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

At 8:15 in the evening the Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash for Mincha. Mincha: R' Elisha Horowitz. Maariv: HaGaon R' Yosef Shlomo Feuerstein shlit"a. The Rebbe went up to the amud to count the Omer. After davening, everyone went over to wish each other a good Yom Tov. Davening concluded at around 9:15.

At around 12:10 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the main beis medrash on the north side for the seudah. Lifting the cup for Kiddush: HaGaon R' Yosef Shmuel Berkowitz shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The Rebbe uncovered the matzos and also dipped the matzah into the gravy after the fish. They brought in matzah farfel, matzah kugel, and matzah cremslach, prepared in the homes of prominent members of the kehilla. By the matzah cremslach, the entire tzibur went over to take shirayim for an extended period.

For the zemiros, the Rebbe shlit"a honored HaGaon R' Shlomo Junger, dayan of Tash, Kiryas Joel.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the Midrash "The sea saw and fled — what did it see? The Baraisa of Rabbi Yishmael," and explained, in the manner of drush, the sugya of an asei that overrides a lo sa'aseh, and an asei.

Birkas Hamazon: Rabbi Chaim Meir Stein shlit"a. The seudah concluded at 1:50.
The Last Day of Pesach

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the beis medrash at around 10:20. Pesukei D'zimra: R' Yoel Weiss shlit"a. The Rebbe shlit"a went up to the amud for Shacharis and Hallel.

Hotza'ah and hachnasah: Rabbi Chaim Elisha Stern shlit"a, rav of Kehal Chassidim in Bayswater, and R' Moshe Eliezer Neiman. The pesukim of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Naftali Hersh Kahn shlit"a, moreh tzedek.

Aliyos. Kohen: R' Chaim Wolf Friedman. Levi: R' Yehoshua Wertzberger. Shlishi: the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of Beis Medrash Beis Baruch, shlit"a. Revii: R' Yaakov Yokel Hirsch. Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah of the first Sefer Torah: R' Zalman Leib Kappel, gelilah: R' Shmuel Stein.
Maftir: R' Shmuel Aharon Landau. Hagbah of the second Sefer Torah: R' Wolf Perl, gelilah: R' Yoel Goldstein. After Maftir, everyone went out for Yizkor.

Mussaf: the chazan, the HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of Beis Medrash Avnei Tzedek shlit"a. Opening of Ano'im Zemiros: R' Dovid Yitzchak Falkowitz.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shlomo Wertzberger, where the Rebbe was sandek. Davening concluded at around 2:20.

At the afternoon seudah at his holy home, cremslach were brought in. The Rebbe honored his grandson HaGaon R' Chaim Hersh Ashkenazi shlit"a, rav of Beis Medrash Rav Tov, with the zemiros, and the Rebbe recited the bentching over the cup.

In the afternoon at around 7:50 the Rebbe shlit"a entered the main beis medrash for Mincha and Ne'ilas HaChag. Mincha: R' Yoel Hirsch.

After Mincha the Rebbe shlit"a sat down at the tish and several Yom Tov niggunim were sung. R' Yosef Weiss, one of the prominent members of the Chevra Kadisha, poured lechayim, and the Rebbe wished the Chevra Kadisha well, as is customary.

Fruit was served, after which "Ani Ma'amin" was sung with great arousal and with tears, and it was continued with deveikus, along with "Tibaneh Meheira" and "Achakeh Lo."

After the time, the Rebbe shlit"a recited "Baruch HaMavdil" and delivered a dvar Torah over a microphone. The Rebbe built on the pasuk "Then Moshe sang" and explained that with the mitzvah of milah, even when the orlah is removed, it creates a deveikus. The same applies to breaking the matzah: even when one breaks one piece into two, two become one. Since Hakadosh Baruch Hu, the Torah and Yisroel are one, it naturally helps teshuvah. During this Yom Tov we merited to say Hallel 13 times, and with this to arouse the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy and good blessings for Jewish children in all matters.

The Rebbe shlit"a stood up and danced "Chasal Siddur Pesach" with emotion and enthusiasm for an extended time, together with the entire holy congregation. At the end, the Rebbe said "Next year in Yerushalayim" three times, as is customary.

Maariv for Motzei Yom Tov: R' Hersh Leib Fogel. After Havdalah, the Rebbe wished the entire tzibur a good week and a healthy summer. Davening concluded at 10:00, and the Rebbe shlit"a was escorted out with the niggun "Ashrei HaAm."

Immediately upon arriving home at his holy residence, the Rebbe shlit"a bought back the chametz from the non-Jew.

The Pesach Seder is concluded according to its halacha, with all its laws and statutes. Just as we merited to arrange it, so may we merit to perform it.

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