Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Toldos, Mevarchim Chodesh Kislev — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before candle lighting, the Rebbe placed the shtreimel on the chassanim.
The chosson Kalman, the bochur son of Avrohom Yehoshua Gefen.
The chosson Mendel, the bochur son of Yoel Epstein.
The chosson Elimelech, the bochur son of Shlomo Klein.

On Friday night at around 5:00 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Shlomo Klein. Davening ended at around 6:30. An appeal for the Talmud Torah in Kommemiyus was held, may it be rebuilt. The congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 8:25 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 feeling and sweetness.
Eshes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the Rebbe's grandson Yissachar Ber Teitelbaum, son of the Rebbe's son, HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a. Hagbahas HaKos: Rabbi Avrohom Wolf Friedman shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Yoel Meisels shlit"a, Rav of the Sighet beis medrash in Kiryas Joel. Menucha V'Simcha: R' Avrohom Hirsch (London).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And he smelled the fragrance of his garments," and explained that Rabbeinu Gershom is called "Meor HaGolah" because his great takanos arouse Above that, so to speak, Hashem should not, Heaven forbid, cast away Jewish children in exile and take another nation in their place.

Kah Echsof: R' Meir Siman. Birkas HaMazon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yisroel Dushinsky shlit"a (Boro Park).

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related about the holy R' Hersh of Rimanov zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls today, Sunday, 30 Cheshvan. Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon R' Dovid Liebermann shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Shenia, Boro Park. The new chassanim went over to take fruit. Ki Yom HaShvi'i: R' Yaakov Hollander (Williamsburg). It ended at around 11:00.

And on the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:20. Brachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Elchanan Taub. For Shacharis the Rebbe approached the amud.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Kapil Schonbrun. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Eizik Fuchs shlit"a, moreh tzedek.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Yoel Dovid Dresdner. Levi: R' Yoel Berger, son of R' Shmuel. Shlishi: the chosson Kalman, son of Avrohom Yehoshua Gefen — showered with candy. Revi'i: the chosson Elimelech, son of Shlomo Klein — showered with candy. Chamishi: the chosson Hershel, son of Aharon Shmuel Fuchs — showered with candy. Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe named the daughters born to:
R' Moshe Herskovits, son of R' Leib.
R' Shmuel Eliezer Perl.
R' Avrohom Dovid Rosenberg.
R' Yoel Amram Goldberger.
R' Yehuda Landau, son of R' Avrohom Meir.
R' Shlomo Menashe Deutsch.

Shevi'i: R' Noach Gefen. Acharon: R' Yaakov Klein (Boro Park). Maftir: the Motzei Shabbos baal tefillah R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz. Hagbah: R' Aharon Shmuel Fuchs. Gelilah: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Gefen.

After the Torah reading the Rebbe shlit"a blessed the new month with great fervor.

Mussaf: the Motzei Shabbos baal tefillah R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz. Pesichah for Ane'im Zemiros: R' Aharon Shmuel Fischer (Williamsburg). It ended at around 12:20.

Raava d'Ravin

For Mincha and Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 5:00. Mincha: R' Yisroel Yaakov Brach. Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Pinchas Yoel Freund (Boro Park). Kohen: R' Yitzchak Tzvi Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Uhel, Boro Park. Levi: R' Avrohom Yitzchak Landau (Williamsburg). Shlishi: R' Shlomo Yaakov Neustadt. Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a. Gelilah: R' Yehuda Ungerstein (Monsey).

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

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And he smelled the fragrance of his garments and blessed him," and explained that in teshuva there is the attribute of chesed, in that there is atonement for sins even for those that one does not remember. Through learning Torah at night, a thread of chesed is drawn upon a person, especially when it comes with toil, and through this one merits chesed and mercy throughout the entire day.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Avrohom Schwartz (London). Kel Mistater: R' Moshe Aryeh Freund (Boro Park). The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup.

Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: the Motzei Shabbos baal tefillah R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gut voch. It ended at around 7:15.

On Motzei Shabbos at around 10:30 the Rebbe went to the tenaim at the hall in his holy residence on Uhel Court, where the Rebbe read the tenaim of the mechutanim Rabbi Moshe, son of HaGaon R' Chaim Yosef Wertzberger shlit"a (Antwerp) and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Borzesky shlit"a.

From there the Rebbe went to our beis medrash "Beis Chaim Dovid" in Kiryas Joel, where an appointment ceremony took place at which the Rebbe accepted HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Berkowitz shlit"a, son of the HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a, and son-in-law of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Ashoy shlit"a, as dayan and moreh tzedek of the beis medrash.
The Rebbe arrived at around 10:45. The HaGaon HaGadol, the dayan shlit"a, spoke, and the chairman R' Shimon Weinberger called up R' Dovid Eckstein of Eretz Yisroel, after which the new dayan of the beis medrash, HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel shlit"a, spoke.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to the HaGaon the dayan shlit"a, to his son the dayan of the beis medrash shlit"a, to the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Ashoy shlit"a, and to the entire congregation, and especially to R' Yehuda Zev Klein, one of the great benefactors of the beis medrash and a member of the committee for the expansion of the city's borders.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered words of Torah on the verse "And may Hashem give you of the dew of heaven," and explained that through the holy Torah Eretz Yisroel grows greater, and he expressed joy that Kiryas Joel is expanding, baruch Hashem, in all directions with great success, and that such an esteemed dayan is being accepted into the beis medrash, located in such a beautiful area where the residents do not want, Heaven forbid, to run away from Kiryas Joel but want to be a part of Kiryas Joel. In this connection the Rebbe named the area (Quickway Hill) "Shechunas Pri Megadim." The Rebbe continued with words of guidance to the residents, that they should take care to maintain everything just as in Kiryas Joel, especially in matters of tznius and dress for boys and girls, and concluded with abundant blessings to the dayan of the beis medrash and to the entire congregation. It ended at around 11:30. On his way out the Rebbe looked in on the newly completed mikvah in the beis medrash.

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