Editing Ukraine (section)

==== Anipoli ====
Even during the leadership of the Maggid of Mezritch, Rabbi Zusha settled in the city of Anipoli and began to lead the Chassidim who gathered around him. He had close friendly relations with the city's rabbi, and during times when he was not wandering between towns in Russia and Ukraine, he sat in the city and guided his Chassidim in the service of Hashem.

When the Alter Rebbe returned from one of his visits to the Maggid of Mezritch, he extended his journey and traveled to visit nearby Anipoli, where he presented to Rabbi Zusha the new form of letters that their rebbe had instructed him to correct.

In the later years of the Maggid of Mezritch, in 5532 (1772), a severe epidemic broke out in Mezritch, and the Maggid began to wander, until Rabbi Zusha risked himself and took the Maggid to his home, despite the opposition of the district governor who feared the settlement of subjects coming from areas infected with diseases and viruses in his territory.

Besides Rabbi Zusha, Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaCohen, author of the book 'Ohr HaGanuz', who also engaged in leading Chassidim, settled in this city.

In the final months of the Maggid of Mezritch's life, his disciples came to stay by his side, and for a period, great Chassidic leaders lived there, such as Rabbi Avraham the Angel, the Alter Rebbe, and others.