The First Days of Yom Tov Sukkos, Zman Simchaseinu, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a in Our Holy Kehilla in Kiryas Joel

On Erev Yom Tov in the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a bound the lulav and recited the yehi ratzon.

At night, at around 7:30, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash and approached the amud for Mincha. Maariv was led by the honored HaGaon Rabbi Dovid, son of R' Mendel Eckstein shlit"a. After davening, the crowd went over to wish each other a good Yom Tov.

At around 11:15, the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the first "Ushpizin of Avrohom" in the large sukkah adjoining our great beis medrash, and recited the order of the Ushpizin together with the tefillah, as is customary.

Holding up the cup for Kiddush: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum (of Boro Park), son of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.

From the sweet fruits, the Rebbe shlit"a distributed shirayim to the ushpizin hosts.

The ushpizin hosts set out wine, and several brought delicacies in honor of Yom Tov. The Rebbe shlit"a tasted them and distributed shirayim.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored HaRav R' Avrohom Yuda Rosenberg with singing the piyut, and afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And Avrohom was old, advanced in days," explaining that through the Clouds of Glory, Klal Yisroel merited to taste a semblance of the World to Come; accordingly, as is well known, the same is true through the mitzvah of sukkah, that one can merit to feel a semblance of the World to Come.

At about 12:45, the Rebbe shlit"a honored R' Avrohom Weider with leading Birkas Hamazon.

This day of the festival of Sukkos, the time of our rejoicing

On the first day of Yom Tov in the morning, after the mikvah, the Rebbe shlit"a fulfilled with awe and love the mitzvah of the four minim in his private sukkah in his holy home, and set aside extra sets of the four minim for the visiting bochurim from abroad so that they could recite the blessing on an esrog.

At around 9:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for davening. Pesukei D'zimra: HaGaon Rabbi Yechezkel Lax shlit"a.

For Shacharis and Hallel, the Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud with outpouring of the soul and davened at length in the holy service; in particular, the Rebbe shlit"a performed the shaking of the lulav with devotion and holy emotion. After Hallel, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Hoshanos with great arousal and walked around the bimah in the beis medrash.

Those honored with removing and returning the Torah: HaGaon Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Gandel shlit"a and HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Greenfeld shlit"a. The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Perl shlit"a.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Hirtzka Kohn; Levi: R' Avrohom Yitzchak Landau (and so on); third: R' Avrohom Weider; fourth: R' Shmuel Aharon Landau; fifth: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and named the baby girl born to R' Aharon Weinstock.

Hagbah and gelilah were given to the Rebbe's grandsons. Hagbah of the first Torah: Rabbi Lipa Teitelbaum (of Yerushalayim), son of HaGaon R' Baruch shlit"a; gelilah: Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rokeach, son-in-law of HaGaon R' Shimon Zev Meisels shlit"a. Maftir: R' Moshe Eisdorfer (and so on); hagbah of the second Torah: Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum (of Boro Park), son of the Gaon Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a; gelilah: Rabbi Meir Eliezer Meisels, son of HaGaon R' Shimon Zev shlit"a.

Mussaf: HaGaon the Dayan shlit"a; the opening of Ani'im Zemiros: R' Ari Asher Stessel. It was already after 2 o'clock when the Rebbe shlit"a went home to his holy residence.

At the afternoon seudah at his holy residence, the Rebbe shlit"a honored his grandson, Rabbi Meir Eliezer Meisels, son of HaGaon R' Shimon Zev shlit"a, with singing the piyut; Birkas Hamazon: R' Moshe Falkowitz.

In the afternoon at around 7:40, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha. R' Shraga Gandel led the davening at the amud.

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