Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Behar-Bechukosai – Blessing of the month of Sivan, 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

On Friday night at around 8:50 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went to the amud for Mincha.
Kabbalas Shabbos: R' Aharon Yosef Friedman. They finished at around 10:20; an appeal for Hatzalas Chinuch in England was held. The congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

At around 10:50 the Rebbe entered the holy table in the Heichal HaShulchanos together with the third-year talmidim of all the branches of the yeshivos ketanos in Kiryas Joel, and began, as is his custom, with Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
Eshes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, R' Yissachar Ber Teitelbaum, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Beirach Moshe beis medrash shlit"a. Lifting of the cup: HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a, head administrator of Kiryas Joel.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros. Kol Mekadesh: HaGaon Rabbi Wolf Landau shlit"a, administrator of the yeshiva ketana, Rav Tuv branch. Menucha V'Simcha: HaGaon Rabbi Yisroel Gepilhoiz shlit"a, rosh hakollel of Tiferes Halacha in Antwerp.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "And Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai" and explained in the manner of a derush the topic of "moda'a rabba la'oraisa."

Kah Echsof: HaGaon Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinberger shlit"a. Birkas Hamazon: HaGaon Rabbi Meir Emanuel Hager shlit"a, rav of the Ratzfert beis medrash in Beit Shemesh.

For the stories and accounts this week, the Rebbe shlit"a told about the holy Baal Shem Tov zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on the Yom Tov of Shavuos.

Kah Ribon Olam: HaGaon Rabbi Nachum Ladinsky shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Or HaTorah in Lakewood. The new chasanim went over to take fruit. Az B'Yom HaShevi'i: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a, son of the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the Avnei Tzedek beis medrash shlit"a. They finished at around 1:15.

On the holy Shabbos day

On Shabbos morning the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:40. Berachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: R' Shalom Meir Eckstein. The Rebbe recited "V'chorus" verse by verse, and went to the amud for Shacharis.

Hotzaah and Hachnasah (taking out and returning the Torah): R' Chaim Elazar Spitzer (of Williamsburg); the verses of Shema Yisroel: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Yoel Ashkenazi shlit"a.

Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Shlomo Glick (of Williamsburg).
- Levi: R' Moshe Meir Gottlieb.
- Shlishi: R' Yonah Bernatta.
- Revi'i: R' Yitzchak Moshe Frankel.
- Chamishi: R' Yitzchak Ehrenfeld.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliya, the Rebbe called the following up by name on the occasion of the birth of a daughter:
- Rabbi Yoel Greenwald shlit"a.
- R' Yaakov Klein.
- R' Avrohom Yehoshua Herskovits.
- R' Pinchas Aryeh Laub.
- R' Shmuel Dovid Markovits.
- R' Moshe, son of Yoel Silberstein.
- R' Meir Hersh Zaldan.
- R' Yehoshua, son of Yoel Hirsch.
- R' Avrohom Shmuel Glick.

- Shevi'i: R' Zalman Leib Siman – the Rebbe called him up by name on the occasion of the birth of his daughter, mazel tov.
- Acharon – Chazak: R' Yehoshua Wertzberger.
- Maftir: R' Mendel Frankel.
- Hagbah: Rabbi Yoel Greenwald shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Avrohom Yehoshua Herskovits.

After the Torah reading the Rebbe shlit"a blessed Rosh Chodesh with great emotion, and then went to the amud for Musaf on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy R' Aharon Teitelbaum zt"l, Av Beis Din of Volove, which falls on Erev Shabbos, the 3rd of Sivan. Opening of Ano'im Zemiros: R' Yisroel Elimelech Klein (of Williamsburg).

After davening, the brissin took place:
- For the newborn son of R' Kalman Eliezer Herskovits, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
- For the newborn son of R' Yisroel Spitzer, where the Rebbe was sandek and mohel.
They finished at around 12:50.

In the afternoon at around 7:40 the Rebbe entered the main beis medrash for Pirkei Avos. The Rebbe stood on Perek 5, Mishnah 3, "With ten trials was Avrohom Avinu tested, and he withstood them all," and explained it in ten ways in the manner of derush, aggadah and mussar, and at the end delivered words of inspiration for the Yom Tov of Shavuos, that one should prepare through Torah study and through studying the holy sefer Or HaChaim on the portion of the giving of the Torah. He also spoke in praise of the "Keren Kiryas Joel" for expanding the borders of holiness in greater Kiryas Joel; the Rebbe thanked the askanim of the fund and asked all the members of the community to help raise the large sums it costs.
The Rebbe also spoke in praise of the Chavura Segulah, who deal with the offices in the town.

The Rebbe then urged that, as we have already seen, thank G-d, regarding the lighting in the apartments in Kiryas Joel, both in purchasing and in renting, on Yom Tov of Shavuos, when many guests come, one should also take everyone into consideration and rent out the apartments at normal prices; it is not right to raise prices and tear off a large sum of money for two or three days of Yom Tov. At around 8:40 the Rebbe concluded with his holy blessing, and the Rebbe went into his private room.

Seudas Shlishis

The Rebbe entered the beis medrash for Mincha and Shalosh Seudos at around 8:50.
- Mincha: from Shabbos morning, R' Shlomo Zalman Stein.
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Yisroel Spitzer.
- Kohen: R' Eliezer Dovid Glick.
- Levi: Rabbi Peretz Tuvia Deutsch shlit"a.
- Shlishi: R' Avrohom Hersh Klein.
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Baruch Yehuda Dresdner.

At Shalosh Seudos the Rebbe honored people with the zemiros. Odeh: R' Noach Gefen. Shir HaMaalos: R' Chaim Elazar Spitzer.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "If you walk in My statutes" and explained that if one is not careful with guarding the eyes, there is no blessing in material matters, but with purity of thought there is blessing, wealth and everything good.

Yedid Nefesh: R' Yitzchak Markovits. Kel Mistater: R' Chaim Yaakov (of Williamsburg). The Rebbe recited the blessing over the cup.

For Maariv on Motzei Shabbos the Rebbe went to the amud on the occasion of this week's yahrzeit of his grandfather, the holy Volover Rav zt"l. After Havdalah the congregation went over to wish a good week. They finished at around 10:55.

At around 12:00 the Rebbe went over to the Beirach Moshe beis medrash for the affixing of the mezuzah on the newly built additional rooms of prayer, "Chadrei Yaakov Aryeh," the donation of R' Gedalia Segedin. The Rebbe affixed the mezuzah, and then a lechayim gathering was held in the new prayer rooms. The Rebbe heard a report from R' Gedalia about the expansion of the beis medrash and about the many Torah classes given in the beis medrash; several nigunim were sung, and the Rebbe's son-in-law, HaGaon HaTzaddik, rav of the beis medrash shlit"a, spoke.
The Rebbe drank a lechayim and offered blessings to his son-in-law, to the donor R' Gedalia, and to all the askanim and mispallelim of the beis medrash, and delivered words of holy Torah about the joy of expanding the borders of holiness in a beis medrash named after his father, the holy Rebbe zy"a, which is a mitzvah of kibbud av, and offered many blessings. They finished at around 12:30.

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