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Sunday, Parshas Acharei, Isru Chag Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a davened Shacharis in the main beis medrash. Before davening, the Rebbe put on tefillin for the bar mitzvah bochurim.
The bochur Chaim HaKohen Dresner.
The bochur Nata Mordechai Kaufman.
The bochur Naftali Hirtzka Schwartz.
The bochur Yoel Fischer.
The bochur Yoshe Dov Schwartz.
After davening, a lechayim was held with the bar mitzvah bochurim in the hall of the beis medrash.

After davening, the Rebbe visited the whiskey distillery of R' Shlomo Wertzberger. The Rebbe looked over the fresh production of whiskey being made after Pesach, and bestowed his holy blessing.

In the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a paid a visit to the beis medrash of our holy kehilla, 'Shchunas Quickway Hill,' in the Kiryas Joel area, on the occasion of the expansion of the holy boundaries, with the beautiful renovation of the beis medrash in honor of Yom Tov Pesach. And from strength to strength, construction has begun on the premises of a new, magnificent mikvah that will serve all the residents of the neighborhood for Torah, for tefillah, and for purity.

The Rebbe shlit"a looked over the entire beis medrash and then davened Mincha in the beis medrash. Afterward, a lechayim gathering was held in honor of the expansion of the boundaries. R' Dovid Eckstein, president of our holy kehilla, spoke. The Rebbe shlit"a drank lechayim and warmly bestowed his holy blessings upon all the askanim and residents of the neighborhood, and especially upon the donor of the land for the magnificent beis medrash, R' Yehuda Zev Klein, a member of the neighborhoods' committee board. The Rebbe then delivered holy words, and among other things emphasized the importance and responsibility of the first residents in a new area, who in practice set the standard of dignity and integrity of the neighborhood, and spoke in praise of the askanim.

After looking over the site where the magnificent mikvah will be built, the Rebbe davened Maariv in the beis medrash and approached the amud for Sefiras HaOmer.

Later, there was yechidus from 9:30 until 12:00 at night in his holy home on Ohel Court.

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Last Day of Pesach, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning at 10:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash. Pesukei D'zimra: HaGaon R' Yaakov Hillel Lichtenstein shlit"a. For Shacharis the Rebbe shlit"a went to the amud, and sent to the chazaras HaShatz his grandson Rabbi Lipa Rubin shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon R' Baruch shlit"a. For Hallel the Rebbe shlit"a went to the amud, and Shir HaShirim was recited as customary.

Removing and returning the Sefer Torah: R' Shalom Weberman and R' Eliyahu Shlomo Kohn, directors of Beis Rachel. The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Alter Teitelbaum shlit"a.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Moshe Baruch Katz, Levi: R' Baruch Lipa Lowy, third: HaGaon R' Itamar Meisels shlit"a, fourth: R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger, fifth: R' Yaakov Zusman Sofer, sixth: the Rebbe shlit"a, seventh: R' Bentzion Eliyahu Zaldan.

Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: R' Hillel Teitelbaum, gelilah: R' Yoel Bar"d Kohn, Maftir: R' Shalom Yitzchak Weinberger, hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: R' Lipa Epstein (Montreal), gelilah: R' Moshe Baruch Polak (Williamsburg).

Before Mussaf, they went out for Yizkor. The Rebbe shlit"a davened Mussaf with great outpouring of the soul, and R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld went to the amud for Kah Keili. They concluded at around 2:40.
At the afternoon meal at his holy home, the Rebbe shlit"a made Kiddush on cream puffs and a drink of brandy provided by R' Pinchas Elimelech Weiss, and they brought in a dish made from matzah. The Rebbe shlit"a honored his grandson Rabbi Meir Yuda Ashkenazi shlit"a with the zemiros, and his grandson Rabbi Lipa Ashkenazi shlit"a with Shir HaYichud for the first day. Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi of the Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a.

In the afternoon around 7:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha, together with Shalosh Seudos. Mincha: R' Yaakov Yosef Pilaff, removing and returning the Sefer Torah: R' Betzalel Bash, Kohen: R' Lipa Friedman (Williamsburg), Levi: R' Shlomo Wertzberger, third: the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi of the Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a, gelilah: Rabbi Shmuel Shlomo Teller shlit"a.

The shamash, R' Yoel Kaufman, poured the lechayim, and the Rebbe wished the Chevra Kadisha, as customary.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen, Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein, Yedid Nefesh: R' Avrohom Avish Benbitzer (Toronto), Keil Mistater: R' Avrohom Yaakov Fried (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup, and they continued singing nigunim in honor of the closing of the Yom Tov.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah at a microphone. He based it on the verse in Shir HaShirim, "How beautiful are your steps in sandals," and explained that Jews sing praise to Hashem even when they feel broken that the Yom Tov should have looked much nicer. But when Hashem helps and the righteous redeemer comes, we will merit to fulfill all the mitzvos of the Yom Tov perfectly. For that reason we sing now, "As we have merited to arrange it, so may we merit to perform it."

They sang Ani Maamin in the coming of Moshiach, and afterward the Rebbe shlit"a stood up and danced "Chasal Siddur Pesach" with emotion and fervor for an extended time, together with the entire holy congregation. At the end, the Rebbe said three times "L'shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim," as customary.

The Rebbe shlit"a went to the amud for Maariv of Motzei Shabbos in honor of the yahrzeit of the Rebbe's mother. After Havdalah, the Rebbe wished the entire community a good week and a healthy summer. They concluded at 10:45.

The Pesach seder is concluded according to its halacha, with all its laws and statutes. As we have merited to arrange it, so may we merit to perform it.

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The Seventh Day of Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the morning at 10:35 the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash and approached the amud for Pesukei D'Zimra of Shacharis and Hallel. Hallel HaGadol and the Shirah were recited verse by verse, as is customary.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Sefer Torah): HaGaon R' Chaim Nachum Gottlieb shlit"a, a moreh d'asra of our kehilla, and HaGaon R' Eizik Glick shlit"a, a moreh d'asra of our kehilla. The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Divrei Chaim; the Rebbe shlit"a read with emotion and inspiration.

Aliyos. Kohen: the baal simcha HaGaon R' Yoel HaKohen Moskowitz shlit"a - the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and the naming for his newborn daughter, mazel tov. Levi: R' Elazar Gruber; Shlishi: R' Yisroel Perl; Revi'i: R' Chaim Avrohom Rosenfeld; Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and the naming on the birth of a daughter for the following baalei simcha:
R' Yechezkel Broish Brach
R' Moshe Hersh Wieder.

Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: R' Shalom Yosef Gottlieb (Williamsburg); Gelilah: R' Lipa Berish Friedman; Maftir: R' Meir Hirsch; Hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: R' Lipa Berkowitz (Antwerp); Gelilah: R' Yekusiel Yisroel Fried.

Mussaf: R' Dovid Eckstein; the opening of Anim Zemiros: R' Shmuel Berger shlit"a (Williamsburg). After davening, the bris was held for the newborn son of R' Asher Goldman, at which the Rebbe was sandek. The davening concluded at around 2:45.

At the midday tish in his holy home, the Rebbe shlit"a honored with the zemiros his grandson the bochur Yissachar Ber, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Boruch shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Berach Moshe. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yoel shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch.
In the afternoon, before candle-lighting time, the Rebbe went to the mikvah in honor of Shabbos and Yom Tov, and at home lit the yizkor candles for the elevation of the souls of his parents, the holy Rebbe zt"l and the Rebbetzin, the righteous, a"h.

In the evening at 8:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos wearing a tallis. Mincha: R' Elisha Horowitz; Kabbalas Shabbos and Maariv: R' Chaim Berish Spielman; the Rebbe approached the amud for the Sefirah. After davening, everyone went over to wish a gut Shabbos, gut Yom Tov.

At around 12:15 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Erev Shabbos... [sic] seudah in the large beis medrash on the north side. Raising the cup for Kiddush: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Kalman Halberstam shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Sanz, Kiryas Joel. The Rebbe uncovered the matzah and also dipped the matzah into the gravy after the fish. Matzah kugel, matzah farfel and matzah kremzlach made in the home of prominent members of the kehilla were brought in, and for the matzah kremzlach the entire gathering came over to take shirayim for an extended time.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon R' Zalman Yuda Kahana shlit"a (Beit Shemesh); Menucha V'Simcha: Rabbi Elchanan Chaim Teitelbaum shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shlomo Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Cieszanów, Kiryas Joel.

The Rebbe shlit"a delivered a Torah discourse on the Midrash "'The sea saw and fled' — what did it see? The Baraisa of Rabbi Yishmael," and explained in the manner of a derush the sugya of "tli gitach mei'gabei karka."

Kah Echsof: HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Rottenberg shlit"a, a moreh d'asra of our kehilla. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Yoel shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Boruch.

The Rebbe shlit"a related stories and accounts about the holy Divrei Chaim zy"a and about the journeys of the holy Baal Berach Moshe zy"a to the tziyun of his grandfather the Divrei Chaim zy"a, whose yahrzeits fall out on Tuesday and Wednesday, 25/26 Nissan.

Fruits were brought in and the new chassanim came over to take shirayim. Joyous melodies were sung in honor of the Shalom Zachar of the Rebbe's grandson, the newborn son of HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Rav Tov, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a, on the seventh day: R' Moshe Schwartz (Williamsburg). The tish concluded at 2:45.

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The final days of Pesach, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Thursday, Erev Yom Tov, in the afternoon, the Rebbe shlit"a made the eruv tavshilin and gave a zechus through the house bochur, the chassan Alter Baruch Gefen.

In the evening at around 8:40 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash and approached the amud for Mincha, and began Hodu as customary. Maariv: HaGaon R' Yosef Dovid Levy shlit"a. At "Emunah kol zos" it was sung as customary, and the Rebbe approached the amud for Sefirah. After davening everyone went over to wish a gut Yom Tov. It ended at 9:25.

Around 12:30 the Rebbe shlit"a entered for the seder in the Great Beis Medrash. Lifting the cup for Kiddush: HaGaon R' Yosef Hersh Sofer shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla.

During the tish, songs of praise and thanksgiving in honor of Yom Tov were sung. During the zemiros, the Rebbe honored his grandson Rabbi Lipa shlit"a (Yerushalayim), son of his son-in-law HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the beis medrash, the Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Vayosha Hashem bayom hahu es Yisroel miyad Mitzrayim," and resolved the contradiction in Rashi regarding which day the Jewish children said the shira: that the Yidden sang shira twice before Hashem, once for the miracle itself, and a second time for the zechus of being able to say shira. For this alone we must praise Hashem. And today, when we have the zechus and the day to say the same holy words, we ask Hashem, "Vihyu no imreinu l'ratzon lifnei Adon Kol," and that all kinds of good blessings be bestowed.

After the Torah, they continued with song and zemiros in honor of the day. The Rebbe shlit"a stood up and began "Vayosha," and danced together with the huge crowd the Shiras HaYam, with holy dancing and fiery enthusiasm for an extended time.

Birkas Hamazon: the son-in-law, HaGaon Rabbi, the Rav of the beis medrash, the Beirach Moshe shlit"a. It ended at 1:55.

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Thursday, Chol HaMoed Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the Great Beis Medrash for Shacharis at around 10:00. Shacharis: R' Yosef Meir Katz. The Rebbe went to the amud for Hallel.

At the Torah reading, the following were honored. Pesicha: HaRav R' Meir Dovid Masri and HaRav R' Yechiel Alter Taub.
Aliyos. Kohen: HaRav Amram Cohen, Levi: HaRav R' Shalom Landau, Shlishi: HaGaon R' Shalom Moshe Lipschitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek of the Beis Mordechai beis medrash, Hagbah of the first sefer: HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek in our kehilla, Gelilah: HaRav R' Simcha Yisroel Appel, Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a, Hagbah: HaRav R' Avrohom Philipp, Gelilah: HaRav R' Yoel, son of R' Yehoshua Friedman.
Mussaf: HaRav Shmuel Friedman. The davening concluded at around 11:50.

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Wednesday, Chol HaMoed Pesach — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the Great Beis Medrash for Shacharis at around 9:50. Shacharis: R' Yaakov Moshe Mittelman. The Rebbe recited the verses one by one with the congregation, and went to the amud for Hallel.

At the Torah reading, the following were honored. Pesicha: HaRav R' Yerachmiel Bittman and HaRav R' Menachem Mendy Shehr.
Aliyos. Kohen: HaRav R' Naftali Hirtzka Kahn, Levi: HaGaon Rabbi Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of the Divrei Chaim beis medrash, Shlishi: HaRav R' Yisroel Falkowitz, Hagbah of the first sefer: HaRav R' Shalom Yitzchak Shehr, Gelilah: HaRav R' Shimshon Gefen, Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a, Hagbah of the second sefer: HaRav R' Chaim Eliyahu Teitelbaum, Gelilah: R' Yaakov, son of R' Yisroel Friedman.
Mussaf: HaGaon R' Avrohom Wolf Friedman shlit"a. The davening concluded at around 11:50.

After davening, the bris of the newborn son of R' Azriel Elimelech Shehr took place, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

In the afternoon, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Menachem Meir Weissmandl shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Nitra-Monsey, came for a Yom Tov visit with the Rebbe. A lengthy, friendly conversation took place about various halachic questions that arise during the days of Chol HaMoed Pesach, and the Rebbe bestowed his holy blessings upon him.

At around 8:00 in the evening, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home on 7 Kent Street.

At 8:40 the Rebbe entered the Great Beis Medrash for the 'gathering of Yom Tov joy and festival celebration' together with the 'Simchas HaTnaim' in our holy courts, for the granddaughter of the Rebbe shlit"a, the daughter of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Yoel shlit"a, Rav of the Beis Boruch beis medrash, who is engaged to the son of the Av Beis Din of Bertsch shlit"a, the chosson HaRav Boruch shlit"a, son of HaGaon R' Yoel Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the Av Beis Din of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a, and a grandson of the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a.

During the gathering, Yom Tov melodies and joyous melodies were sung with voices of joy and thanksgiving in honor of the Yom Tov and in honor of the simcha.
In honor of the simcha, the mechutanim and the grandfathers stood forward. The Rebbe shlit"a honored the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a with the reading of the Tnaim. Afterward, the chosson recited the pshetl, and the customary songs were sung.

Then the Rebbe shlit"a delivered holy words in the manner of aggadah, speaking about the great yichus of the chosson and kallah. He highlighted the special closeness that the grandfather, HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Boruch zt"l, father-in-law of the Gorlitz Rebbe shlit"a, had with the holy Rebbe, the Beirach Moshe zy"a, and the nachas the Rebbe had from this shidduch, both because of the connection with the brother, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Shalom Eliezer shlit"a, and with the distinguished family from all sides. He concluded with his holy blessings to the mechutanim, the grandfathers, and the entire assembly.

Then the Rebbe drank lechayim, blessed the chosson, the mechutanim, the grandfathers and the entire assembly, and began to dance. At the conclusion, at around 10:45, the Rebbe went to wish mazel tov to the kallah, as is customary.

After the gathering, the Rebbe davened Maariv. The baal tefillah was HaRav R' Aharon Hersh Berkowitz. After Maariv, the Rebbe counted Sefirah at the amud.

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Tuesday, Chol HaMoed

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Great Beis Medrash for Shacharis at around 10:10. Shacharis: HaRav R' Elchanan Taub. The Rebbe recited "Vekharos" verse by verse, and went to the amud for Hallel.

At the Torah reading, the following were honored. Pesicha: HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Mendlowitz shlit"a and R' Yoel Weinberger. Aliyos. Kohen: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a; Levi: R' Shmuel Berger (of Williamsburg); Shlishi: the baal bris R' Chaim Bentzion Neiman; Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: R' Chaim Berish Pilof; Gelilah: R' Shabsi Yaakov Wertheimer; Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a; Hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: R' Yitzchak Teitelbaum; Gelilah: R' Yisroel Mendel Schwartz. Musaf was led by HaGaon R' Yechezkel Lax shlit"a, a moreh tzedek in our kehilla. The davening concluded at around 11:50.

After davening, the bris of the newborn son of R' Chaim Bentzion Neiman took place, at which the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

In the afternoon at around 3:15, the Rebbe came for a visit to the Heichal HaTorah in the Great Beis Medrash, where the Rebbe looked around with great nachas at the many learners, and then returned home to his holy residence.

In the evening at around 7:30, the Rebbe davened Mincha at his holy residence on Route 1 (Zanz Street), and then traveled to Williamsburg to deliver the word of Hashem at the annual gathering in our great beis medrash in Williamsburg.

At around 9:05 the Rebbe arrived at the Great Beis Medrash and davened Maariv. The baal tefilla was from the Shabbos Kodesh, HaRav R' Shlomo Zalman Stein. After Maariv, the Rebbe counted Sefirah before the amud.

After Maariv, the Rebbe went up to the Aron Kodesh, where the Rebbe prayed a silent prayer, and began the derasha with an in-depth pilpul on the sugya of "mitzvos tzerichos kavanah," which the Rebbe has been learning in recent weeks in the Heichal HaYeshiva. He then moved on to a drush and the sugya in honor of Yom Tov, and afterward to words of aggada and mussar. In the course of this, he strengthened the chaburos of our holy kehilla in Torah learning, especially the "Shoneh Halachos" chabura, which is beginning a new cycle, and he spoke out regarding matters of tefilla, tznius, technology, and chinuch of children.

The Rebbe shlit"a then spoke about the current situation regarding the chinuch decrees in New York, the obligation that rests on every Jew, each man and his household, for the sake of Hashem and His holy Torah, to send to the government our opposition to the decrees on chinuch by sending the letters against the new guidelines. The Rebbe described the storm that the letters created in the past in the government corridors, and said that this strength must not be weakened; if fewer come in this time, they will interpret it as a sign that the opposition has, chalilah, weakened. The Rebbe then spoke out forcefully and expressed his pain over the askanim who are working on the decrees, "Unfortunately they are traitors! They are working on compromises with the government, yimach shemam. I am standing here in a holy place, in a beis medrash, and I want to give testimony: they came to me for me to give my approval for compromises. They agreed with me that we must make compromises and that I should give my approval. Jews with beards and peyos who wear shtreimels came to me in Kiryas Joel to ask that I, too, agree. They agree, and I should also give my approval." The Rebbe then spoke about the severe prohibition of Zionism, the gravity of the very Zionist idea and of establishing a state before the coming of Moshiach, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire tzibur. It ended at around 11:00.

After the derasha, the chassidim had the privilege of greeting their Rebbe for the Yom Tov. For an extended time the Rebbe shlit"a stood, and the entire crowd passed by to bless and be blessed with the blessing of the Yom Tov. Afterward, the Rebbe traveled home to his holy residence in Kiryas Joel.

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Monday, 1st Day of Chol HaMoed Pesach, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Satmar Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Shacharis at around 9:50. Shacharis was led by R' Yoel Hirsch. For Hallel, the Rebbe sent HaGaon R' Shimon Panet shlit"a.

Those honored with the Torah reading: Pesicha: Rabbi Yoel Berger shlit"a and R' Yoel Landau. Aliyos. Kohen: R' Yudel Katz, Levi: the bar mitzvah bochur Yoel Landau, Shlishi: HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Chaim Elazar Weiss shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Chmelnik Monsey, Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: HaGaon R' Aryeh Asher Indig shlit"a, Moreh Tzedek of Beis Medrash Maharsha, Gelilah: R' Yudel Schwartz, Revi'i: the Rebbe shlit"a, Hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: HaGaon R' Meir Siman shlit"a, Gelilah: R' Binyamin Yosef Meir Teller (Womsbag). Mussaf: R' Akiva Weinstock. The davening concluded at around 11:30.

In the afternoon, the bris took place in the Beis Medrash HaGadol for the newborn son of R' Shlomo Menashe Bittman, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

In the evening at around 8:10, the Rebbe davened Mincha in his holy home at 5 Kent Street. At the proper time, after Maariv, the Rebbe counted Sefirah before the amud.