Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Haazinu — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At about 7:15 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha.
Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Yoel Ezra Levi. They finished at about 8:45. The congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At about 9:15 the Rebbe entered the tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the talmidim of the Yeshivas Ketanos, the Derech HaTorah branch and the Shevil HaTorah branch, and with the bochurim from abroad, guests from Eretz Yisroel and Europe, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness.
Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Naftali Elimelech Teitelbaum, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a. Hagbahas HaKos: Rabbi Shmuel Low shlit"a, dayan of the Divrei Yoel beis medrash in London.

The Rebbe shlit"a distributed honors for the zemiros.
- Kol Mekadesh: HaRav R' Yoel Offenheim shlit"a, director of the Derech HaTorah yeshiva branch and dayan of our beis medrash in the Zera Kodesh neighborhood.
- Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Yoel Neiman shlit"a, director of the Shevil HaTorah yeshiva branch.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Ya'arof kamatar likchi" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the sugya of a mitzvah performed through an aveira.

- Kah Echsof: R' Eliyahu Landau - London.
- Birchas Hamazon: Rabbi Shmuel Low shlit"a.
This week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories about the holy Kozhnitzer Maggid zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Erev Sukkos.
- Kah Ribon Olam: R' Avrohom Moshe Heiman - London.
The new chassanim went over to take fruit.
- Az B'Yom HaShevi'i: Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Feierstein shlit"a.
They finished at about 12:10.

Shabbos Kodesh Day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered for davening at about 9:40.
- Brachos: R' Berish Gefen.
- Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Chaim Yaakov Gutman.
For Shacharis the Rebbe approached the amud and sent to lead the chazaras hashatz his grandson Rabbi Lipa Rubin shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a.

- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Shmuel Zanvil Polatsek.
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Shmuel Low shlit"a.
Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Yosef Leib Kahana - London.
- Levi: R' Yoel Ezra Levi - the Rebbe called him up by name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Shlishi: R' Yoel Bar"v Farkash - the Rebbe called him up by name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Revi'i: R' Yaakov Moshe Polatsek - the Rebbe called him up by name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Chamishi: R' Yehoshua Brish Friedman - the Rebbe called him up by name in honor of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Shevi'i: R' Moshe Kappel - London.
- Acharon: R' Shlomo Zalman Weiss.
- Maftir: R' Hershel Herskowitz.
- Hagbah: R' Wolf Farkash.
- Gelilah: R' Yosef Bram"a Freund - London.

Mussaf: Rabbi Yehoshua Oesterreicher shlit"a - London. Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Eliyahu Landau - London. They finished at about 12:25.

The Rebbe conducted the seudah in the hall in his holy home together with the bochurim from Eretz Yisroel and Europe and the out-of-town bochurim of the Derech HaTorah and Shevil HaTorah yeshiva branches. Hagbahas HaKos: R' Yosef Bram"a Freund.
They lingered with Shabbos and Yom Tov nigunim, and the Rebbe distributed honors for the zemiros.
- Baruch Hashem Yom Yom: R' Eliyahu Landau.
- Baruch Kel Elyon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Baruch Rokeach shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Ohel Feiga beis medrash shlit"a.
The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Ya'arof kamatar likchi" and explained that through doing teshuva out of fear on Yom Kippur, Hakadosh Baruch Hu gives a gift of teshuva out of love on Yom Tov Sukkos.
- Birchas Hamazon: the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Ohel Feiga beis medrash shlit"a.
They finished at about 2:20.

Shalosh Seudos

The Rebbe entered for Mincha at about 7:05.
- Mincha: R' Yaakov Moshe Mittelman.
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Avrohom Moshe Heiman - London.
- Kohen: Rabbi Eliyahu Shlomo Kohn shlit"a.
- Levi: R' Elisha Yoel Rosenfeld.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe's son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, Rav of the Yismach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Elimelech Fogel - Montreal.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe distributed honors for the zemiros.
- Odeh: R' Shlomo Hersh Bar"m Eckstein.
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Ya'arof kamatar likchi" and explained that Yom Tov Sukkos bestows that the chassadim that were inscribed on Yom Kippur should be revealed and that people should see the chassadim. He concluded with many brachos that chassadim should descend in which all will rejoice, and that it should be a true "Z'man Simchaseinu" for all of Klal Yisroel.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Yitzchak Markowitz.
- Kel Mistatter: R' Yokel Schlesinger - London.
The Rebbe recited the bracha over the cup.

Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: R' Yosef Hersh Miller. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a gutte voch. They finished at about 9:10.

After Havdalah the Rebbe spent an extended time selecting lulavim and hadassim in his holy home for Yom Tov Sukkos.

At about 11:15 a siyum on the writing of a Sefer Torah took place in the Rebbe's holy home, for the Sefer Torah being written by R' Berish Stern, which will be dedicated on Chol Hamoed Sukkos. The Rebbe wrote the final letters, drank a lechayim, and shared of his holy brachos. Afterwards he went to hagbah and danced with the open Sefer Torah, and R' Berish went to gelilah, and the Rebbe continued the dancing.

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