The night of 4 Chol HaMoed, Ushpizin of Yosef HaTzaddik, "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

The Rebbe shlit"a entered the Sukkah HaGedolah for the Yom Tov meal at around 11:00. After the recitation of the order of the Ushpizin, the Rebbe washed for the Yom Tov seudah.

The Ushpizin sponsors set out wine as is customary, and after the Yom Tov dishes, the Ushpizin sponsors brought kugels, and the Rebbe distributed shirayim.

During the singing of Shir HaMaalos, the Rebbe honored: HaGaon Rabbi Avrohom Meir Halberstam shlit"a, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of our beis medrash in 18 Boro Park shlit"a; HaGaon R' Simcha Shalom Steinberger shlit"a, Rav of the Divrei Chaim beis medrash; HaGaon R' Naftali Hirtzka Zwibel shlit"a, Rosh Av Beis Din of Williamsburg.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And of Yosef he said: Blessed by Hashem is his land," and explained in the manner of derush that Yosef HaTzaddik ruled like Rabbi Meir, so that Hakadosh Baruch Hu can naturally give Eretz Yisroel to all of Klal Yisroel even though it is something without limit, since Eretz Yisroel is an "Eretz HaTzvi" (the land of the deer-skin) and it expands as needed. He continued with an aggadic teaching that in the merit of Yosef, the holiness of Eretz Yisroel spreads into all the sukkos, and concluded with abundant blessings.

Birkas Hamazon: led by the Rav of the Kol Eliyahu beis medrash, a son-in-law of the Rebbe's family, HaGaon shlit"a. After bentching, the singing and zemiros continued, and the Rebbe stood up to dance in honor of Simchas Beis HaShoeva. It ended at around 12:30.

Tuesday, 4 Chol HaMoed

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:10. Baal tefillah: R' Yaakov Akiva Weinstock. The Rebbe went up to Hallel and performed his holy service with the nanuim with great fervor and arousal, and afterward recited the Hoshanos. Pesicha: HaRav Yitzchak Dovid Jacob shlit"a (Yerushalayim).

Kohen: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Nachman Kahana shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rav of the Birkas Moshe beis medrash, HaGaon shlit"a. Levi: R' Yaakov Chaim Moskowitz (Williamsburg). Shlishi: HaGaon R' Yoel Yitzchak Stern shlit"a, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of the Dinov beis medrash in Kiryas Joel. Revii: the Rebbe shlit"a. Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Yehoshua Lavin, son-in-law of the Rav of the Birkas Moshe beis medrash, HaGaon shlit"a. Gelilah: Rabbi Shimon Teitelbaum shlit"a, grandson of the Gaon HaKadosh of our kehilla in Boro Park 15 shlit"a.

Mussaf: R' Yaakov Akiva Weinstock. It ended at around 12:50.