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Continued report from Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Savo, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

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The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at 8:05. Mincha: R' Chaim Shmuel Spielman; Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yaakov ben Yechezkel Schreiber (London); Kohen: HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Simcha Friedman shlit"a; Levi: R' Dovid Berish Wertzberger; Shlishi: R' Aharon Moshe Schwartz (Montreal); Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Horowitz, son of the Av Beis Din of Manchester.

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe shlit"a gave out the honors for the zemiros. Odeh: R' Shlomo Hersh, son of R' Eckstein; Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

In the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a began with the verse "And you shall take from the first of all the fruit of the ground," and explained in the way of mussar that the darshanim of reshumos say that the initial letters have the numerical value of "mikveh." This may be understood according to what the Rebbe zy"a says in Berach Moshe: "Mikveh Yisroel, the hope of the Jewish people, is Hashem, the middot of Hashem," and just as the middot of Hashem are endless, so too teshuva and forgiveness are endless. That is why we rise for Selichos right after Shabbos, "at the close of the rest," because Shabbos is the Name of the Holy One, Blessed Be He, and when one keeps Shabbos properly, the Name Havaya rests upon a person, "and the Name of Hashem shall be seen upon you," and one merits the middot of Hashem, so that there is endless forgiveness. The Rebbe then continued at greater length with words of arousal, with awesome weeping, in preparation for the Days of Selichos. At the end of the discourse, during the holy blessings, the Rebbe concluded in a weeping voice: "Jewish children come to pour out their hearts. Jewish children gather in shuls and batei medrash to daven to the Holy Creator. Jewish children come to plead for all that is good. Jewish children are broken. Such broken hearts come to the beis medrash. 'The heart knows its own bitterness.' Every person knows his own bitter burden, his own bitter troubles. Hashem 'hears the song and the prayer.' Hashem listens to every person's prayer, to every person's request. The requests of Jewish children are very many, with very heavy hearts. They pour themselves out before Hashem, this one weeps and that one weeps. It has been a difficult year for all of Klal Yisroel. 'Jewish children are broken like a shattered shard.' We are again privileged to have these holy days, and we must daven to Hashem that Hashem fulfill the requests of Klal Yisroel. Hashem is infinite, His mercy is infinite, Hashem is all-powerful, may He fulfill all the requests of every single Jew, every single Jew who davens and pleads to Hashem. 'You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come.' Everyone can come to the Creator, everyone can pour out his heart, everyone can daven to Hashem. Hashem 'hears the prayers of every mouth,' of every single Jew in every place. These holy times are coming, and we daven to the Creator. Hashem listens to every single prayer, to every single request. May Hashem help that we merit it. May Hashem fulfill the wishes of our hearts for good. May Hashem fulfill all the requests of Jewish children, may there be 'children, life and ample sustenance.' Jewish children need salvations, Jewish children need cures, Jewish children have many requests. Hashem will help. 'May the year and its curses end, may the year and its blessings begin.' May we merit the raising of the glory of Torah and Yisroel, with the revelation of the glory of Heaven upon us, speedily in our days, Amen."

Yedid Nefesh: R' Aharon Moshe Schwartz shlit"a; Kel Mistateir: R' Menachem Moshe Rettek. The Rebbe shlit"a made the blessing on the cup and recited the Sheva Brachos. Maariv of Motzei Shabbos: R' Hirtzka Kahn. After Havdalah, everyone went over to wish a gutte voch. The proceedings ended at 10:35.

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Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Ki Savo — "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a.

On Friday night at around 8:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash and went to the amud for Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos was led by HaRav HaGaon R' Hershel Samet shlit"a, a rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tze'irim of Williamsburg.

After davening, the congregation went over to wish each other a "Gut Shabbos."

A short while after davening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Shabbos seudah in the Heichal HaShulchanos, where the talmidim of our holy Yeshiva L'Tze'irim of Williamsburg, together with the rebbeim of the yeshiva, had the zechus to partake in the seudah.

Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yoel Teitelbaum, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.

Raising of the cup for Kiddush: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din and Rav of our holy kehilla in Manchester shlit"a, and the Rebbe shlit"a honored him to recite Kiddush himself.

For the zemiros, the Rebbe shlit"a honored the following: Kol Mekadesh: HaRav HaGaon R' Hershel Teller shlit"a, a rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tze'irim; Menucha V'Simcha: HaRav HaGaon R' Eliezer Hersh Horowitz shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of Manchester.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the soil," and explained, in the manner of a derush, the sugya of a doubt in a Torah-level law: is it to be ruled stringently or leniently?

Ka Echsof: HaRav HaGaon R' Yechiel Gutman shlit"a, a rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tze'irim. Birkas Hamazon: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din and Rav of our holy kehilla in Manchester shlit"a.

Stories and accounts: this week the Rebbe shlit"a related about his ancestor, the holy R' Matele Horonsteipler zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Monday, 22 Elul. Ka Ribon Olam: HaRav HaGaon R' Yaakov Yitzchak Winkler shlit"a, a rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tze'irim.

The new chasanim went around to take fruits. Az B'Yom HaShevii: HaRav HaChasid R' Moshe Yisroel Feuerwerker (Bnei Brak). The seudah concluded at around 1:20.

And on Shabbos Kodesh

On Shabbos Kodesh morning, the Rebbe shlit"a entered at 9:30. Pesukei D'Zimra: HaRav HaGaon R' Yoel, the bochur Aharon Weiss shlit"a, a rebbi in Yeshiva L'Tze'irim. The Rebbe shlit"a went to the amud for Shacharis.

Hotza'ah and Hachnasah: HaRav HaChasid R' Shimshon Schwartz (Williamsburg). Pesukei Shema Yisroel: HaRav HaGaon R' Eliezer Hersh Horowitz shlit"a.

Aliyos. Kohen: HaRav HaChasid R' Hirtzka Kahn; Levi: the chasan, the bochur Naftali Klagsbrun; Shlishi: the Manchester Rav, the HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a; Revii: the baal simcha R' Elimelech Landau — the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of his daughter, mazel tov; Chamishi: the baal simcha R' Yitzchak Menachem Masri — the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of his daughter, mazel tov; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of a daughter for the following baalei simcha:
R' Moshe Fried.
R' Moshe Stein.

Shevii: HaRav HaChasid R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld; Hosafah: the baal simcha R' Avrohom Weiser — the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of his daughter, mazel tov; Acharon: the baal simcha R' Menachem Nachum Rosenberg — the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and naming for the birth of his daughter, mazel tov; Maftir: HaRav HaChasid R' Berel Palatschek; Hagbah: HaRav HaGaon R' Hershel Teller shlit"a; Gelilah: HaRav HaGaon R' Yaakov Shlomo Rubinfeld shlit"a.

Musaf: the Manchester Rav, the HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a; Pesicha for Ani'im Zemiros: HaRav HaChasid R' Menachem Menli Weiser. Davening concluded at 12:45.

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