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

The Rebbe entered for Shacharis at around 10:55. Berachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon R' Dovid Perl shlit"a. The Rebbe recited Vechoros (the verse "Vechoros") verse by verse, then approached Shacharis, and for the chazaras hashatz he sent his grandson Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Ashkenazi shlit"a, son of the son-in-law of HaGaon Rabbi Av Beis Din of the Even Tzedek beis medrash shlit"a, and then approached the recital of Hallel with great hislahavus.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): Rabbi Yaakov Hersh Friedman shlit"a (Williamsburg) and HaGaon R' Nosson Dov Schwartz shlit"a, moreh tzedek. The verses of Shema Yisroel: HaGaon R' Yosef Hersh Soifer shlit"a, moreh tzedek.

Aliyos:
- Kohen: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel HaKohen Glantz
- Levi: R' Yehoshua Wertzberger
- Shlishi: R' Avrohom Weider
- Revi'i: the baal bris, R' Shlomo Aharon Soifer
- Chamishi: the Rebbe shlit"a
- Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Halberstam shlit"a, son-in-law of HaGaon the Av Beis Din of Sighet shlit"a.
- Gelilah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the son-in-law of HaGaon the Rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a.
- Maftir: the bochur Eliyahu Yoel, son of R' Yitzchak Eizik Yaakov Goldstein (Williamsburg).
- Hagbah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Lipa Rubin shlit"a, son-in-law of the son-in-law of HaGaon the Rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a.
- Gelilah: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yisroel Dushinsky shlit"a, son of HaGaon the Rav of the Ohel Feiga beis medrash shlit"a.

After a break of a few minutes, the Rebbe entered wearing the kittel and silver cap and approached Mussaf and the Tal prayer with great hislahavus.

Opening the Aron for Tal: R' Yoel son of R' Mordechai Mittelman. Approaching for Kuh: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld. Opening for Ane'im Zemiros: R' Avrohom Yaakov Ganz. They finished at around 2:30.

After davening, a bris took place for the newborn son of R' Shlomo Aharon Soifer, where the Rebbe served as sandek and mohel.

At the afternoon meal in his holy home, hundreds of out-of-town chasanim joined. During the seudah, several Yom Tov niggunim were sung, and the Rebbe honored the singers to sing the piyut 'Barech Dodi.'

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse 'Mikra kodesh, zecher liyetzias Mitzrayim,' explaining that in the merit of matzah, Hashem acquires Klal Yisroel with kinyan meshichah, and there is no need to resort to striking with a stick.

Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson Rabbi Yehoshua Mordechai Elazar Lavin shlit"a, son-in-law of the son-in-law of HaGaon the Rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a. They finished at around 4:30.

In the afternoon at around 8:25 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 8:25. Mincha: Rabbi Yaakov Feldman shlit"a. After Mincha, HaRav HaTzaddik R' Berel Glantz shlit"a of Bardiov, Kiryas Joel, spoke on behalf of the annual appeal of Kollel Shomrei HaChomos.

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