Satmara Niyes

Sparks of fire: excerpts from the words of the living G-d, delivered with awesome, intense weeping by the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a at the Hoshana Rabba drasha

He began with the parable of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, which our holy Rebbes zy"a were accustomed to repeat,
crying out: "Today is the last day, one can still approach the Creator now." Jewish children need salvations and cures; the needs of Your people Israel are many. "Now is the greatest and last opportunity," one can still plead now.

"..Jewish children plead to the Creator, 'Ana Hashem, hoshia na.' Holy Creator, we are pleading, 'Ana Hashem'; we beg the Creator, 'Hoshia na,' help, oh help Jewish children; the needs of Your people Israel are many.."

"..'Kasha alai pridaschem': it is very hard for Me, the Eternal One says, it is very hard for Me, your parting, that Jews cannot gather together; it pains Me.."
"Jewish children should be able to gather together, to gladden the great multitude on Simchas Torah, to fulfill the Hakafos with joy, the mitzvah dancing.."

"An individual cannot say 'Elokeinu' - 'Elokeinu' is said by a community. 'Hoshana l'ma'ancha Elokeinu,' that we should be able to say 'Elokeinu,' that we should be able to come to the beis medrash, that we should be able to daven.
A bitter decree: they want to lock up the batei medrash. Not only the shuls do they want to lock up, they want to lock up the talmud torahs for Jewish children.

"..Bereishis is the acronym of 'Ratzah Elokim Yismechu Yisroel B'yom Simchas Torah': this is the will of Hashem. 'Hoshana l'ma'ancha Elokeinu,' that we should be able to do the will of Hashem, that we should be able to gather together, that they should not disrupt the Yom Tov of Jewish children.."

..'V'anachnu lo neida' - what will be today, what will be tomorrow, what will be next week. Oy, how will we be next Shabbos? Oy vey, how will the children be next week..
Hoshana l'ma'ancha Elokeinu

"..The Torah is called Toras Emes. 'Only with the Torah can one break and overcome the Satan.' Let us take upon ourselves to learn more, to toil more in the holy Torah.."
Hoshana l'ma'an amitecha

Hoshana l'ma'an bris'cha. "..May Hashem help Jewish children, and in the merit of the Torah, which is called a bris, that if someone is destined for punishment, he should get off lightly through the Torah.."

"..Jews are, relative to Hashem, like a wife to her husband. One of a husband's obligations to his wife is to feed her, therefore Hashem is obligated to provide abundant livelihood. Another of a husband's obligations to his wife is to heal her, therefore Hashem is obligated to send cures to all of Israel.."

Standing a few days after the holy second days of Yom Tov, one can already somewhat collect one's thoughts and try to express a little of the feelings of the many thousands of Jews who merited to take part in these radiant days in the holy shadow of our father and shepherd, the crown of our head, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a — feelings which, as the saying goes, "enough of the days" is not possible to fully express.
Fortunate are we, how good is our portion, that we merited such holy days, tripled in threefold holiness, from three consecutive day-and-night periods: Hoshana Rabba, Shemini Atzeres, Simchas Torah — in the joy of the Torah and the joy of a mitzvah, with an uplifted spirit. How pleasant is our lot to be in the holy shadow of a tzaddik like a date palm, and to merit to draw from the well of living waters and to be warmed for an entire year. And how beautiful is our inheritance, the other days of Yom Tov, an inheritance to us from our holy Rebbes, in the beautiful city of Kiryas Joel, a place where our holy Rebbes davened, and fortunate is the eye that saw a holy congregation, all stirred as one, the joy of a mitzvah, and a home full and overflowing with blessings, material and spiritual. May it be Hashem's will that this holy impression remain engraved forever and ever. Here we will only relate the matters as they were, the order of the days, and the rest of what we have already read before you is written here.

Hoshana Rabba: Between Mincha and Maariv the Rebbe received the guests from overseas in his private room in the Beis Medrash HaGadol for an extended time. After Mishneh Torah there was an uplifting tish where the melodies of the Yamim Noraim were sung with great elation of the soul. At the lechayim, after the sip, the Rebbe said: "...We need mercy from Heaven, that they should not disturb the Yom Tov for us; there is a decree, chas v'shalom. One could not have imagined such a thing in this country. But the Yetev Panim says that it is easy to be rid of a person with free choice if he is a non-Jew; if one has mixed with the uncircumcised, it is easy to be rid of him..." And he concluded with his holy blessings.
Early in the morning, the Rebbe entered the Beis Medrash wrapped in his tallis and kittel and the kapel of the Rebbe the Kedushas Yom Tov, the Divrei Yoel zt"l, where the Rebbe performed the holy service of Hallel and the shaking of the aravos with holy feeling. Afterwards the Rebbe began the words of the living God, the Hoshana Rabba derasha, with awesome weeping. The arousal and weeping of the thousands-strong congregation was heard throughout the entire Beis Medrash. - See the separate report on the content of the holy words, "Divrei Kibushin, Derashas Hoshana Rabba" -
Between the Hoshanos, the shofar was blown by our teacher, the Rebbe's son, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Veitzen-Monroe shlit"a.

The night of Shemini Atzeres, upon entering, the Rebbe went over to the special corner for the members of Ahavas Kadumim and wished them a good Shabbos and good Yom Tov.
Ata Hareisa at 8:20. The Rebbe danced around the entire Beis Medrash, also in the new wings, "The name of Hashem is a tower of strength; the righteous one runs into it and is lifted high," especially at the 6th and 7th Hakafos. They finished at 11:15.
The Rebbe turned to all sides of the Beis Medrash and wished a good Shabbos and good Yom Tov, and all the people answered, and wished the Rebbe in return.

Shemini Atzeres day, Shacharis: our teacher, the Rebbe's son, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din shlit"a, went to the amud.
For Hallel, the Rebbe went to the amud.
For Yizkor, the Rebbe came in dressed in his kittel and silver kapel. After Yizkor there was a pause so that no danger to life should occur. The Rebbe went to the amud for the tefillas geshem and effected livelihood.
After davening, the Rebbe made Kiddush in the sukkah. At the end of the Torah, the Rebbe wished: "May the Eibershter help for life and not for death, for plenty and not for scarcity, for blessing and not for curse; that they should not disturb the Yom Tov."

At the afternoon seudah, the grandchildren of the Rebbe the Kedushas Yom Tov zt"l, the Beirach Moshe, ate together with the Rebbe.

In the afternoon the "Shalosh" took place — the farewell from the sukkah, the "apple tish." The Rebbe tasted from the apples before the time; after bentching, the apples were thrown as is customary. Afterwards the Rebbe called out in a mighty and strong voice three times, "L'shana haba'ah b'Yerushalayim!" The Rebbe began to dance with strength and vigor, with the joy of a mitzvah, out of the sukkah, leaning on the children — his firstborn son, our teacher, HaGaon HaRav shlit"a, and HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh, Av Beis Din of Sighet — into the Beis Medrash and danced around.

The night of Simchas Torah, 12:20, the Rebbe entered for Maariv. Ata Hareisa at 1:05.
Between the Hakdamos and Hakafos, the Rebbe said Torah. Among other things, the Rebbe mentioned a story: "R' Yeshaele Tshechoiver, a son of the holy Divrei Chaim, was once unwell; he was very sick.
One night R' Yoshele Belzer watched over him, and in the middle of the night he became very unwell, and he dreamed that he saw his father, and he gave him to smell from an apple, and he felt much better." And he said, in a voice choked with tears: "We need many apples."
The Rebbe also mentioned the holy Zohar that the Avos come down from Gan Eden and bring down salvations, and
said: "...We are in the very same place where the Feter z"l (the Rebbe the Kedushas Yom Tov, the Divrei Yoel zt"l) led the Hakafos in the last years of his life. Mi baal devarim yigash eilav — Eli'u, the initials of his holy name. He is found here; one can pray for everything..." At the end of the 7th Hakafah the Rebbe circled the bimah in the reverse direction, as was the custom of the holy Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zt"l, at a hachnasas sefer Torah.
They finished at 5:20, close to the aliyos. The Rebbe announced, "Everyone may eat."

Simchas Torah day, Shacharis, 10:55. Ata Hareisa at 1:15.
Between the Hakdamos and Hakafos, the Rebbe said Torah. During the Hakafos they sang the song of the chareidim with great arousal. At the 3rd Hakafah the Rebbe honored all the melamdim of the Talmud Torah to hold the sifrei Torah, and at the 4th Hakafah, the grandchildren of the holy Rebbe zt"l.
"The doorposts shook." Fortunate is the eye that saw — at the 6th Hakafah, where the Rebbe makes the shaking motions with the Sefer Torah and the crowd rises as the Rebbe lifts the Torah upward; at the 7th Hakafah, where the Rebbe goes up onto the bimah to dance with the Torah.
Although they started earlier than usual, they finished an hour later than usual, at 6:20.
During the Torah reading, the Rebbe made a Mi Sheberach for R' Moshe Menachem Schlesinger.

At 9:10 the Rebbe came in for Neilas HaChag. At the lechayim, after the fish, the Rebbe said: "...We must thank and praise the holy Creator that we did not have a disturbed Yom Tov. 'Your servant runs like a deer' — that we were able to dance, 'I bow toward the path' — for this alone we must give thanks. I personally, that I was able to dance, and the whole congregation. May the Eibershter help that it was a joyous Yom Tov, and may a joyous year come..."
After Havdalah, the blessing ceremony took place in the Beis Medrash HaGadol. In light of the situation, and the Yom Tov having been such that, upon departing from the holy, "chassidim would dance," they began to dance: "The kindnesses of Hashem have not ceased," that the Yom Tov passed undisturbed, and afterward joyous songs, and the Rebbe gave his holy blessings.

Fortunate is the people for whom it is so; fortunate is the people whose God is Hashem.

Monday, Parshas Bereishis

"..Yidden are, in relation to Hashem, like a wife to her husband. One of a husband's obligations to his wife is to feed her; therefore Hashem is obligated to grant parnassah in abundance. Another of a husband's obligations to his wife is to heal her; therefore Hashem is obligated to bestow refuos upon Klal Yisroel.."

"Hoshana l'maan brisecha" (Save us for the sake of Your covenant): "..May Hashem help Yiddishe kinder in the merit of the Torah, which is called a 'bris,' that if punishment has been decreed upon someone, he should get through it easily through the Torah.."

"..The Torah is called Toras Emes; 'only with the Torah can one tear apart and overcome the Satan.' Let us take upon ourselves to learn more, to toil more in the holy Torah.."
"Hoshana l'maan amitecha" (Save us for the sake of Your truth)

..And we do not know what will be today, what will be tomorrow, what will be next week. Oy, where will we be next Shabbos? Oy vey, where will the children be next week..
"Hoshana l'maancha Elokeinu" (Save us for Your sake, our G-d)

"..Bereishis is an acronym for 'R'tzeh E'lokim Y'ismechu Y'isroel B'yom S'imchas T'orah' (Hashem desires that Yisroel rejoice on the day of Simchas Torah). This is the will of Hashem. 'Hoshana l'maancha Elokeinu,' that we should be able to fulfill the will of Hashem, that we should be able to gather together, that the Yom Tov of Yiddishe kinder should not be disrupted.."

"An individual cannot say 'Elokeinu' — 'Elokeinu' is plural. 'Hoshana l'maancha Elokeinu' — that we should be able to say 'Elokeinu,' that we should be able to come to the beis medrash, that we should be able to daven.
A bitter decree: they want to lock up batei medrash, and not only batei medrash do they want to lock up, they want to lock up the talmud torahs of Yiddishe kinder

"..'Your parting is difficult for Me' — Hashem says, it is very hard for Me, your parting; when Yidden cannot gather together, it pains Me..."
"May Yiddishe kinder be able to gather together, rejoicing in multitudes in the joy of the Torah, fulfilling the Hakafos with joy and dancing of mitzvah.."

"..Yiddishe kinder beseech the Creator, 'Ana Hashem hoshia na' (Please, Hashem, save us). Holy Creator, we plead 'Ana Hashem'; we beg the Creator, 'hoshia na' — help, oy, help Yiddishe kinder! The needs of Your people Yisroel are many.."

He began with the parable of the Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, which our holy Rebbes zy"a were accustomed to repeat,
crying out: "Today is the last day; one can still now come close to the Creator." Yiddishe kinder need yeshuos, refuos; the needs of Your people Yisroel are many. "Now is the greatest and last opportunity"; one can still plead now.

Sparks of fire — excerpts from the words of the living G-d, with awesome, tremendous weeping, from the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a at the Hoshana Rabba drasha

The departure of a tzaddik from a place leaves an impression
Today in the afternoon hours, the Rebbe shlit"a departed for Forshay, where the Rebbe will stay for rest in the coming week

Before davening, the Rebbe shlit"a put on tefillin for the bochurim:
the bochur Yoel Wertheimer - KJ
and the bochur Avrohom Goldberger - KJ
and the bochur Yosef Estreicher - Williamsburg
and the bochur Avrohom Yoel Leffler - Williamsburg
and the bochur Naftali Hertzka Friedman - Williamsburg
and the bochur Sholom Yosef Lowy - KJ
and the bochur Yaakov Yosef Hoffman - KJ >>>

<<< and the bochur Yoel Forges - KJ
and the bochur Shaul Friedman - Williamsburg
and the bochur Yochanan Mann - KJ
and the bochur Yitzchok Eliyahu Bitman - Tosh
and the bochur Mordechai Kahan - KJ

After davening, the lechayim celebration with the bar mitzvah bochurim took place in the new south wing of the beis medrash

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis today in the Beis Medrash HaGadol in KJ
Before davening, the bris took place for the son of R' Dovid Lowy - KJ
After davening, the bris took place for the son of R' Aharon Yosef Friedman - KJ, director of Kol Satmar

Today after davening, the guests from abroad entered the Rebbe shlit"a's private room in the Beis Medrash HaGadol to take leave

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