Editing Moshe Leib Rodstein (section)

== Secretary of the Rebbe Rayatz ==
From 5688/1928 onward, he served as secretary of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Warsaw.

In the month of Shevat 5689/1929, he was sent as a shadar (emissary) of the Rebbe Rayatz to travel around Polish towns and collect money for matzos for the Jews of Russia.

He served as secretary to the Rebbe Rayatz from Tammuz 5692/1932 until 5701/1941. During that time, he transcribed the reshima of the Rebbe Rayatz - the chronicles of Rebbetzin Rivka. From his transcription, the reshima was published by [[Otzar HaChassidim]] in 5762/2002. In 5699/1939, he fled together with the Rebbe Rayatz to Riga.

On 19 Elul 5700/1940, he fled together with Rabbi Shmuel Zalmanov and Rabbi Yitzchak Dov Ushpal from Riga to the city of Vladivostok in eastern Russia, from there they continued to Japan. From there they continued to [[United States of America|the United States]], where they arrived in the city of San Francisco, from which they traveled by train to New York, arriving there in the month of Cheshvan 5701/1940. When they arrived, a festive announcement about this was published in Hakriah V'hakedusha. When R' Moshe Leib arrived in New York, he merited to have a yechidus with the Rebbe Rayatz, who was very happy to receive him, and instructed him to travel to Chicago to serve as director of Agudas Chassidei Chabad Chicago and director of Tomchei Tmimim Chicago, together with HaGaon R' Meir Greenberg.

In 5706/1946, he returned to serve as secretary to the Rebbe Rayatz and accompanied him on all his journeys. As part of his work, he was responsible for typing letters.
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