The Final Days of Pesach, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Erev Yom Tov afternoon, in his holy home, the Rebbe shlit"a lit the yizkor candles in memory of his parents, the Rebbe zy"a and the Rebbetzin a"h.

In the evening at around 8:15, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Great Beis Medrash and approached the amud for Mincha, and began Hodu as customary. Maariv: HaGaon R' Dovid Eckstein shlit"a. "Emes V'emunah Kol Zos" was sung as customary, and the Rebbe approached the amud to count the Omer. After davening, everyone went over to wish each other a good Yom Tov. Davening ended at 9:15.

At around 12:20, the Rebbe shlit"a entered the Yom Tov seudah in the Great Beis Medrash. Raising the cup for Kiddush: HaRav HaTzaddik R' Berel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, Kiryas Joel.

During the tish, the singing and zemiros in honor of Yom Tov were prolonged. The Rebbe honored HaGaon R' Yosef Hersh Soifer shlit"a, a moreh tzedek, with the zemiros.
After the zemiros, the Rebbe shlit"a instructed that the singing continue in honor of the day.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Az Yashir Moshe U'vnei Yisroel," and explained that when the Jews entered the sea, they became holy — "for you are a holy nation to Hashem your G-d" — and the bondage to the Egyptians was annulled. Now, on the seventh day of Pesach, this repeats itself: all forms of bondage of the Jewish children are annulled, both physical and spiritual, freedom from the yetzer hara, and a holy abundance descends from heaven together with all good things.

After the Torah, at around 1:30, "B'vik'acha Yam Suf" was sung, and the Rebbe shlit"a stood up and danced the shirah with deveikus and fiery enthusiasm, together with him the enormous crowd of thousands, for an extended time.

Birkas Hamazon: the Chaver Dayan, HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the Beis Medrash, Rabbi Berach Moshe shlit"a. It ended at 1:50.

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