Editing Shlichus (section)

==== 1976, 1977, 1978 ====
Three groups of shluchim to Eretz HaKodesh were sent by the Rebbe in 1976, 1977, and 1978 - one each year.

These groups - by the Rebbe's instruction - settled mainly in the city of Tzfas and in Yerushalayim. Later, the shluchim from these groups moved to different cities, according to the Rebbe's instructions. The Rebbe's directive to the shluchim was that anyone who could serve in a rabbinic position should do so - and indeed, many from these groups went on to serve as rabbonim throughout Israel (among them Rav Levi Bistritzky, Rav Eliyahu Yochanan Gurary, Rav Yosef Hecht, Rav Ben Tzion Lipsker, Rav Yaakov Reices, and others). The arrival of the shluchim gave tremendous momentum to Chabad activities in Eretz HaKodesh, establishing yeshivos, educational and chesed institutions, and strengthening the hiskashrus of Anash in Eretz HaKodesh to the Rebbe.