"Yom Teruah Yihyeh Lachem" — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On the first day of Yom Tov in the morning, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 8:15.

The Rebbe shlit"a poured out his holy tefillos privately between himself and his Creator, with a broken and trembling heart, begging for mercy like a poor man at the door, with awesome weeping that was heard throughout the entire beis medrash and made the hearts of the thousands of mispallelim tremble.
The Rebbe recited the berachos beforehand, and then the baal tefillah began singing Adon Olam. Pesukei D'zimrah: HaRav HaGaon R' Avrohom Shalom Friedman shlit"a, one of the roshei hakollelim. The Rebbe recited "Vechorus" verse by verse. Shacharis: HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan U'Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.
The following were honored with the pesichos at Shacharis:
- R' Shlomo Wertzberger
- R' Selig Indig
- R' Shalom Yuda Klein
- R' Meir Wertheimer
They finished at around 11:30.

After a short break the Rebbe entered wearing the kittel, silver kappel, and white stockings and bekitshe.
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah) were given as honors to HaRav HaGaon R' Yosef Hersh Soifer shlit"a, moreh tzedek, and HaRav HaGaon R' Nosson Dov Schwartz shlit"a, moreh tzedek.
- The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yitzchak Tzvi Weiss shlit"a of Uhel, Boro Park.
- Carrying the Sefer Torah to the bimah: R' Moshe Goldberger and R' Chaim Kornbluh.

The Rebbe was the baal korei and read the Torah with tears and great hislahavus. The aliyos:
- Kohen: the chassan of the Shabbos Kodesh, R' Shmuel HaKohen Friedman.
- Levi: R' Elazar Gruber.
- Shlishi: R' Avrohom Wieder.
- Revi'i: R' Lipa Gross.
- Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After the aliyah, the Rebbe recited the Shehecheyanu-name blessing for the birth of a daughter for:
- R' Mendel, son of R' Yoel Epstein
- R' Aharon, son of R' Yoel Eckstein
- R' Yoel, son of R' Yehoshua Shmaya
- R' Chaim Shimon Glauber

- Hagbah of the first sefer: R' Yuda Weiss.
- Gelilah: R' Avrohom Klein.
- Maftir: R' Meir Hirsch.
- Hagbah of the second sefer: R' Moshe Avrohom Lefkowitz (Boro Park).
- Gelilah: R' Chaim Tager.
They finished at 12:10.

There was a pause; the Rebbe went to the mikvah and then into his private room.

At 1:10 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in the tallis, kappel and kittel of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The Rebbe went up to the aron kodesh, davened a silent tefillah, and began the festive "Tekias Shofar drasha" on the verse "Ashrei HaAm Yodei Teruah." He explained that when the Beis HaMikdash stood, people merited humility and self-nullification in the holy place; through the sound of the shofar one is purified so as to be able to approach Hashem in our times as well.
Another aspect: on Rosh Hashana, Jews need to draw near with the help of the earlier tzaddikim in order to purify themselves; at the blowing of the shofar, the merit of Yaakov Avinu is awakened, through which one has the strength to do teshuva properly. He concluded with a hint, "Biglal Avos Toshia Banim": "Toshia" has the gematria of Tashpu (5786), and we hope and pray that the holy forefathers will save us and that we will soon merit the salvation of Yisroel with the complete redemption. He concluded with abundant berachos in all matters for the entire congregation.
After the drasha the Rebbe recited Kaddish D'Rabbanan; they finished at around 1:40.

Then the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the bimah.
The sifrei Torah were held by:
- R' Shalom Yitzchak Daskal (Bnei Brak)
- R' Aharon Spitzer
The Rebbe recited "Min HaMeitzar," made the berachos over a holy fire, and blew the tekios d'meyushav. The baal makri was HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan U'Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Musaf and recited "Hineni He'ani Mima'as," and began Kaddish at about 2:10.

The baal tokei'a at the tekios d'omed was HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shlomo Zabel shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash Beis Dov.
The Rebbe shlit"a davened from a machzor in Nusach Tefillah Yeshara.
Standing before the aron kodesh in awe, with Your people surrounding them like a wall, taking part in the holy service with awe and fear, with spiritual stirring and holy emotion during Musaf, and especially at the verses of Malchiyos, Zichronos and Shofros, with a penetrating voice and a heart poured out like water, "the eyes of Your people are lifted and eyes look hopefully to You."

Honored with the pesichos at Musaf:
- R' Yehoshua Wertzberger
- R' Mordechai Landau
- R' Yaakov Mittelman
- R' Yudel Steinmetz
- R' Berel Herskowitz

R' Yoel Epstein and R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss were honored with lifting the Rebbe at Korim.

R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld approached for "Kavei"; the opening of "Anim Zemiros": R' Aryeh Hoffman (Monsey). They finished at around 5:30 and immediately davened Mincha. Before the amud was R' Aharon Spitzer. For Shemoneh Esrei the Rebbe davened with the tallis over his head. They finished at around 6:00.

At the midday tish in his holy home, the Rebbe honored his grandson HaRav Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a with the zemiros.
The Rebbe said Torah on the text "B'ein Melitz Yosher Mul Magid Pesha," explaining that through emunah a Jew has life and is not rejected, and told several stories about Rosh Hashana.

For bentching, the Rebbe honored HaRav Yoel Weinberger shlit"a.

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