Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Bereishis – Mevarchim Chodesh Cheshvan – 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, at the guest residence of R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz in Kiryas Joel HaMeuchedes

In the afternoon hours, a siyum on the writing of a Sefer Torah took place at the guest residence, for the Sefer Torah that was written by R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein, specially for the aron kodesh in the Rebbe shlit"a's holy home. It was brought in this Shabbos to the beis medrash at the guest residence. The Rebbe wrote in the final letters and offered blessings to R' Naftali Hirtzka and his family. Afterwards the Rebbe went for hagbah and danced with the open Sefer Torah for several minutes. His father, the Shabbos guest R' Shlomo Zalman Stein, was honored with gelilah. Afterwards the Rebbe broke out in a joyous dance in honor of the Torah.

At around 6:50 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and approached the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Shlomo Zalman Horowitz. They finished at around 8:15, and the assembled crowd came over to wish a good Shabbos.

The Rebbe held the Shabbos seudah in a private setting at the guest residence.
At around 10:00 the doors were opened for the zemiros and divrei Torah.
- Kol Mekadesh: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Borzesky shlit"a.
- Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Binyamin Lichtenstein shlit"a (of Williamsburg).

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the connection of the end of the Torah to its beginning, "before the eyes of all Israel" – "Bereishis bara," and explained it in a homiletic manner on the topic of "yesh em lamesores."

- Kah Echsof: R' Chaim Hersh Oberlander.
- Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Shimon Deutsch shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Shaarei Chaim in the Chacham Tzvi neighborhood of Kiryas Joel.

Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a related stories about the Rozhin Rebbe zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Wednesday, 3 Cheshvan.

- Kah Ribon Olam: R' Gershon Schlesinger (of Williamsburg).
- Az B'Yom HaShevi'i: R' Yoel Klein (of Yerushalayim).
They finished at around 12:00.

U'v'Yom HaShabbos

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered for davening at around 10:00.
- Berachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: Rabbi Binyamin Lichtenstein shlit"a.
- Shacharis: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Meir Eliezer Meisels shlit"a, son of the Rav of Beis Medrash Yismach Moshe shlit"a.

Before the Torah reading, the simchas hachnasas Sefer Torah took place. The Rebbe led the holy dancing with joy and elevation, and afterwards recited "L'Dovid Mizmor" as is customary.

- Pesicha: R' Yaakov Menachem Berkowitz.
- Baal Korei: Rabbi Avrohom Leib Landau shlit"a.
Aliyos:
- Kohen: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Borzesky shlit"a.
- Levi: R' Simcha Yisroel Apfel.
- Shlishi: the Shabbos guest R' Shlomo Zalman Stein.
- Revi'i: R' Yoel Klein.
- Chamishi: R' Avrohom Yaakov Weinberger.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Shevi'i: R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein.
- Acharon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Meir Eliezer Meisels shlit"a.
- Maftir: the Shabbos guest bochur Shneur Zalman Eckstein.
- Hagbah: Rabbi Avrohom Leib Landau shlit"a.
- Gelilah: the bochur Avrohom Abba son of R' Wolf Perl.
After the reading the Rebbe blessed the new month with great inspiration.
- Carrying the Sefer Torah to the aron kodesh: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel Goldstein.

- Mussaf: R' Yoel Klein.
- Opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Yoel Weider.

After davening, a Kiddusha Rabba was held in the hall of the beis medrash in honor of the hachnasas Sefer Torah. The Rebbe made Kiddush, joyous and Torah niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe warmly blessed R' Naftali Hirtzka and his family.
Joyous niggunim were also sung in honor of the kiddusha rabba of the Rebbe's granddaughter, the daughter born to his grandson Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum shlit"a, held in our great beis medrash in Williamsburg. She was named in Israel "Malka" after the righteous Rebbetzin, wife of the Sar Shalom of Belz zy"a, and the crowd came over to wish mazel tov to the Rebbe shlit"a.
They finished at around 12:50.

Raava D'Raavin

The Rebbe entered for Mincha at around 6:50.
- Baal Tefillah: R' Hersh Leib Fogel.
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Avrohom Yitzchak Markowitz.
- Baal Korei: the Shabbos guest R' Shlomo Zalman Stein.
- Kohen: R' Eliezer Dovid Glick.
- Levi: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Wertzberger.
- Shlishi: R' Dovid Eckstein.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: Rabbi Nachman Brach shlit"a (Beit Shemesh).
- Carrying the Sefer Torah to the aron kodesh: R' Chaim Hersh Oberlander

The Rebbe honored zemiros at Shalosh Seudos.
- Odeh: HaGaon R' Yoel Weiss shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Pekudas HaLevi in the Beis Yosef neighborhood (Jefferson).
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Dovid Eckstein.

The Rebbe said a Torah thought on the verse "Bereishis bara Elokim" and explained that through learning Torah, as even one who sits and learns has Hashem with him, Hashem in His abundant mercy and kindness views a blemish of sin as it appears in this world, and not as grave as it appears in the upper worlds, and thus teshuva is effective. He roused the crowd that we now stand after the month of Elul and Tishrei and before the long winter season. Every Jew did teshuva for his sins, and likewise each one accepted upon himself good resolutions in learning Torah. Now is the time to pay off these resolutions and be engaged in Torah study, and thus merit that Hashem is with him, and through this we will merit that our teshuva of the days of Elul and Tishrei be accepted by Hashem.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein.
- Kel Mistateir: R' Yoel Klein.
The Rebbe blessed over the cup.

- Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Naftali Sofer.
After Maariv the crowd came over to wish a good week.
They finished at around 8:45, after which the Rebbe made Havdalah at the guest residence.

At around 12:30 the Rebbe addressed, via a hookup, a siyum on Maseches Kiddushin by graduates of our holy mosdos in Williamsburg, ninth grade, which took place in the halls of Gan Esther. The Rebbe spoke in praise of the bochurim who toiled in Torah the entire year, completed Maseches Kiddushin and rose ever higher in the service of Hashem, and blessed all the bochurim who are now entering the yeshivos ketanos abundantly, that they continue to succeed in growing in Torah and yiras Shamayim.

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