Leil Aleph of Shavuos 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Yom Tov the Rebbe made the Eruv Tavshilin and had the bread acquired through the bochur, the Shamash of the Rebbe shlit"a, on behalf of all the residents of the city, and afterwards lit a yizkor candle.

At around 8:50 in the evening the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha with great inspiration. Maariv: HaGaon R' Dovid Shlomo Laub shlit"a (Monsey).
The davening ended at around 9:55. The congregation went over to wish a gut Yom Tov and a "Sholom Aleichem" for a long time, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

In his holy residence the Rebbe engaged in Tikkun HaLeil until the tish, and recited the Tikkun Leil Shavuos, selections from the Torah.

At around 1:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the pure tish in the halls of the Beis Medrash HaGadol. Havdalah-style raising of the cup (Hagbahas HaKos): the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its environs shlit"a.

During the tish they lingered over Yom Tov niggunim, melodies of the sweetness and pleasantness of the Torah.
During the zemiros the Rebbe shlit"a honored the following:
- Piyut of Maariv: HaGaon R' Heniech Mordechai Meisels shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Medrash Talshava, Kiryas Joel.
- Ahavah Rabbah: HaGaon R' Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Medrash Sanz, Kiryas Joel.
Afterwards they sang "V'har Eineinu" for a longer time with great inspiration.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Midrash "When the Holy One, Blessed is He, gave the Torah to Israel, the nations of the world became envious of them," and explained that when the Jews left Egypt the impurity of Egypt was removed from them, and thus they were able to receive the Torah and feel the pleasantness and sweetness of learning Torah. Every year at the time of the giving of the Torah we are purified so that we can taste the sweetness of the Torah.

Birkas HaMazon: the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its environs shlit"a. They finished at around 3:35, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence, where the Rebbe went to the mikvah a few minutes before the aliyos.

First Day of Shavuos

At around 10:45 the Rebbe arrived at the Beis Medrash HaGadol and the Hachnasas Sefer Torah took place; it was brought in by R' Eliyahu, son of Yudel Steinmetz. The Rebbe took the Sefer Torah and danced holy dances on the eastern side, and afterwards recited "L'David Mizmor" as customary.

- Brachos: the Stanislav Rebbe of London shlit"a.
- Pesukei D'Zimra: the Gaon, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of our kehilla in Yerushalayim shlit"a.
The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis, Yotzer and Hallel. At Ahavah Rabbah they sang the traditional niggun of the holy Rebbe R' Hersh of Rimanov zy"a with great inspiration and with tears.

- Hotza'ah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): HaGaon R' Shaul Yechezkel Schwartz shlit"a, Dayan of the Beis Medrash Lev Aharon of our holy kehilla in Boro Park, and HaGaon R' Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel in the Divrei Chaim neighborhood of Kiryas Joel.
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Simcha Sholom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Medrash Divrei Chaim.

The Rebbe went up to the bimah and the Kohen, HaRav R' Berel Glanz shlit"a of Bardiov, Kiryas Joel, was called up. The Rebbe recited Akdamus in a voice like flames of fire, with holy emotion and longing, and then read the Torah with great inspiration.

Aliyos:
- Levi: the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a.
- Shlishi: the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg and its environs shlit"a.
- Revi'i: the Gaon, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.
- Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After the aliyah the Rebbe called the names of the following in honor of the birth of a daughter:
- R' Moshe Yeshaya, son of R' Asher Fuchs.
- R' Berish, son of R' Meir Wertheimer.
- R' Yaakov, son of R' Shraga Zev Weiss.
- R' Shmuel, son of R' Chaim Gutman.
- R' Yeruchem, son of R' Avrohom Yitzchak Jacob.
- R' Avrohom, son of R' Yisroel Weingarten.
- R' Menachem, son of R' Pinchas Menachem Klein.
- R' Berel, son of R' Yisroel Halpert.
- R' Yosef Hersh, son of R' Shraga Yitzchak Mertz (Williamsburg).
- R' Yosef Binyomin Heller (Williamsburg).
- R' Menachem, son of R' Baruch Glick (Williamsburg).
- R' Yoel, son of Yitzchak, son of R' Asher Schwartz (Williamsburg).

- Hagbah of the first sefer: R' Aharon Veltz (Boro Park).
- Gelilah: R' Shmuel Zanvil Wertheimer (Monsey).
- Maftir: R' Chaim Lowy (Vienna).
- Hagbah: R' Shlomo Zalman Feder (Williamsburg).
- Gelilah: R' Yitzchak Schiff (Monsey).

- Mussaf: the Gaon, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.
- Opening of Ane'im Zemiros: R' Yoel Yuda Rubinfeld (Williamsburg)
They finished at around 3:20, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

After a few minutes the Rebbe entered the beis medrash for the kreplach tish. The Rebbe made Kiddush and tasted mezonos and fish, and from the dough of the dairy kreplach, and drank a coffee.
Yom Tov niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe shared the "Kreplach Pshetl" with the fire of Torah and the joy of Torah, a longer pilpul on the topic of "an affirmative commandment overrides a negative commandment and an affirmative commandment."
Afterwards the Rebbe read the Tena'im between Israel and their Father in Heaven, and they sang "U'vau Kulam" and "Elyonim Sasu." They finished at around 4:00.

At the afternoon seudah in his holy residence, the Rebbe honored the bochur Leibush, son of HaGaon R' Aharon Meisels shlit"a, son of the Gaon, Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a, with Ahavah Rabbah.
The Rebbe said Torah on Rashi's comment "in this language and in this order," and explained that every mitzvah and aveirah of a Jew is recorded on the place of the Beis HaMikdash, and at the giving of the Torah all of Klal Yisroel saw it with their own eyes.
Birkas HaMazon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a (Boro Park), son of the Gaon, Rav of the Beis Medrash, R' Yisroel Sholom shlit"a.

Before candle lighting the Rebbe went to the mikvah in honor of Shabbos Kodesh.

The Rebbe placed the shtreimel on the grooms:
- The groom Nachman, son of R' Yoel, son of R' Moshe Landau.
- The groom Mendel Gershon, son of R' Yoel, son of R' Aharon Simon.
- The groom Moshe, son of R' Yoel Hersh Lichtenstein shlit"a.


The Rebbe entered for Mincha at around 8:55.
- Baal Tefillah: HaGaon R' Yoel Schwartz shlit"a, Dayan of the Beis Medrash Binyan Gelbstein of our kehilla in Williamsburg.
- Kabbalas Shabbos and Maariv: R' Elazar Mendel Filipf shlit"a (Williamsburg).
The davening ended at around 10:10. The congregation went over to wish a gut Shabbos and gut Yom Tov, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 12:55 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the pure tish in the Heichal HaShulchanos, and began in his holy manner "Sholom Aleichem" with emotion and sweetness through "Melech Tamim Darko."
- Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a.
- Raising of the cup: the Rebbe's grandson R' Lipa Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the Gaon, Rav of the Beis Medrash Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

During the tish Yom Tov Shavuos niggunim were sung.
During the zemiros the Rebbe honored the following:
- Kol Mekadesh: the Stanislav Rebbe of London shlit"a.
- Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Eliezer Goldman shlit"a of Zvehil, Yerushalayim.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "And Israel encamped there opposite the mountain" and explained in the manner of derush on the topic of "Eretz Yisroel is held by us from our forefathers."

- Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Meir Margaliot shlit"a (Monsey).
- Birkas HaMazon: R' Hershel Kahana shlit"a (Boro Park).
The new grooms went over to take fruit. The Shalom Zachor took place at the homes of:
- R' Moshe Aryeh Friedman.
- R' Yoel Chaira.

- Az B'Yom HaShevi'i: R' Tzvi Akiva Breitstein (Beit Shemesh).
They finished at around 2:30.

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