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

At around 8:15 in the evening, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Beis Medrash HaGadol for Mincha. Mincha: R' Moshe Meir Gottlieb; Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Yaakov Feldman. After Maariv, the Rebbe counted Sefirah at the amud.

Davening ended at around 9:15. The congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 10:20, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the seudah in the hall at his holy residence together with the out-of-town chasanim, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with feeling and sweetness, through Melech Tamim Darko, and sang Eishes Chayil.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: R' Moshe Meir Teitelbaum; Menucha V'Simcha: R' Yudel Steinmetz.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse in Shir HaShirim, "Your neck is like the Tower of David," and explained that through the mitzvah of bris milah one merits to taste the sweetness of the Torah, and through knowledge one can merit the World to Come.

Kah Echsof: Rabbi Elchanan Chaim, son-in-law of HaGaon HaTzaddik R' Shlomo Rubin shlit"a, Av Beis Din of Ciechanów, Kiryas Joel. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon HaTzaddik, Av Beis Din of Ciechanów, Kiryas Joel shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a related stories and episodes about his ancestor, the holy R' Aharon HaGadol of Karlin zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Monday, 11 Nissan.
Kah Ribon Olam: R' Aharon Hersh Berkowitz.

The new chasanim passed by to take fruit, as the seventh day: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld. The seudah ended at around 1:15.

And on the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for davening at around 10:10.

Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon R' Yoel Kellner shlit"a, director of our holy yeshiva in Manchester.
The Rebbe approached the amud for Shacharis, and sent to the chazaras HaShatz his grandson HaGaon R' Zalman Teitelbaum shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Beis Menachem Zev, and then went on to Hallel.
Shir HaShirim was recited as is customary.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah: HaGaon R' Yitzchak Eisik Glick shlit"a, moreh tzedek, and HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, moreh tzedek and dayan of the Dinov beis medrash, Kiryas Joel. Pesukei Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Meir Mayer shlit"a (Boro Park).

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Simcha Katz; Levi: R' Elazar Gruber; Shlishi: the son-in-law of the Rav of the Beis Medrash Berech Moshe, HaGaon HaTzaddik shlit"a; Revi'i: R' Avrohom Weider; Chamishi: R' Moshe Meir Teitelbaum; Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe shlit"a recited the Mi Sheberach and named the newborn daughters of:
R' Mordechai Peketeh.
R' Eliezer Taub.

Shevi'i: R' Elisha Horowitz; Hagbah of the first sefer: R' Yitzchak Stauber; Gelilah: R' Yoel Schreiber; Maftir: R' Yehoshua Shmuel Weider; Hagbah of the second sefer: R' Baruch Yitzchak Weiss; Gelilah: R' Aharon Neustadt.

Mussaf: R' Yehoshua Shmuel Weider; Pesichah for Ani'im Zemiros: R' Yosef Schreiber. Davening ended at around 1:30.

At the afternoon tish at his holy residence with the out-of-town chasanim, they sang Shabbos and Yom Tov melodies, and the Rebbe honored people with the zemiros. Baruch Hashem Yom Yom: the chasanim from Williamsburg; Baruch Kel Elyon: the chasanim from Boro Park; Berach Dodi: chasanim from Montreal; Shir HaYichud: chasanim from Monsey.

Birkas Hamazon: the bochur Zusha, son of Yekusiel Aharon Rubin (Williamsburg). The seudah ended at around 3:30.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

For Mincha and Seudah Shlishis, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 8:10. Mincha: R' Yehuda Eliezer Gottesman; Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Wolf Feuerstein; Kohen: R' Yosef Raphael Hopfer; Levi: R' Yehoshua Mordechai Wertzberger; Shlishi: Rabbi Dovid Perl shlit"a; Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a; Gelilah: R' Eisik Hersh Berkowitz (Williamsburg).

The Rebbe honored people with the zemiros at Seudah Shlishis. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen; Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe shlit"a spoke on the verse in Shir HaShirim, "Your neck is like the Tower of David," and explained that through the mitzvah of bris milah, which is a sign of the covenant of love between the Jewish children and Hashem, one can merit teshuvah out of love, and through knowledge one can merit Torah.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Yisroel HaKohen Landau (Williamsburg); Kel Mistatter: R' Avrohom Dovid Gottlieb (Williamsburg). The Rebbe shlit"a recited the blessing over the cup.

Maariv for Motzei Shabbos: R' Elisha Horowitz. The Rebbe went to count Sefirah.

After Havdalah, the congregation went over to wish a good moed. The seudah ended at around 10:20.

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