Editing Satmar Chassidus (section)

== Connection with Chabad Chassidus ==
During the Yossele Schumacher affair, there was a connection between the Satmar court and Lubavitch when, under the instruction of the Satmar Rebbe, a delegation was sent to consult with the Rebbe on the matter.

Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the "Berach Moshe," visited the Rebbe in 1958 to request protection for Satmar following a struggle between them and the Zionists. Rabbi Moshe later said that of all the Rebbes he visited, the Rebbe was the only one whose views matched his one hundred percent. The Rebbe told him that he doesn't come out publicly on the matter because he's concerned about how effective it would be, but behind the scenes he is actually working on the matter. At a farbrengen held afterward on 12 Tammuz, the Rebbe mentioned the matter.

The poet R' Tzvi Yair Steinmetz, who was Rabbi Moshe's friend since childhood, would meet with Rabbi Moshe in the late 1970s (while Rabbi Yoel of Satmar was still alive) and would write to the Rebbe afterward about these meetings. In a letter from 1977, R' Tzvi Yair writes about a meeting with Rabbi Moshe, noting: "At the end of the long conversation, he emphasized that he is full of admiration for the work of the Rebbe and his shluchim in making baalei teshuvah... and that he knows about the mikvaos on all the campuses and that he came out to defend the Rebbe's interests in Miami. He also whispered in my ear that he suggested to his uncle the Satmar Rav several years ago to cooperate with the Rebbe in matters of strengthening Yiddishkeit... He said he would very much like to speak with the Rebbe if it were possible for him." In the margins of a letter from 1982, he notes again: "Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum told me truthfully that he is one of the Rebbe's chassidim and appreciates his activities, and that he urged his uncle [= the author of 'Vayoel Moshe'] to cooperate with Lubavitch in strengthening matters of Yiddishkeit."

Rabbi Meir Zayontz, who was close to the Satmar court, met in the early 1980s - under the Rebbe's instruction - with the Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum. The purpose of the meeting was to influence Rabbi Moshe to stop the acts of violence by Satmar thugs against Rabbi Mendel Wechter. They met, but the Satmar Rebbe claimed that he has no control over the thugs in his court and that he is too weak compared to them. Finally, after Rabbi Zayontz spoke to him firmly and conveyed a message from the Rebbe against the thugs' actions, the Satmar Rebbe agreed to promise that as far as it depends on him, he would issue a clarification that he opposes the acts of violence and his official institutions would also issue a protest against these actions (this was before Satmar thugs attacked Rabbi Wechter). Rabbi Zayontz made many efforts over the years to stop the violent acts of Satmar people against Chabad chassidim.

On several occasions, the Rebbe instructed [[Crown Heights]] community activists to learn from the conduct of Satmar chassidim in Williamsburg in communal work, noting with praise their calculated and energetic work in matters of the Williamsburg neighborhood and in general.
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