Leil Beis of Yom Tov, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At the time, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Maariv. The baal tefillah was HaGaon R' Dovid Eckstein. After Maariv, the Rebbe shlit"a went up onto the aron kodesh and wished a good Yom Tov to the entire tzibbur in general.

At around 11:10, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shulchan Aruch table in the Heichal HaShulchanos, dressed in a new kaftan for the bracha of Shehechiyanu.
Lifting the cup for Kiddush: HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, moreh tzedek and dayan of the Dinov beis medrash in Kiryas Joel.
The fruits had been prepared on the table. The Rebbe made a bracha on a date and tasted from the fruits, and afterwards distributed shirayim from the dates to the entire crowd.

For the zemiros, the Rebbe honored R' Yoel Yosef Teitelbaum (of Williamsburg).

The Rebbe shlit"a said a Torah thought on the verse "He shall receive a blessing from Hashem," explaining that "kol" means even a little bit, and "u'verachticha b'chol asher ta'aseh" means that even if a person makes only some effort, a great blessing will come and abundant parnassah will flow.

Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, dayan of the Dinov beis medrash. They finished at around 12:20.

U'Nesaneh Tokef — the sanctity of the day

After Olas, the Rebbe went to the mikvah, and then returned home to his holy residence.

"As his deeds on the first, so are his deeds on the second": on the morning of the second day of Yom Tov, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 8:10.

Pesukei D'zimra: HaGaon R' Dovid Perl shlit"a. Shacharis: HaRav R' Berish Apfel. They finished at around 12:00.

After a short break, the Rebbe shlit"a entered wearing the kittel and silver kapel.
Hotzaah v'Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah) were given to the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a, and HaGaon R' Dovid Dov Davidovitch shlit"a (Beit Shemesh). The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yitzchak Tzvi Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Uhel in Boro Park.

The Rebbe shlit"a was the baal koreh, and leined with great hisorerus.
Aliyos. Kohen: R' Eli Shlomo Kohn, Levi: R' Shlomo Moshe Klagsbrun, Shlishi: R' Avrohom Weider, Revii: R' Meir Yaakov Indig, Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah of the first sefer: R' Aharon Hersh Mittelman (Boro Park). Gelilah: R' Aharon Avrohom Gross.
Maftir: R' Moshe Goldstein. Hagbah of the second sefer: R' Yoel Mittelman. Gelilah: R' Yehuda Aryeh Landau. They finished at 12:30.

There was a pause. The Rebbe shlit"a went to the mikvah and went home to his holy residence.

At around 1:40, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in the tallis, kapel and kittel of the Divrei Yoel zy"a. The Rebbe went up onto the aron kodesh, said a silent tefillah, and began the drasha with the verse "Fortunate is the people who know the teruah." There is a bas kol that awakens to teshuva, but to merit hearing it one must be worthy. On this the first set of tekios is founded, and when one is properly awakened to teshuva, one can merit at the second set of tekios to hear the voice of Hashem. Rosh Hashana is an auspicious time to pray that our children and grandchildren also merit this, that "they shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children's children." He also mentioned that we arouse mercy on Rosh Hashana that the evil decrees against Jewish chinuch be nullified; Jews will do everything in this world to preserve a pure, honest chinuch. We pray, "Thwart the counsel of our enemies and turn the heart of the government toward us for good." He concluded with abundant blessings. After the drasha the Rebbe said Kaddish D'Rabbanan. They finished at around 2:00.
Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a went up to the bimah. The sifrei Torah were held by R' Eliezer Dovid Epstein and R' Aharon Spitzer.
Before making the bracha, the Rebbe put on a new garment, a silk shawl, for Shehechiyanu as is customary. The Rebbe shlit"a made the brachos with fiery holiness and blew the tekias d'meyushav. The baal mekra was the HaGaon HaGadol, the dayan, shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the tefillah of Mussaf and said "Hineni He'ani Mima'as." Kaddish was at 2:35.
The tefillos were filled with a feeling of holiness, with a voice of flaming fire, which stirred the entire heichal of the beis medrash.

Pesichos at Mussaf were given to R' Avrohom Shalom Landau, R' Mordechai Landau, R' Avrohom Meir Itzkovitch, and R' Yaakov Mittelman.
R' Wolf Glick and R' Meir Perl were honored with lifting the Rebbe at Korim.

R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld approached for Kaveh. Pesichah for Anim Zemiros: R' Aryeh Hoffman (Monsey).

Immediately after Mussaf, Mincha was davened. The one who led the davening was R' Yehoshua Mordechai Wertzberger. They finished at around 6:00.

Just before shkiah, after making Kiddush in his holy residence, the bris of the newborn son of HaGaon R' Shlomo Leib Gruber shlit"a took place, where the Rebbe was the mohel and sandek. The Rebbe invited the baal bris and his family to eat the Yom Tov seudah and seudas bris in his holy residence.

At around 7:55, the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the conclusion of the Shulchan Hatahor and Neilas HaChag in the beis medrash hagadol. They sang the niggunim of Rosh Hashana and the Yamim Noraim.
Kugel and sweet fruits were brought in, and the Rebbe wished "Lechayim."

For "Ata Niglisa," the Rebbe honored R' Shmuel Mendel Bab"d shlit"a (Boro Park), and for "Yom L'Yabasha," the father-in-law of the baal bris, R' Shlomo Katz.

The Rebbe shlit"a said a Torah thought on the verse "Blow the shofar at the new moon," that by fulfilling both sets of tekios, which are an enactment of the Sages, the counsel of the yetzer hara is entirely nullified, and Hashem treats Jewish children by the conditions of the kesubah: sustenance and healing, and redeeming the Jewish people from galus.

The Rebbe shlit"a bentched on the cup, and honored the Gaon, rav of the Beis Baruch beis medrash shlit"a, with the Harachaman. Maariv for Motzei Yom Tov: R' Shmuel Dovid Gandel.

The Rebbe shlit"a made Havdalah, and upon rising wished a good week. They finished at 9:05.

On Motzei Yom Tov, the Rebbe spent a longer time arranging all of his tzedakos for talmidei chachomim and worthy poor people, which are being sent out during the current Aseres Yemei Teshuva.

May our tefillos be accepted with mercy and favor

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