon R' Chaim Leib Silberstein shlit"a, director of the Yitav Panim branch. HaGaon R' Shlomo Elimelech Stein shlit"a, director of the Divrei Chaim branch. HaGaon R' Yoel Oppenheim shlit"a, director of Yeshiva Ketana Derech HaTorah.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Behaalosecha es haneiros" with a lengthy discourse in honor of the day, and afterwards spoke at length about "Atah bechartanu mikol haamim" and how one must approach a mitzvah with joy and vitality of kedusha, and concluded with abundant blessings.

The singing continued and the Rebbe stood up and danced for an extended time.
With Birkas Hamazon, the Rebbe honored Rabbi Moshe Yosef Ashkenazi shlit"a, one of the heads of Hisachdus Avreichim Monsey. It concluded at around 3:15.

In the afternoon at around 5:00, the Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words and Yom Tov blessings via a live hook-up to our chassidim in Bnei Brak, at the Ushpizin seudah of Yosef HaTzaddik and Simchas Beis HaShoeivah, in the great sukkah of our great beis medrash in Shikun. After the divrei Torah in honor of the day, the Rebbe delivered words of chizuk and guidance and spoke of the good tidings being heard regarding the expansion of the holy borders of the beis medrash, for His Name and glory, in quantity and quality, and the good news from the kehilla and the mosdos, and concluded with holy blessings regarding the situation in Eretz Yisroel and with abundant blessings for everyone.

Afterwards, at around 5:15, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra Monsey, paid a Yom Tov visit to the Rebbe shlit"a in the sukkah of his home. A lengthy, warm conversation ensued in Torah and chassidus, regarding various questions in the laws of Yom Tov Sukkos. The Rebbe honored him with a lechayim and bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

The Rebbe davened Mincha at around 6:30 at his home. After Mincha there was entry time for the guests from abroad, until around 8:10, when the Rebbe davened Maariv.

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