Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Devarim – Shabbos Chazon, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, in the resort town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire

For this Shabbos, a group of outstanding talmidim of the Mesivta, Beirach Moshe branch, were chosen to spend it b'tzeil hakodesh.

On Erev Shabbos, after the mikvah, the following gave answers to the question that the Rebbe left over in yeshiva:
- The bochur Yoel Hersh, son of Mordechai Gelber (Yerushalayim).
- The bochur Eliezer, son of Yosef Menachem Wagschal (Monsey).
- The bochur Avrohom, son of Bentzion Weinberger (Monsey).

Friday night at around 9:00 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Leibish Prans (Monsey). They finished at around 10:30. The congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos and to greet the Rebbe, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:55 the Rebbe came to the holy tish in the beis medrash together with the yeshiva talmidim and many guests from among the chassidim, and began, as is his holy custom, with Sholom Aleichem, with emotion and sweetness.
- Eishes Chayil: the grandson of the Rebbe, the bochur Yoel Dushinsky, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.
- Raising of the cup: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.
- Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Gutman shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our holy kehilla, Kiryas Joel.
- Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Shmuel Kraus shlit"a, rebbi in the yeshiva.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "These are the words that Moshe spoke," and explained, in the manner of a derush, the topic of whether the word "es" is subject to interpretation (derashah).

- Kah Echsof: Rabbi Elazar Mermelstein shlit"a, rebbi in the yeshiva.
- Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.
- Rachem: R' Mordechai Hersh Farkash (Kiryas Joel).

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a told stories about the holy Chozeh of Lublin zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Thursday, Tisha B'Av.

- Kah Ribon Olam: R' Yitzchak Yosef Grad (Williamsburg).
The newly married young men went over to take shirayim. A Shalom Zachar for a newborn son was held at the home of R' Mordechai Leib Markowitz (Kiryas Joel).
- Az B'Yom HaShvi'i: Rabbi Yoel, son of R' Avrohom Eckstein shlit"a (Kiryas Joel).
They finished at around 2:00.

And on the day of Shabbos

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe came in to daven at around 9:45.
- Berachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: Rabbi Yoshe Zalman Wertzberger shlit"a (Kiryas Joel).
The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis.

- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Gershon Menachem Neustadt (Boro Park).
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Yoel, son of R' Shraga Mittelman (Montreal).
- Baal Koreh: the bochur Yaakov Mordechai, son of Levi Yitzchak Teitelbaum (Williamsburg).
Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Bentzion Avrohom Kohn (Kiryas Joel).
- Levi: Rabbi Elazar Mermelstein shlit"a.
- Shlishi: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.
- Revi'i: R' Mordechai Hersh Farkash.
- Chamishi: R' Refael Perlmutter (Monsey).
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a – the Rebbe's aliyah was purchased by R' Refael Perlmutter; the Rebbe thanked him and instructed that a Mi Sheberach be made.
- Shevi'i: R' Yitzchak Eizik Fischer (Kiryas Joel).
- Hosafos: the bar mitzvah bochur, son of Refael Perlmutter.
- The bar mitzvah bochur, son of HaGaon Rabbi Yoel Gutman shlit"a.
- The bar mitzvah bochur, son of Yoel, son of R' Chaim Boruch Pilef (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Mordechai Leib Markowitz.
- Rabbi Yoel Eckstein shlit"a (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Reuven Glantz (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Moshe Yitzchak Itzkowitz (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Avrohom Shmuel Farkash (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Yoel, son of R' Avrohom Goldberger (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Yosef Chaviv Masri (Kiryas Joel).
- R' Yosef Dov Rosenfeld (Kiryas Joel).
- Rabbi Shmuel Kraus shlit"a.
- R' Yoel Fogel (Antwerp).
- Acharon: R' Shalom Yosef Levy (Kiryas Joel).
- Maftir: HaGaon Rabbi Hillel Rabinowitz shlit"a.
- Hagbah: R' Meir Yaakov, son of R' Yisroel Landau (Kiryas Joel).
- Gelilah: the boy Bentzion Avrohom Kohn.

- Mussaf: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beis Medrash Ohel Feiga shlit"a.
- Introduction to Anim Zemiros: R' Yosef Dov Rosenfeld.
They finished at around 1:00.

At the Seudas Atika Kadisha the Rebbe came over to the beis medrash for the zemiros and divrei Torah at around 3:05. They sang niggunim of galus and geulah, the Rebbe tasted from the challah and kugel and wished lechayim.
They continued with niggunim of longing for the complete Redemption, and the Rebbe stood up and danced to Achakeh Lo for an extended time.
- Baruch Hashem Yom Yom: R' Yosef Dov Rosenfeld.
- Baruch Kel Elyon: R' Moshe Shmuel Samet (Kiryas Joel).

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "These are the words that Moshe spoke," and explained that if one does not do teshuvah for an aveirah, it is even worse than the aveirah itself, and this is the meaning of "chata'u b'chaflayim" (they sinned doubly), and therefore "lakchu b'chaflayim" (they were punished doubly).

- Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Rabbi Hillel Rabinowitz shlit"a.
They finished at around 4:00.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe came in for Mincha at around 9:00.
- Baal Tefilla: R' Yoel, son of R' Shmuel Friedman (Monsey).
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Amram Yoel Shalaman (Boro Park).
- Baal Koreh: Rabbi Shmuel Kraus shlit"a.
- Kohen: R' Dovid Yuda Kahn (Kiryas Joel).
- Levi: R' Yuda Leib, son of R' Avrohom Mermelstein (Kiryas Joel).
- Shlishi: R' Gershon Menachem Neustadt.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: the bochur Aharon, son of Gershon Menachem Neustadt.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe honored the following with zemiros.
- Odeh: Rabbi Yaakov Shalom Weiss shlit"a (Kiryas Joel).
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Refael Perlmutter.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "These are the words that Moshe spoke," and explained that if a person is careful to speak only the truth, then Hashem helps him be saved from the yetzer hara and he will not stumble in the severe aveiros. At the time of the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, people were not careful with the trait of truth, and they stumbled in the severe aveiros, and this brought about the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
The Rebbe continued with words of mussar: now, in the days of Bein HaMetzarim, "Every generation in which the Beis HaMikdash is not rebuilt, it is as if it was destroyed in its days," and this is because today too, people are not careful to speak only the truth, and we live in a country where everything is founded on falsehood, and people are dragged along by it. The Rebbe quoted the holy Chasam Sofer zy"a: "When you merit, you count toward the rebuilding, and if you do not merit, you count toward the destruction." The Chasam Sofer used to calculate how many years had passed since the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, and with a weeping voice he would say that it has already been 1,958 years since the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash and we have still not been redeemed. The Rebbe concluded and blessed that we should merit to cling to the trait of truth and merit complete teshuvah, and through this we will merit that these days be turned into joy and gladness with the coming of the true Redeemer, bimheira b'yameinu, Amen.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld.
- Kel Mistateir: Rabbi Yoel Berkowitz shlit"a, son of the Gaon HaGadol, dayan and moreh tzedek of Kiryas Joel shlit"a.
The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup.

- Maariv Motzei Shabbos: R' Hersh Elimelech Glick (Montreal).
After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a good week. They finished at around 11:30.

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