The first days of Sukkos 5787 "B'tzeil HaKodesh" with the Satmar Rebbe shlit"a

In the afternoon hours the Rebbe bound the lulav as is customary.

At around 7:35 the Rebbe entered the beis medrash wrapped in his tallis and went up to Mincha. Kabbalas Shabbos and Maariv: R' Meir Moshe Moskowitz shlit"a. They finished at around 8:50. The Rebbe went up to the Aron Kodesh and wished the entire congregation together "a gut Shabbos and a gut Yom Tov," and then went home to his holy residence.

At around 11:15 the Rebbe entered the tish in the large sukkah.
The Rebbe invited the Ushpizin and began Shalom Aleichem with emotion and sweetness.
- Raising the cup: R' Avrohom Yuda Rosenberg (Williamsburg).
The sponsors of the Ushpizin set out wine; by the fish course the Rebbe distributed shirayim to the sponsors of the Ushpizin, and after the meat course the sponsors of the Ushpizin gave up kugels and the Rebbe distributed shirayim.

- Kol Mekadesh: R' Shimon Zev Meisels shlit"a, son-in-law of the Av Beis Din of Montreal shlit"a.
- Menucha V'Simcha: R' Avrohom Wolf Friedman shlit"a.

The Rebbe said Torah on the Midrash "You said, 'Rest beneath the tree'; as you live, I will repay your children with the mitzvah of sukkah," and explained that all the geirim throughout the generations are from the geirim that Avrohom Avinu made. This gave rise to Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Akiva, who hold that Klal Yisroel has the status of sons to Hashem, and only because of this may Klal Yisroel sit in the sukkah, which is the scepter of the King. Likewise, the geirim that Avrohom Avinu made spread throughout the entire world and purified the air, just as the Tiferes Shlomo says about those who ate at the table of the Baal Shem Tov zy"a, that they no longer had any desire for eating. All the more so, those who ate at the table of Avrohom Avinu surely received a holiness that they afterwards spread. And the fact that Klal Yisroel can today, in this impure galus, sit in the shade of faith, is all thanks to the geirim that Avrohom Avinu made.

- Kah Echsof: R' Avrohom Simcha Friedman.
- Birkas Hamazon: R' Avrohom Wieder - Rosh HaKahal.
Stories and anecdotes: This week the Rebbe shlit"a told of the holy Kozhnitzer Maggid zy"a, whose yahrzeit fell on Erev Sukkos.
Fruit was served.
- "Az Beyom HaShevi'i": R' Avrohom Yuda Rosenberg.
They finished at around 1:00.

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