The Fast of Tishah B'Av — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, Resort Town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire


On Motzei Shabbos, the night of Tishah B'Av, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Maariv at approximately 10:05. The baal tefillah was R' Avrohom Simcha Gottlieb shlit"a (Kiryas Joel).

After Maariv, the Rebbe recited the blessing of borei me'orei ha'eish. Afterwards the Rebbe recited Megillas Eichah and the kinos for the night of Tishah B'Av with weeping and lamentation. Eichah and the kinos were led by R' Shmuel Kraus shlit"a. They finished at approximately 11:10.

Sunday, Parshas Va'eschanan, Tishah B'Av day

In the morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash of Kehal Yereim - Beis Elimelech for Shacharis at approximately 9:45.
The baal tefillah was R' Avrohom Simcha Gottlieb shlit"a.

- Pesicha: R' Chaim Elimelech Yakov shlit"a.
- Baal koreh: R' Shmuel Kraus shlit"a.
- Kohen: Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Kahana shlit"a.
- Levi: the bochur Leibush son of Hersh Yosef Levi (Kiryas Joel).
- Shlishi/Maftir: the Rebbe shlit"a. It was purchased by R' Yosef Chaviv Masri, and the Rebbe expressed thanks.
- Hagbah: Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz
- Gelilah: R' Yosef Chaviv Masri.

Afterwards the Rebbe recited the blessings of the Haftarah, and then read the Haftarah aloud with great weeping.

After the Torah reading the Rebbe recited the kinos for Tishah B'Av. The kinos were led by R' Shmuel Kraus shlit"a.

After the kinos the Rebbe recited Ashrei, U'va L'Tzion, and Aleinu. They finished at 1:00.

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha at approximately 6:45.

The Rebbe put on tallis and tefillin in the beis medrash, recited the four parshiyos, completed the Shir Shel Yom, and Kavei. Then the Rebbe davened Mincha.
The baal tefillah was R' Avrohom Simcha Gottlieb shlit"a.

- Pesicha: R' Eliezer Weiss.
- Baal koreh: R' Chaim Moshe Landau.
- Kohen: R' Chaim Shaul Cohn.
- Levi: the bochur Nachman son of Yoel Landau.
- Shlishi/Maftir: the Rebbe shlit"a. It was purchased by R' Eliezer Weiss, and the Rebbe expressed thanks.
- Hagbah: the bochur Moshe Yehuda son of Shlomo Elazar Spielman.
- Gelilah: the bochur Pinchas son of Meir Yitzchak Weiss.

After Mincha the Rebbe recited the five daily chapters of Tehillim. They finished at approximately 7:45.

The Rebbe entered for Maariv at the time of Rabbeinu Tam, at 9:21. The baal tefillah was R' Aharon Hersh Weber.

After Maariv the Rebbe put on his shoes,
made Havdalah and partook of some mezonos, during which nigunei nechama were sung. Afterwards the Rebbe sanctified the moon in the parking lot of the adjacent hotel with great joy. After Kiddush Levana the crowd came over to bid farewell, and in the course of this the bochur Meir son of Yosef Mittelman (Williamsburg), and the bochur Yaakov son of Avrohom Shlomo Katz (London) offered answers to the question that the Rebbe had left over in yeshiva.

May it be Hashem's will that these days be transformed into joy and gladness.

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