Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Vayechi — 'B'tzeil HaKodesh' with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

Before candle lighting, the Rebbe put on the shtreimel for the chasanim.
- The chasan Yaakov, son of R' Avrohom Klein.
- The chasan Yechezkel Shraga, son of R' Yoel Wolf Schwartz.

On Friday night at around 5:10, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went up to daven Mincha.
After Mincha, R' Yoel Weinberger shlit"a spoke on behalf of the annual membership campaign of our holy kehilla.
Kabbalas Shabbos: HaGaon R' Yosha Nachman Berger shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohel Torah in Boro Park. They finished at around 6:45. The congregation went over to wish a good Shabbos, and the Rebbe went home to his holy residence.

At around 8:45, the Rebbe entered the holy tish in the Heichal HaMesivta together with the yeshiva students, and began, as is his holy custom, with Shalom Aleichem, with feeling and sweetness.
- Eishes Chayil: the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yissachar Ber Teitelbaum, son of the Rebbe's son HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a.
- Lifting the cup: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Dovid Teitelbaum shlit"a (Boro Park), son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the beis medrash, Yisroel Shalom shlit"a.

The Rebbe shlit"a honored people with the zemiros.
- Kol Mekadesh: R' Moshe Yosef Wertheimer (Williamsburg).
- Menucha V'Simcha: R' Chaim Ber Adler.

The Rebbe shlit"a said Torah on the verse "Vayechi Yaakov be'eretz Mitzrayim" and explained, in the manner of a derush, the sugya of "bal yeichal."

- Kah Echsof: R' Elimelech Friedman (Indiana).
- Birkas Hamazon: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Lipa Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of the Rebbe's son HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

For the weekly stories and anecdotes, the Rebbe shlit"a told about the holy Arizal zy"a, whose yahrzeit falls on Tuesday, 17 Teves.
- Kah Ribon Olam: the Rebbe's grandson, Rabbi Lipa Rubin shlit"a, son-in-law of the Rebbe's son HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a.

The newly married chasanim went over to take fruit, and bundles were brought in and songs of joy were sung in honor of the shalom zachor of the Rebbe's grandson, the newborn son of Rabbi Meir Eliezer Teitelbaum shlit"a, son of HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a, and the Rebbe wished HaGaon HaTzaddik, Rav of the beis medrash, Beirach Moshe shlit"a and his family well.
- Az Bayom Hashevi'i: R' Yoel Moshe Yakov (Beit Shemesh).
They finished at around 11:30.

Shabbos Day

On Shabbos morning, the Rebbe entered the beis medrash at around 9:25.
- Brachos and Pesukei D'Zimra: HaGaon R' Asher Chaim Weiser shlit"a, moreh tzedek of our holy kehilla in Boro Park.
The Rebbe went up to daven Shacharis.

- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Moshe Schwartz (Williamsburg).
- Pesukei Shema Yisroel: Rabbi Shlomo Hersh Rosenfeld shlit"a.
Aliyos.
- Kohen: R' Shlomo Katz.
- Levi: the chasan Aharon, son of R' Yoel, son of R' Avrohom Yeshaya Weiss.
- Shlishi: HaGaon R' Shlomo Zabel shlit"a, dayan and moreh tzedek of Beis Medrash Beis Dov.
- Revi'i: the chasan Yosef Mordechai, son of Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Gandel shlit"a — Bavarfen (the chasan was honored with the customary aliyah).
- Chamishi: the chasan Yaakov Tzvi, son of R' Yoel Herskovitz — Bavarfen.
- Shishi: the Rebbe shlit"a.

After his aliyah, the Rebbe recited the names (kora shem) in honor of the birth of a daughter to:
- R' Yisroel Horowitz.
- R' Shlomo Menashe Bittman.
- R' Yaakov Kapel Friedrich.
- R' Lipa Ackerman.

- Shevi'i: the chasan Yaakov, son of R' Avrohom Klein — Bavarfen.
- Hosafos: the chasan Binyen Dovid, son of Rabbi Hershel Kohn shlit"a — Bavarfen.
- The chasan Yechezkel Shraga, son of R' Yoel Wolf Schwartz — Bavarfen.
- The chasan Yehuda Elimelech, son of R' Chaim Kornbluh.
- The chasan Elyakim, son of R' Eliezer Herskovitz.
- The chasan, the bochur, son of R' Moshe Wolf Zabel.
- Acharon — Chazak: R' Avrohom Wieder.
- Maftir: R' Yitzchok Isaac Silberstein.
- Hagbah: R' Chaim Yedidya Fischer.
- Gelilah: Rabbi Hershel Kohn shlit"a.

- Mussaf: HaGaon R' Mordechai Mendel Schwartz shlit"a, Rosh Kollel Brod, Williamsburg.
- Opening for Anim Zemiros: R' Getzel Haberman (Boro Park).
They finished at around 12:15.

Ra'avah D'Ra'avin

The Rebbe entered for Mincha at around 5:10.
- Baal Tefillah: R' Moshe Ephraim Herskovitz (Williamsburg).
- Hotzaah and Hachnasah: R' Berel Rosenberg.
- Kohen: R' Matisyahu Kohn.
- Levi: Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Weiss shlit"a.
- Shlishi: R' Yisroel Meir Kappel (London).
- Hagbah: the Rebbe shlit"a.
- Gelilah: R' Chaim Yaakov Schonfeld (Williamsburg).

At Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe honored people with the zemiros.
- Odeh: R' Noach Gefen.
- Shir HaMaalos: R' Moshe Goldstein.

The Rebbe said Torah on the verse "He'asfu v'agidah lachem" and explained that when a Jew does teshuvah, "baalav imo" — Hashem helps him carry the heavy load, the heavy burden of the yetzer hara, thus fulfilling the mitzvah of unloading and loading. Nowadays, in such a weak generation, when we cannot even reach any teshuvah "like the eye of a needle," even if one merely davens to Hashem, that is already considered a small teshuvah, and Hashem helps the person to be able to do complete teshuvah. He elaborated with words of inspiration regarding the days of Shovavim, to make a personal accounting, and to increase in tefillah and the recital of Tehillim.

- Yedid Nefesh: R' Eliyahu Dovid Greenfeld.
- Kel Mistater: R' Chaim Yaakov Schonfeld.
The Rebbe made Kiddush over the cup and recited Sheva Brachos.

- Maariv on Motzei Shabbos: R' Elisha Horowitz.
After Havdalah, the congregation went over to wish a good week. The Rebbe shlit"a was accompanied with song and music, with "Ki Malachav," in honor of the Rebbe's upcoming departure, IY"H on Monday, for rest and recuperation in Palm Springs, California. They finished at around 7:40.

At around 9:30, a group of bochurim, students of the Yeshiva Ketana, Shaar HaShiv Moshe branch, entered the Rebbe's holy room and presented the Rebbe shlit"a with a large sum for the Kiryas Yoel fund. The Rebbe bestowed his holy blessing and distributed his sefer Lev Aharon to all the bochurim.

A signing of contracts also took place, where R' Dovid Shmuel Goldberger purchased the merit of the new halls being built in the Rebbe's holy residence on Ahel Court, to enable making tenaim and Shabbos Sheva Brachos at affordable prices, in addition to the two current tenaim halls. The members of the wedding committee (Vaad HaChasunah) showed the Rebbe shlit"a the detailed plans of the new halls and a kitchen where meals will be cooked for many halls in the batei medrash around the city that meet the "honorable standards," to enable them to host the Shabbos Sheva Brachos celebration at an affordable cost. A pleasant conversation ensued about the enormous sums that the current tenaim halls have already saved Jews at the time of their simcha.
The Rebbe signed the contracts together with the benefactor, drank lechayim, and bestowed his holy blessing.

At around 10:00, the Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe shlit"a of Yerushalayim, who was spending Shabbos in the Chasam Sofer neighborhood in Kiryas Yoel Hamurchav, paid a visit to the Rebbe's holy room. A pleasant conversation ensued, and the Rebbe honored him with lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

Afterwards, a lechayim gathering took place in the Rebbe's holy room in honor of the wedding of the grandson of the distinguished philanthropist R' Zalman Leib Kappel, the chasan, son of his son R' Yoel Kappel. On this occasion, R' Zalman Leib presented the Rebbe shlit"a with an enormous sum for the great and magnificent building of our holy kehilla and mosdos in the holy city of Yerushalayim, which is continuing to be built, b'ezras Hashem. A pleasant conversation developed, and the Rebbe drank lechayim and bestowed his holy blessing.

At around 10:40, the Rebbe went over to the Beis Rochel auditorium for the siyum on the Six Orders of Mishnah by "Masmidim Ratz LaMishnah." The chairman, R' Aharon Aryeh Eisenberg, spoke, and several children sang verses in honor of the occasion. Afterwards, the Rebbe's grandson, the bochur Yosef Rokeach, son of HaGaon R' Chaim Yaakov shlit"a, Rav of Beis Medrash Kol Eliyahu, made the siyum on the Six Orders of Mishnah, and all the children said the Hadran together and Kaddish was recited.
The children then stood up to dance and the Rebbe watched for an extended time.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the entire congregation well, especially the principal, Rabbi Elimelech Schwartz shlit"a, and all the melamdim, and then distributed writings to the grandchildren.
The Rebbe delivered words of his holy mouth and brought out the joy for Kiryas Yoel that so many children are completing orders of Mishnah, and encouraged all the children to learn one order after another until they complete the entire Six Orders of Mishnah, and concluded with his holy blessing.
They finished at around 11:30.

From there, at around 11:40, the Rebbe went over to the Beis Medrash Beis Boruch for the Sheva Brachos celebration in our holy courts, arranged by the mispallelim of the beis medrash in honor of the Rebbe shlit"a and HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a.
HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a, continued with his address, after which R' Eliyahu Switzer spoke with words of badchanus in honor of the simcha.
The Rebbe drank lechayim and wished the chasan, the mechutanim, and the entire congregation well, and delivered words of his holy mouth, a derush on the topic of marriage, and continued in praise of the mispallelim of the beis medrash and of his son HaGaon HaTzaddik, the Rav of the beis medrash shlit"a, and warmly blessed him that he be able to influence the mispallelim of the beis medrash by saying Torah, in accordance with the will of the holy Heitev Lev zy"a, and concluded with abundant blessings for the entire congregation.
Afterwards, the Rebbe stood up and danced for an extended time together with the entire head table. They finished at around 12:30.

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