Second Day of Rosh Hashana 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On the second day of Yom Tov in the morning, the Rebbe entered at around 8:25.

As on the first day, the Rebbe conducted the holy service. The Rebbe recited the brachos beforehand, and the baal tefillah began singing Adon Olam. Pesukei D'Zimra: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yitzchak Tzvi Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Uhel. The Rebbe recited "V'chorus" verse by verse. Shacharis: R' Berish Apfel.
The following were honored with the Pesichos at Shacharis:
- R' Yoshe Wertzberger.
- R' Yudel Katz.
- R' Moshe Chaim Schreiber.
- R' Hershel Feierstein.
- Rabbi Chaim Berish Filaf shlit"a.
- R' Yosef Schreiber.
They finished at around 11:50.

After a short break, the Rebbe entered wearing the kittel, the silver kapel, and the white bekitshe with stripes.
- Hotza'ah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): Rabbi Meir Leib Katina shlit"a and Rabbi Shmuel, son of Rabbi Friedman shlit"a.
- Verses of Shema Yisroel: the baal bris, grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Avrohom Yoshe Heshel Rokeach shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yisroel Shalom shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash.
- Carrying the Sefer Torah to the bimah: Rabbi Yisroel Hersh Weiss shlit"a and R' Asher Weider (Montreal).
The Rebbe shlit"a was the baal koreh, and read with tears and great arousal.

Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Yitzchak Elkim Schwartz.
- Levi: R' Elazar Gruber.
- Shlishi: R' Yeshaya Binyamin Spielman.
- Revi'i: R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman.
- Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Hagbah of the first Sefer: R' Shabsi Oberlander.
- Gelilah: R' Yoel Bernath.
- Maftir: R' Meir Hirsch.
- Hagbah of the second Sefer: R' Yehuda Weiss.
- Gelilah: R' Yitzchak Shlomo Palatchek.
They finished at 12:35. There was a pause; the Rebbe went to the mikvah and then into his private room.

At around 1:35 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in the tallis and kapel of the holy Divrei Yoel zy"a, and wearing the kittel of his father, the holy Beirach Moshe zy"a. The Rebbe ascended to the Aron Kodesh and prayed a silent prayer, then began the festive drasha before the blowing of the shofar, on the verse "Ashrei ha'am yodei teruah." He explained that when Hashem looks upon a person, a blessing descends; therefore we ask "Hashkifah mi'meon kodshecha u'varech es amcha Yisroel," and this is what Avrohom Avinu prayed with the words "asher yei'amer hayom b'har Hashem yeira'eh," that Hashem should look upon Klal Yisroel,

and he spoke at length with words of mussar: when one considers that Hashem is looking at us, and how we look, sadly, smeared with aveiros, one must feel great shame. This feeling of shame alone is a remedy for a person, as Chazal say: "Whoever commits a sin and is ashamed, all his sins are forgiven." But one needs merit to be able to reach true shame. He urged that now, before the blowing of the shofar, we make a true cheshbon hanefesh, and perhaps in this way merit complete teshuva and true shame. He concluded with a blessing.

After the drasha the Rebbe recited Kaddish D'Rabbanan; they finished at around 1:55.
A bris for a newborn son took place at R' Yechezkel Shraga Landau (Montreal), where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

Afterward the Rebbe shlit"a ascended to the bimah.
The Sifrei Torah were held by:
- R' Mendel Levy.
- R' Aharon Spitzer.
The Rebbe recited "Min HaMeitzar," made the blessings with holy fire, and blew the tekios d'meyushav. The baal makri was HaGaon HaGadol, the Dayan and Moreh Tzedek shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the Mussaf prayer and recited "Hineni He'ani Mima'as." Kaddish was at 2:45. The baal tokei'a for the tekios d'me'umad was HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shlomo Zevil shlit"a, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of Beis Dov beis medrash.

"Shluchei amcha Beis Yisroel ha'omdim levakesh tefillah v'sachanunim..." As on the first day, the prayers were one piece of holy emotion, with weeping from time to time and a voice hewing flames of fire, which stirred the entire expanse of the beis medrash.

The following were honored with the Pesichos at Mussaf:
- R' Avrohom Shalom Landau.
- R' Avrohom Meir Rosenwasser.
- R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger.
- Rabbi Eliyahu Shlomo Kahn shlit"a.
- R' Moshe Eliezer Katz.

R' Avrohom Yoshe Gefen and R' Yekusiel Yosef Neiman were honored with supporting the Rebbe at the kneeling.

R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld led the Kuh, and the opening of Na'im Zemiros was led by R' Wolf Farkash. They finished at around 5:35.

After Mussaf a bris for a newborn son took place at the grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Avrohom Yoshe Heshel Rokeach shlit"a.
The Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandek and mohel. The sandek who held the baby while standing: HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yisroel Shalom shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash. Brachos and naming: the Rebbe shlit"a. "V'yikarei shemo b'Yisroel": Meir, after the grandfather, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Kozlov zt"l.
After the bris, joyous melodies were sung and the Rebbe wished the congregation "Mazel tov."
Then Mincha was davened. Baal tefillah: Rabbi Isamar Meizlish shlit"a. For Shemoneh Esrei the Rebbe davened with the tallis over his head. They finished at around 6:10.

The Rebbe washed for the seudas bris in his holy home together with the family.

At around 7:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the continuation of the holy tish, the closing of the days of Rosh Hashana and the seudas bris, in the main beis medrash.

Kugel and sweet carrots were brought in. Melodies of the Yamim Noraim were sung, and Rabbi Hershel Kahn shlit"a sang a traditional melody of the holy R' Yisroel of Pikov zy"a, son of the holy Kedushas Levi zy"a.

- Atah Nigleisa: HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yisroel Shalom shlit"a, Rav of the beis medrash.
- Yom L'Yabasha: the baal bris, Rabbi Avrohom Yoshe Heshel Rokeach shlit"a.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "Tiku vachodesh shofar bakeseh l'yom chageinu," explaining that Hashem has the law of a husband toward a wife in relation to Klal Yisroel: a wife who broke a vessel in her husband's house is exempt. When a Jew commits an aveira, even though he damages the upper worlds, he is exempt. Likewise, a get given when the husband is near is not effective; since Hashem's glory fills the whole earth, no get from Hashem to Klal Yisroel can take effect. And Klal Yisroel has the law of a wife toward her husband with respect to Hashem, and is therefore obligated in the obligations of a husband to a wife. He concluded with abundant blessings, saying that "zman cheiruseinu" has the numerical value of the year 5787, and that this year should be a "zman cheiruseinu": freedom from the yetzer hara, freedom from the Malach HaMaves, freedom from every worry and anguish, and freedom from the golus. "There is no free person except one who engages in Torah," a year of Torah study, until the coming of the true Redeemer, b'Bias Go'el Tzedek, Amen.

The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup, and honored the family members with the Harachaman prayers.

- Maariv of Motzei Yom Tov: R' Shalom Meir Eckstein.
After Havdalah the Rebbe wished the entire congregation "a gutte voch, a gut yahr," and thanked the singers.
They finished at around 9:00, and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with song and music.

May our prayers be accepted with mercy and favor.

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