Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Re'eh, Mevarchim Chodesh Elul — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Shabbos, before candle-lighting time, the Rebbe put the shtreimel on the following chasanim:
- The chasan Yisroel Aryeh, son of R' Chaim Eliezer Davidovitch shlit"a,
- The chasan Avrohom Dovid, son of R' Yoel Hersh Lichtenstein shlit"a,
- The chasan Leibush, son of Elchanan Taub.

At around 8:20 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went to Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Yaakov Yosef Schick shlit"a, son of the Ostrah-Monsey Rebbe shlit"a. The davening ended at around 9:50.

After davening, the appeal for the Vaad HaEruvin under the auspices of the Beis Horaah of our holy kehilla in Kiryas Joel took place. Afterwards the tzibbur went over to say "Gut Shabbos," and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:30 the Rebbe entered the tish at the holy table in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidei hayeshiva and began Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness. Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the young Yissachar Ber, may he live long, son of the Gaon Rav of the beis medrash Berach Moshe shlit"a. Hagbahas HaKos: HaGaon R' Menachem Yehuda Gottlieb shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Niemetz.
During the zemiros the Rebbe honored:
- Kol Mekadesh: the HaGaon Av Beis Din of Niemetz shlit"a.
- Menucha V'Simcha: R' Moshe Jebra (Argentina).

Afterwards the Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Re'eh anochi nosein lifneichem hayom bracha," and explained it in the manner of derush in the sugya of whether one says "bal yichal" regarding a non-Jew.

- Kah Echsof: R' Yoel Warfman (Boro Park).
Birkas HaMazon: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Linden shlit"a.
The Rebbe related stories and episodes about his grandfather, the Yitev Lev zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls this coming Shabbos, 6 Elul, and about HaGaon HaKadosh Rabbi Naftali of Bator zt"l, whose yahrzeit falls on Wednesday, 3 Elul.
- Kah Ribbon Olam: R' Avrohom Mordechai Gross (Williamsburg).
The new chasanim went over to take fruit.
- Az B'yom HaShevi'i: Elimelech, son of R' Chaim Aryeh Kahana shlit"a (Boro Park).
The tish ended at around 1:10.

U'v'yom HaShabbos

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:45.
Brachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon R' Yisroel Shalom Taub shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Baltimore.
Shacharis: R' Dovid Eckstein shlit"a.
During the Torah reading the following were honored:
- Hotza'ah and Hachnasa: R' Anshel Lichtenstein (Williamsburg).
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Chaim Eliezer Davidovitch shlit"a.
- Kohen: R' Lipa Dresdner.
- Levi: the chasan Moshe, son of Shalom Yosef Levinger - bombarded with candies.
- Shlishi: HaGaon Av Beis Din of Linden shlit"a.
- Revi'i: the chasan Yisroel Aryeh, son of R' Chaim Eliezer Davidovitch shlit"a - bombarded with candies.
- Chamishi: the chasan Avrohom Dovid, son of R' Yoel Hersh Lichtenstein shlit"a - bombarded with candies.
The Rebbe called up by name, on the occasion of the birth of a daughter:
- R' Yaakov Friedman.
- R' Shlomo Zalman Levinger (Williamsburg).
- R' Eliezer Zusia Sofer.
- R' Moshe Aryeh Eckstein.
- R' Aryeh Hershkovitz.
- R' Yisroel Moshe Lux.
- Shevi'i: the chasan Aharon Menachem Gershon, son of Moshe Shraga Fogel - bombarded with candies.
- Acharon: the chasan Aryeh Leibush, son of Elchanan Taub - bombarded with candies.
- Maftir: R' Yaakov Hersh Friedman shlit"a.
- Hagbah: R' Mordechai Levinger.
- Gelilah: R' Moshe Shraga Fogel.

The haftarah of Parshas Re'eh was read, along with the first and last verses of the haftarah of Machar Chodesh.

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed the new month with great arousal, and approached Musaf in honor of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Yitev Lev zy"a, which falls next week on Shabbos, 6 Elul.
- Pesicha for Ane'im Zemiros: R' Dovid Hersh Seidman.

After davening, the bris of the newborn son of R' Yaakov Frankel took place, where the Rebbe was sandek. It ended at around 12:50.

At around 7:00 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Pirkei Avos. The Rebbe took as his topic Perek 5, Mishnah 20: "Yehuda ben Teima says: Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion." He explained it with 14 approaches in the manner of derush, aggadah and mussar. At the end the Rebbe urged everyone to prepare for the Yamim Noraim by learning the sefarim of the talmidei of the holy Baal Shem Tov, and encouraged learning the holy sefer Yitev Panim of the holy Yitev Lev zy"a, from the essays on the Yamim Noraim. Afterwards the Rebbe spoke about guarding the eyes in the offices, and strengthened Machon Avodah K'Halacha, which was established to give a hechsher to offices, and in this regard urged the business owners to implement it in their offices. At 7:55 the Rebbe concluded with his holy blessing and went into his private room.

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha at around 8:15. R' Elchanan Taub led the davening.

- Hotza'ah and Hachnasa: R' Yechezkel Shraga Stein shlit"a.
- Kohen: R' Mordechai Yehuda Friedman.
- Levi: R' Yoel Berger.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe's grandson HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash Rav Tuv.
The Rebbe went for Hagbah.
Gelilah: R' Avrohom Mordechai Gross.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe honored R' Chaim Heller with Odeh. Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

In his Torah, the Rebbe took as his topic the verse "Re'eh anochi nosein lifneichem hayom bracha," and brought out that when a Jew, Heaven forbid, commits many aveiros, he is trapped by the yetzer hara, which does not let him do teshuva. What is the advice? To have emunah in Hakadosh Baruch Hu. For if one has emunah, he becomes hekdesh, and hekdesh is released from servitude, and one is redeemed from the yetzer hara and can do teshuva. The Rebbe continued with powerful words of arousal toward the month of Elul, and strongly urged everyone to strengthen himself with emunah in Hakadosh Baruch Hu and to read Krias Shema properly, and in this way one will be able to do teshuva properly and emerge innocent in judgment.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Yitzchak Markovitch.
- Kel Mistateir: R' Anshel Lichtenstein.
The Rebbe made the blessing over the cup.
Hagbahas HaKos: the Rebbe's grandson HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a.
The Rebbe approached Maariv in honor of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Yitev Lev zy"a, which falls next week on Shabbos, 6 Elul. After Havdalah the tzibbur went over to say "A gutte vuch." It ended at around 10:30.

At around 11:45 a lechayim gathering was held in the inner sanctum together with the residents of the Shaagas Aryeh neighborhood in expanded Kiryas Joel, on the occasion of the Vaad for the Expansion of the City's Borders having purchased, this past 26 Av, a house with a lot on which a beis medrash and mikvah for all who need it will be built. A pleasant conversation unfolded with the rabbonim and neighborhood residents present regarding the expansion of the holy borders.
R' Berel Margaliyos shlit"a, chairman of the Vaad for the Expansion of the City's Borders, spoke. Joyous songs were sung, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and wished well to the rabbonim of the surrounding neighborhoods: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of our beis medrash Beis Shmuel in the Divrei Chaim neighborhood; the Zablitov Rebbe shlit"a; and HaGaon R' Yoel Oppenheim shlit"a, dayan of our beis medrash in the Zera Kodesh neighborhood; and to the residents of the neighborhood. Afterwards the Rebbe delivered words of blessing and wished that the funds to build the beis medrash be raised quickly and easily, and concluded with his holy blessing to the entire tzibbur.

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