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And the Ruach HaKodesh says: "So shall they increase and so shall they burst forth"

Today after Shacharis in Forshay, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a arrived for a brief visit to our holy mosdos in Monsey, at the mighty fortresses being built so that the Talmud Torah and Beis Rachel can keep up with the number of boys and girls, which has grown to over two thousand children, bli ayin hara.

First, the Rebbe shlit"a arrived at the vast site of the "Beis Rachel Complex" on Cherry Lane, where the Rebbe toured all the new sections and showed keen interest in all the details and further plans, speaking with the director of the mosdos, HaRav HaChassid R' Shmuel Zanvil Wertheimer.

Afterwards, the Rebbe shlit"a went over to the magnificent new building for the Talmud Torah, within our Great Beis Medrash building in Monsey, which was renewed today, b'sha'ah tovah u'metzulachas, with several classes. The Rebbe shlit"a entered each class individually, then affixed a mezuzah on the main entrance of the building, and afterwards conducted a lechayim gathering and offered his holy blessings to HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din and Rosh Mesivta of Monsey shlit"a, and to all the melamdim and staff, especially to the director, Rabbi Efraim Hecht shlit"a, to succeed in the holy work.

"Enlarge the place of your tent"

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Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bereishis, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a, at an aufruf in the guest house at the home of the Rabbani, the philanthropist R' Yechezkel Dovid Berkowitz, in the Kiryas Joel area.

The Rebbe shlit"a spent the entire Shabbos Kodesh in a private setting, l'menuchas hanefesh, where only a select few close chassidim and invited dignitaries davened together.

On Friday night at around 7:00, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash in the guest house wrapped in his tallis. Kabbalas Shabbos: HaRav HaChosid R' Shlomo Zalman Horowitz.

The davening concluded at around 8:45, and the Rebbe shlit"a wished a good Shabbos to the participants.

At around 9:45, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the seudah in the guest house, where only the house bochur and R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein ate along, and began, in his holy custom, "Sholom Aleichem" with fiery passion.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaRav HaChosid R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein; Menucha V'simcha: the bochur Hamishbak Alter Baruch Gefen.

During the seudah, there were longer conversations about matters of Jewish customs and earlier generations, and afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a shared divrei Torah on the weekly parsha.

The Rebbe shlit"a sang Kah Echsof and honored R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein with leading bentching.

After the fruit, they sang "Ki Bayom HaShevi'i," and the seudah concluded at around 12:30.

And on the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe learned for several hours before davening on the terrace of the guest house.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis at 10:00 and recited the berachos. Pesukei D'zimra: HaRav HaChosid R' Avrohom Leib Landau; Shacharis: HaRav HaChosid R' Yaakov Yechezkel Gandel. Hashem Melech, Hallel HaGadol, Shirah, and Nishmas Kol Chai were said verse by verse.

Hotza'ah and hachnasah of the Torah: HaRav HaChosid Avrohom Yaakov Weinberger. Baal koreh: HaRav HaChosid R' Avrohom Leib Landau.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Eliezer Dovid HaKohen Glick; Levi: the bochur Aharon Mandel; Shlishi: HaRav HaChosid R' Moshe Motzen (Williamsburg); Revi'i: HaRav HaChosid R' Gershon Schlesinger; Chamishi: the bar mitzvah bochur Yissocher Dov, son of Yudel Heiman; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a; Shevi'i: HaRav HaChosid R' Yehoshua Dovid Waldman; Hosafah: HaRav HaChosid R' Yudel Heiman; Acharon: the bochur Hamishbak Alter Baruch Gefen; Maftir: HaRav HaChosid Aharon Tzvi Mittelman (Boro Park); Hagbah: HaRav HaChosid R' Shaul Friedman (Williamsburg); Gelilah: HaRav HaChosid R' Yoel Weider.

The Rebbe shlit"a blessed the new month with great emotion.

Mussaf: HaRav HaChosid R' Yudel Heiman. The davening concluded at 12:35.

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a thanked the mispallelim.

The Rebbe shlit"a instructed that Kiddush be brought in for the mispallelim who live far away.

At the afternoon tish, the Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Baruch Hashem: HaRav HaChosid R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein; Baruch Keil Elyon: the bochur Hamishbak Alter Baruch Gefen. Bentching: the bochur Hamishbak Alter Baruch Gefen.

Ra'avah D'ra'avin

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at 7:05. Mincha: HaRav HaChosid R' Shlomo Zalman Stein; Hotza'ah and hachnasah: HaRav HaChosid R' Avrohom Masri; Kohen: R' Eliezer Dovid Glick; Levi: the bochur Aharon Mandel; Shlishi: HaRav HaChosid R' Sholom Yitzchak Jakobovits; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: the esteemed bochur Sholom Yitzchak Jakobovits.

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Odeh: HaRav HaChosid R' Sholom Yitzchak Jakobovits; Shir HaMaalos: HaRav HaChosid R' Shlomo Zalman Stein.

In his Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a focused on the verse "Bereishis bara Elokim" — "Beis Rabbasi," and explained that with mesirus nefesh in Eretz Yisroel, one need not come to the four categories of atonement, and in the sukkah there is the holiness of Eretz Yisroel, so one need not come to suffering.

Yedid Nefesh: HaRav HaChosid R' Aharon Tzvi Mittelman (Boro Park); Kel Mistatter: HaRav HaChosid R' Gershon Schlesinger. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup. Raising the cup: R' Yisroel Mittelman.

Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: the esteemed bochur Gershon Schlesinger. After Maariv, the Rebbe shlit"a wished a good week and thanked everyone. The davening concluded at 9:45.

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The Holy Table of Ne'ilas HaChag – Gathering of Blessings

At around 9:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for the Ne'ilas HaChag tish.

Upon entering, the Rebbe went out in a festive dance onto the floor and continued the seudah; Yom Tov foods and cabbage were brought in.

Yom Tov melodies were sung, as well as melodies of the holy Kedushas Levi, whose yahrzeit falls the day after Isru Chag, led by Rabbi R' Hershel Kohn shlit"a.

The Rebbe honored R' Dovid Neustadt (of Monsey) with the zemiros. The Rebbe blessed over the cup, recited "Baruch HaMavdil," and the Divrei Torah were broadcast over a microphone.

The Torah was on the verse "And Moshe declared the appointed times of Hashem to the Children of Israel": Shemini Atzeres is a Yom Tov of the future, because then every day will be a Yom Tov on which work is forbidden.

Shemini Atzeres is observed according to the custom of our fathers, even though it is not written in the Shulchan Aruch, with the entire order of the day and night that the grandfather, the Yetev Lev zy"a, instituted. Therefore he surely comes down and blesses all Jews who conduct themselves according to his custom, with the threefold blessing of the Torah, and the Rebbe concluded with his holy blessings.

Afterwards the Rebbe learned the Gemaras of the Bavli and Yerushalmi in Maseches Berachos and explained beautiful hints and ideas interwoven with stories of tzaddikim. He especially brought out the feelings of the Yom Tov in the midst of the assembled congregation, with an inner joy, all of them only honest Jews, chassidim and men of deed, with beards and peyos.

When rising from the tish, the Rebbe wished, "A good week and a healthy winter."

Maariv for Motzei Yom Tov: R' Shlomo Zalman Stein, a shamash of the Rebbe.

After Maariv the Rebbe made Havdalah and came out, in the presence of thousands upon thousands of Jews, to the gathering of blessings of the holy for all the assembled people, both in the Ezras Yisroel and the Ezras Nashim. It ended at around 11:45.

And Yom Tov was accompanied, as it departed in peace from the holy, with dancing and circles of joy, unable to part from the exalted Yom Tov. May it be His will that we have accomplished all good. Fortunate is the people for whom this is so; fortunate is the people whose God is Hashem.

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Between the Hakafos, the piyutim of the Chareidim were sung with great enthusiasm.

At the daytime Hakafos, honor was given to all those who merit to be teachers of Torah to the Jewish people, the disseminators of Torah, and afterwards to all the grandchildren of the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, sons-in-law and bochurim, to dance with the Torah.

At the sixth Hakafa the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a made the swaying movements with the Sefer Torah with great elevation and devotion. After the seventh Hakafa, on the bimah, while the stanza "Chazak Meyached K'echad" was being danced, the Rebbe took the Sefer Torah himself and danced with great affection and elevation, in exalted joy.

At the conclusion, the Rebbe recited all the tefillos and led the recitation of "L'Dovid Mizmor."

For the Torah reading, the shamashim of the beis medrash were honored. Kohen: R' Shmuel HaKohen Pr"m, Levi: R' Yudel Wz"bg, Shlishi: R' Chaim Shlomo Fischer, Revi'i: R' Yosha Mendlowitz, Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

Due to the shortage of time, the Rebbe shlit"a did not make Kiddush; they went immediately into the Polish shul for the Chasanim of the Torah.

R' Yoel Kaufman, the shamash, together with R' Yudel Wertzberger, recited the "Reshus" for the Chasan Torah and the Chasan Bereishis, and the Rebbe shlit"a was called up. Baal Koreh: R' Yudel Wz"bg, Hagbah: R' Moshe Aharon Steinberg, Gelilah: R' Moshe Menachem Schlesinger.

After being called up, the Rebbe shlit"a instructed that a Mi Sheberach be made for R' Moshe Menachah Schlesinger.

The Rebbe honored R' Naftali Hirtzka Stein as Chasan Bereishis, and a tallis was spread out like a chuppah. Hagbah: Rabbi Dovid T"B, son of the HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, Gelilah: R' Aharon Dov Getter. The Rebbe shlit"a honored the bochur Alter Boruch Gefen as Chasan Maftir, Hagbah: R' Yoel Weider, Gelilah: R' Yoel Moshe Glick (of Boro Park).

Mincha was led by R' Avrohom Moshe Lebovits, and the customary festive music was played. Immediately after Kaddish Titkabel, Korbanos and Ashrei were recited, and Mincha was davened. It ended at 7:35.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered his private room, where he made Kiddush, immediately washed for the seudah, and, as is customary, broke bread on long challos baked with raisins.

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"Then the righteous shall see and rejoice, and the upright shall exult" - the night of Simchas Torah

At around 12:30 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered to daven Maariv before chatzos. The baal tefillah was R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz, of the Shabbos Kodesh community. After Maariv, the Rebbe went to the mikvah.

At 1:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered wrapped in a tallis for "Atah Horeisa." The opening of the Aron was by R' Moshe Eliezer Landau (of the Williamsburg community).

The Rebbe shlit"a said four Torah thoughts during the introduction.
The first: at the verse "Yedid Nefesh Av HaRachaman", through the mitzvah dancing, a holiness enters all 248 limbs and 365 sinews of a person, and one rectifies what one had damaged, and it brings one to feel the true sweetness of the holy Torah.
The second Torah thought: at the verse "V'sik Yehemu", and explained "Vayedabber Moshe es moadei Hashem el bnei Yisroel," that just as in the time when the Beis Hamikdash stood, so too in the future This World will be on a higher level between the heavens and the heavens of heavens, and therefore Shemini Atzeres is a Yom Tov of the future; and the tzaddikim come down here to This World. He mentioned the Zohar Hakadosh in Parshas Pinchas on the verse "Yismach Yisroel b'osav." And he continued, in the voice of a child, in tears, as we read "V'zos HaBracha asher beirach Moshe": the father z"l is present here among us, his coming is not an empty coming, he blesses the entire congregation that is present here and rejoices on Simchas Torah.
The third Torah thought: at the verse "Hagleh Na", to the Master of the World the work of one who toils in the rain is more precious than that of the angels; likewise, a Jew who is burdened with earning a livelihood and yet engages in Torah is more esteemed in Heaven than one who sits in the tent, and he has reason to rejoice in the Torah.
The fourth Torah thought: at the verse "B'reishis Toras'cha HaKadumah", besides being careful not to transgress the mitzvos, one must see to make use of one's time and not, chas v'shalom, waste it.

The introduction concluded at 3:45, and the Hakafos at 5:10.

During the Torah reading, those called up were: Kohen: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Yitzchak Tzvi Weiss shlit"a, Uhel Rav of Boro Park; Levi: HaGaon R' Efraim Moshe Levy shlit"a, moreh tzedek of our kehilla in Monsey; Shlishi: the Rebbe shlit"a, who recited the brachos in tears of joy; Hagbah: R' Chaim Yisroel Klagsbald (London); Gelilah: R' Efraim Fishel Kish. Chatzi Kaddish was said, and it concluded at 5:25.

The Rebbe shlit"a went home to his holy residence and immediately made Kiddush. Bentching was led by the bochur Anshel Ashkenazi, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Henoch shlit"a.

On Simchas Torah morning at 11:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash. Pesukei D'zimra and Shacharis were led by R' Yaakov Yechezkel Gandel. The Kohanim duchened, it concluded at 1:20, and the Rebbe left for a short break.

At 1:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for "Atah Horeisa." The opening of the Aron was by R' Moshe Dovid Oberlander (of the Williamsburg community). The introduction concluded at 4:30.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah three times during the introduction and before the fourth and sixth Hakafos.
First Torah thought: at the verse "Yedid Nefesh", that Hashem acquires Jewish children through lifting (hagbaha), and the acquisition takes effect according to all opinions, because the Almighty bestows love upon Jewish children and the Jews draw themselves back to Hashem.
Second Torah thought: at the verse "V'sik Yehemu", on the verse "Vayedabber Moshe es moadei Hashem," through the mitzvah dancing the final Heh of the Name Havaya is rectified, and thus the Divine Presence rests and good blessings are bestowed with mercy.
Third Torah thought: at the verse "Hagleh Na", with brilliant and holy allusions, that through dancing with the five books of the Torah the sweetening of the harsh judgments is accomplished.
The Torah thought for the fourth Hakafa, the Hakafa of Moshe Rabbeinu: "Vayedabber Moshe es moadei Hashem" - "vayedabber" is a harsh expression. When Mashiach comes, Moshe Rabbeinu will show if, chas v'shalom, someone did not engage in Torah, that he delayed the redemption, and whoever did learn, that he hastened the redemption. He concluded with words of mussar and chizuk to take upon oneself good resolutions in Torah study.
The Torah thought for the sixth Hakafa, the Hakafa of Yosef HaTzaddik: Hashem bestows on a person strength and vitality, and with this he can, chas v'shalom, transgress Hashem's will. Now is the time to accept upon oneself to properly guard the eyes, in thought and in speech.

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At around 1:30 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Heichal HaShulchanos for the first seudah. The one honored with holding the cup for Kiddush was HaRav Dovid T"B, son of the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.

At the sweet courses, the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the guests from abroad.

The Rebbe honored R' Efraim Fishel Kish (Boro Park) with leading the zemiros.

At the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a expounded on the verse "On the eighth day, Atzeres shall it be for you," and explained that through the avodah of Shemini Atzeres, the tefillos of an entire year are elevated, so that they bring down all that is best.

Birkas Hamazon: his grandson HaRav Dovid T"B shlit"a. The seudah concluded at 2:30.

Shemini Atzeres morning, at around 11:10, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Shacharis. Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon R' Yaakov Weiss shlit"a, one of the rabbanim of our kehilla in Monsey.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached the amud for Shacharis and Hallel as usual, and for the loud Shemoneh Esrei the Rebbe sent the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.

Before the Torah reading, a bris took place for the bochur Shimon Bren"h Fr"m.

Hotza'ah and hachnasah honors went to R' Dovid Eckstein and R' Avrohom Weider; the pesukei Shema Yisroel: R' Dovid Eckstein.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Avrohom Yitzchak Kohn (member of the administration of the Williamsburg mosdos), Levi: the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Monsey shlit"a, Shlishi: the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a, Revi'i: R' Meir Hirsch, Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a made a special Mi Sheberach for R' Meir Hirsch of Eretz Yisroel and the Kiryas Joel mosdos, "because he exerted himself in the mitzvah matter of paying the salaries of the kodesh workers before the Yom Tov at our holy mosdos, Mosdos Yatev Lev in Eretz Yisroel."

Hagbah of the first sefer: R' Avrohom Shalom Strulovitch (Williamsburg), gelilah: R' Yitzchak Michoel Jacob (Williamsburg), maftir: R' Gedalya Yeremiash (Boro Park). Hagbah of the second sefer: R' Shalom Yitzchak Jakobovits (Williamsburg), gelilah: R' Chaim Avrohom Rosenfeld.

Because of the great crowding when people entered after Yizkor, the Rebbe went out to put on the kittel for the Tefillas Geshem even before Yizkor.

At around 2:30 he approached the amud and recited the prayer for rain, and then blessed with geshem with great hisorerus.

Pesicha for Geshem: R' Avrohom Brach (of Eretz Yisroel and Williamsburg). Kah was led by R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld, and the opening of Ane'im Zemiros by R' Moshe Yitzchak Landau (Monsey).

After davening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the sukkah for Kiddush as is customary, and tasted the foods "kindel" and "nant."

At the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a expounded on the verse "On the eighth day, Atzeres shall it be for you": by conducting oneself with humility, one merits good bounty in material matters; the sukkah imparts da'as, and accordingly one is visited with humility and lowliness, which brings good bounty. The seudah concluded at 4:45.

At the afternoon tish in his holy home, the Rebbe honored his grandson HaRav Mordechai Yehuda Halberstam, son-in-law of the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, with the zemiros.

At the Torah, the Rebbe expounded on the line "Kah, zechus avos yagen aleinu": through the 15 seudos of Sukkos and Shemini Atzeres, one is saved from all trouble and distress.

Birkas Hamazon: the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.

In the afternoon at 6:45 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for Mincha. Baal tefillah: R' Chaim Hersh Gold (Williamsburg).

At around 7:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great sukkah for the "farewell to the sukkah," and the Yom Tov melodies were sung.

R' Yosef Weiss, one of the gabbaim of the Chevra Kadisha, poured the Rebbe a lechayim; the Rebbe drank and blessed all of the Chevra Kadisha and the entire tzibur.

Before bein hashmashos, the Rebbe made a blessing and tasted the apples as is customary.

At the Torah, the Rebbe shlit"a expounded on the verse "In sukkos you shall dwell for seven days": the mitzvah of sukkah has within it the measure of a mikvah and purifies upon leaving like a mikvah, and brings spiritual bounty into the home for an entire year.

Afterwards, the Rebbe distributed and threw apples to the entire holy kahal as is customary, and then recited the prayer upon leaving the sukkah and, in a ringing voice, declared "Next year in Yerushalayim." Immediately afterwards he broke out into a dance with the joy of a mitzvah, and went out of the sukkah in holy dancing, leaning on his sons the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a and the HaGaon HaKadosh, Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a, and danced into the beis medrash and then around the beis medrash several times. Afterwards the Rebbe went up to the bimah, where the dancing continued, and at the end he wished a good Yom Tov to the entire holy kahal. It concluded at about 8:30.

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Leil Shemini Atzeres, Zman Simchaseinu — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

At around 8:40 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in a borrowed tallis. Maariv: the HaGaon, dayan of our kehilla in Boro Park, shlit"a.

At about 9:10 the Rebbe shlit"a began "Atah Haraisa" with fiery holy enthusiasm, followed by a heavenly outcry from the thousands upon thousands of Yidden. Opening of the Aron: R' Zalman Leib Kapel.

The Sifrei Torah were brought in, the Rebbe went up to the bimah and recited the Leshem Yichud, and the singers began to sing "Lamenatzeach." At around 9:25 the Rebbe shlit"a began to dance "Migdal oz shem Hashem bo yarutz tzaddik v'nisgav" ("The name of Hashem is a tower of strength; the righteous runs into it and is lifted high"). The Rebbe danced around the entire beis medrash with strength and might, in the joy of Hashem and the joy of the Torah.

At the seventh Hakafah, after dancing around the beis medrash, the Rebbe shlit"a, in his holy way, went up onto the bimah and continued with the dancing with even greater fervor and strength.

After the Hakafos the Rebbe shlit"a, with a radiant face, wished the entire kahal a good Yom Tov. They finished at 11:45.

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Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Yehoshua Klein (gabbai of the Yeshivas Kehilla in Yerushalayim); Pesukei Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Yakov shlit"a (Yerushalayim, and gabbai of the Yeshivas Kehilla in Boro Park).

Baal Koreh: R' Yudel Wozb"g; Kohen: the Shabbos guest R' Shmuel HaKohen Pr"m; Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Wozb"g shlit"a, dayan of our kehilla in Montreal; Shlishi: HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Leib Kahn shlit"a; Hagbah: HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Shalom Pr"m shlit"a, one of the heads of the kollelim; Gelilah: HaGaon Rabbi Asher Chaim Weizer shlit"a, moreh tzedek of our kehilla in Boro Park.

Musaf: the grandson of the Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Meizlish, son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Heinich Ashkenazi shlit"a. The Kohanim duchened, and after Musaf Mincha was davened. Baal tefillah: R' Alexander Zev Feierwerker (Boro Park). They finished at 4:45.

A few minutes later, the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the tish in the great sukkah and recited the Seder HaUshpizin. At the lechayim after the fish, the Rebbe wished "a good, blessed year." With the soup, kreplach were served as is customary. Yom Tov niggunim were sung.

For the zemiros, the Rebbe honored: R' Dovid Schwartz. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Rabbi Ezra Moshe Chaira shlit"a, moreh tzedek of our kehilla in Williamsburg. They finished at 5:30.

Immediately after the tish, the Rebbe went to the mikvah to purify himself in honor of Yom Tov, as is the custom on the Regel.

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On Hoshana Rabbah eve, from after Mincha until Mishneh Torah, dozens of fresh guests from overseas entered with kvitlach to receive a blessing in the inner sanctum by the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a in his holy residence.

At about 9:55 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the great beis medrash for the reading of Mishneh Torah and recited the tefillah of "Ribbon HaOlamim." The baal korei was R' Shalom Yosef Samet. They finished at about 11:40.

A few minutes later the Rebbe shlit"a entered the holy tish, the night of Hoshana Rabbah, the ushpizin of Dovid HaMelech Moshiach, in the great sukkah.

After reciting the Seder HaUshpizin, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the Yom Tov seudah. At the lechayim after the fish, the Rebbe wished, "A good, blessed year." During the elevated tish, the Yamim Noraim melodies were sung with great inspiration while the Rebbe shlit"a shed rivers of tears.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored the following with Shir HaMaalos:
HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yoel Halberstam shlit"a, Rav of our kehilla in Bloomingrove.
HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwebel shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Williamsburg.
HaGaon Rabbi Zalman Yuda Kahana shlit"a (Boro Park).

In his Torah address, the Rebbe shlit"a focused on the verse "Shir HaMaalos, mima'amakim keraticha Hashem," and explained that when Jews pray on the holy day to be helped with all kinds of salvations, they must have forgiveness of sins. In order to merit forgiveness of sin, one must at least sit and wait, hoping to the Holy Creator for purification from all sin.

Birkas Hamazon: the Chadvan HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Dovid Dov Dushinsky shlit"a. They finished at 1:10.

After the tish, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Tehillim. The baal tefillah was R' Asher Yaakov Eckstein, and after each book the yehi ratzon for Hoshana Rabbah was recited. They finished at 3:10.

On Hoshana Rabbah morning at 10:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash wrapped in the tallis, kittel and kappel of the Rebbe, the Divrei Yoel zy"a.

Before davening, the brisos took place of the bochur Wolf Brasch Katz (Williamsburg), and of the bochur Yoel Beri'ah Markowitz.

The Rebbe shlit"a went to the brachos of Pesukei D'Zimra and Shacharis, and omitted Hallel HaGadol, Baruch SheAmar and Yishtabach in the Yamim Noraim nusach.

At Hallel, the Rebbe shlit"a led the holy service of the na'anuim with weeping and holy emotion, while the entire gathering of thousands of Jews sang the holy melodies as customary.

After Hallel, the Rebbe's shamash R' Yosha Mendlowitz removed the rings from the lulav.

The Rebbe shlit"a began the stirring Hoshana Rabbah derasha with the well-known parable of the holy Kedushas Yom Tov zy"a, saying "When one follows the path of the forefathers, Hashem rises up for him in the merit of the forefathers": the parable of a king who set a special time to come to the city so that people could ask forgiveness and receive whatever they request generously, and he continued at length with stormy weeping that carried along the entire beis medrash.

The Rebbe then continued at length with lofty concepts and words of inspiration for the day:
Hoshana lema'ancha Elokeinu: Specifically with Jewish children who believe in the Creator's providence in the lower worlds, it is fitting for His honor to wait until the end to remove the heavy yoke of the yetzer hara.
Hoshana lema'ancha Bor'einu: There are indeed the four types of atonement, but with prayer and the power of the mitzvah of sukkah, Hashem creates a division among the kelipos so that they cannot prosecute the Jewish people, and the tefillos and teshuva are accepted favorably.
Hoshana lema'ancha Go'aleinu: Angels, who have no yetzer hara, cannot understand the trials of flesh and blood, so we ask that only Hashem judge us favorably.
Hoshana lema'ancha Dorsheinu: Through the soul testifying to the teshuva before the Master of All, which depends on the depth of one's soul, the teshuva is accepted.
Hoshana lema'an Amitecha: In the merit of Jews saying twice daily with love "Hashem Elokeichem emes" and believing with complete faith, one receives a holy judgment and is released from being subjugated to the yetzer hara.
Hoshana lema'an Brisecha: In the merit of bris milah one can fight against the two well-known kelipos, and the tefillos are accepted.
Hoshana lema'an Gedulascha v'Samartecha: With the power of the na'anuim one shows Hashem's providence, and it helps the teshuva. The Rebbe shlit"a then concluded with many blessings.

The derasha ended at about 2:45, and they began circling the beis medrash. The Rebbe shlit"a recited the Hoshanos aloud, and between the hakafos the Rosh Av Beis Din of Williamsburg shlit"a blew the shofar as customary. After the circling the piyutim were recited, and after Kaddish Tiskabel the Rebbe beat the Hoshanos 5 times and recited the yehi ratzon as customary.

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Hoshana Rabbah – Shemini Atzeres – Simchas Torah, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Asher bachar banu mikol am v'romemanu mikol lashon, v'atah Elokeinu modim anachnu lach u'mehalelim, that we merited these holy, exalted days, which are tripled with three-fold holiness, a triple cord of three days and nights of kedusha, simchas mitzvah, elevation of the soul and closeness to Hashem, as the Rebbe shlit"a always reminds us what his grandfather, the holy Gaon, author of Eitz Chaim zy"a, used to say: "What a beautiful inheritance our grandfather z"l left us, the other days of Yom Tov." This remains an inheritance to us from Maran HaGaon HaKadosh the Yitav Lev zy"a until this very day, in the shadow of the holy faithfulness of the Tzaddik K'Tamar shlit"a, together with thousands upon thousands of chassidim and men of deeds from all corners of the world under one roof. "Yaruz avdecha k'mo ayil, yishtachaveh el mul hadriach," hours upon hours, "not hungry for bread and not thirsty for water, but to hear the word of Hashem." We hope and pray for the life of the king, that he may still bear fruit in old age, fresh and vigorous, and continue to bestow of his majesty and lead the holy congregation, that we may merit many more years to warm ourselves by his bright light until we merit everlasting joy upon our heads.

Here we will merely relate the matters as they occurred and the order of the days of exaltation, and what is written here is more than what we read before you.

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Motzei Shabbos – the night of 4 Chol HaMoed – Ushpizin of Yosef HaTzaddik

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered for the set table in honor of the Ushpizin and the Simchas Beis HaShoeva in the great sukkah at around 11:45.

After reciting the Seder HaUshpizin, the Rebbe shlit"a washed for the Yom Tov seudah. Even before the fish, the Motzei Shabbos zemiros were sung, as is customary.

The Ushpizin sponsors placed wine, as is customary. After the Yom Tov foods, several special kugels and delicacies were served in honor of Yom Tov from a number of the Ushpizin sponsors; the Rebbe tasted and distributed shirayim.

With the Shir HaMaalos, the Rebbe honored the following:
HaRav HaTzaddik R' Moshe Gross shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Keresztir, Monsey.
HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Meshulam Nosson Spiegel shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Kalashin, Monsey.
HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Avrohom Shmuel Englander shlit"a, Dayan of our kehilla in Lakewood.
HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Av Beis Din of Tashnad, Monsey, shlit"a.
HaRav HaGaon R' Lipa Teitelbaum shlit"a, Dayan of our kehilla in Antwerp.
HaRav HaGaon R' Yechezkel Shraga Teitelbaum shlit"a (Marbitz Torah in our kehilla in Manchester).

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "V'eileh shemos bnei Yisroel," explaining that all the shevatim correspond to the redemption from Egypt, while Yosef HaTzaddik corresponds to the future redemption. Because Yosef sustained all the shevatim, Rachel Imeinu is called the mother of all Klal Yisroel, and through this she received the promise of "V'shavu banim li'gvulam." The sukkah is a remembrance of the Clouds of Glory at the Exodus from Egypt, which came in the merit of the shevatim, and it is also a remembrance of the future redemption, which will come in the merit of Yosef HaTzaddik.

Birkas Hamazon: the Chaver Beis Din, HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yosef Rokeach shlit"a, Rav of Beis HaMedrash Kol Eliyahu of our holy kehilla in Kiryas Joel. After bentching, there was dancing in honor of the Simchas Beis HaShoeva; it ended at around 1:30.

Sunday – 4 Chol HaMoed

The Rebbe shlit"a entered for Shacharis in our great beis medrash in Kiryas Joel at around 10:05. The baal tefilla was HaRav HaChosid R' Yaakov Akiva Weinstock.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached Hallel and performed his holy avodah during the nanuim with great fervor and hisorerus, and afterwards recited the Hoshanos. R' Chaim Eli Teitelbaum was honored with Pesicha.

At the Torah reading, the following were honored. Kohen: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yechezkel Shraga HaKohen Glantz shlit"a of Bardejov (Williamsburg); Levi: R' Yosef Shalom Glick (Boro Park); Shlishi: Rabbi Chaim Meisels, son of the Gaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Montreal shlit"a; Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Nosson Dovid Ashkenazi shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Stanislau, Monsey; Gelilah: R' Yitzchak Dovid Yaakov (Yerushalayim, and administrator of the Boro Park yeshiva).

After the Torah reading, the guests from abroad bentched Gomel.

Mussaf: R' Yaakov Akiva Weinstock. It ended at around 12:30.

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Below we complete the reports of Chol HaMoed from the "B'tzeil HaKodesh" of the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a that have not yet been reported

The night of the second day of Chol HaMoed, Ushpizin of Moshe Rabbeinu

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Mincha at around 7:30, and Maariv at 8:30 in his holy home.

Because of the rain, the Rebbe shlit"a held his pure table in honor of the Ushpizin privately in his holy home, where only a select few attendants in the holy service partook of the seudah.

At around 9:10, when the rain let up, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Seder HaUshpizin and then washed for the Yom Tov seudah. The Rebbe made a "leishev baSukkah," and, Baruch Hashem, was able to eat the entire Yom Tov seudah.

Before bentching, the door was opened, and those who had sponsored the Ushpizin passed through to take shirayim of the sweet fruits; several of the sponsors also brought kugels. The Rebbe tasted and distributed shirayim.

Yom Tov melodies were sung, and the Rebbe shlit"a spoke about various customs from the old country, about the custom in Sighet regarding the Ushpizin, that grapes were placed after davening Maariv, and more.

Bentching: Motzei Shabbos, R' Yehoshua Mendlowitz.

After the seudah there was a visit with the Rebbe shlit"a by HaTzaddik R' Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sanz in Kiryas Joel, who invited the Rebbe shlit"a to the Kiddusha Rabba simcha for his granddaughter, born to his son-in-law Rabbi Chaim Meisels, son of the HaGaon, Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Montreal shlit"a, and the Rebbe shlit"a warmly wished him mazel tov.

At around 11:05 the Rebbe shlit"a entered our great beis medrash in Kiryas Joel for the zemiros, divrei Torah and the Simchas Beis HaShoeivah gathering.

Upon entering, the Rebbe shlit"a broke into a dance on the spot, and melodies were sung in honor of Yom Tov and Simchas Beis HaShoeivah.

With the Shir HaMaalos, the Rebbe honored the following:
His grandson Rabbi Moshe Meisels, son-in-law of HaGaon R' Henoch Ashkenazi shlit"a, may he be well.
R' Moshe Goldstein.
R' Moshe Yaakov Aharon Levy.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Send now through the one You would send – through Rabbi Akiva," and explained that when a human being builds a sukkah and it spreads kedusha, that is a far greater miracle than the Clouds of Glory, which spread kedusha. This is what Rabbi Akiva says, that Sukkos is a remembrance of an actual sukkah and not of the Clouds of Glory. "Every native in Israel shall dwell in sukkos" — every single one, all of Klal Yisroel — "for I caused the Children of Israel to dwell in sukkos." It is a remembrance of an actual sukkah because it is a far greater miracle than the Clouds of Glory, and this is what Moshe Rabbeinu answered the angels who said, "Give Your splendor over the heavens."

Afterwards the Rebbe shlit"a spoke powerful words of chizuk, that precisely because one is a human being, and does the will of Hashem, this is far more precious.

After the holy words, the central Simchas Beis HaShoeivah took place with drums and dancing, with the participation of the Rebbe shlit"a. It ended at around 12:10.

Friday, the second day of Chol HaMoed

In his holy home the Rebbe shlit"a put tefillin on the bar mitzvah bochur, the bochur Chaim Dovid Moskowitz.

In the morning, before Shacharis, the bris of the newborn son of R' Yoel Wolf Grad took place, where the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandek.
And the bris of the newborn son of R' Yitzchak Wolf Greenwald, where the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandek and mohel.

The Rebbe shlit"a entered our great beis medrash in Kiryas Joel for Shacharis at around 10:10. The baal tefillah was R' Yoel Ber Hirsch.

The Rebbe shlit"a approached Hallel and offered his holy service during the shaking of the lulav with great fervor and hisorerus, and afterwards recited the Hoshanos. Honored with the petichah was R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (of Williamsburg).

At the Torah reading the following were honored. Kohen: R' Lipa Friedman (of Williamsburg); Levi: R' Moshe Ber Landau; Shlishi: the bar mitzvah bochur Chaim Dovid Moskowitz; Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: R' Yitzchak Baruch Brown (Monsey); Gelilah: Rabbi Meir Meyer shlit"a (Boro Park).

After the Torah reading, the guests from abroad bentched Gomel.

Mussaf: HaTzaddik R' Eliyahu Gross shlit"a of Berbesht. It ended at around 1:00.

After davening the bris of the newborn son of R' Baruch Yehuda Frankel took place, where the Rebbe shlit"a was honored with sandek and mohel.

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