Editing Yehuda Kalman Marlow (section)

== In the United States ==
After the Nazi Party under Hitler's leadership rose to power, staying in Germany became unbearable, and in 5698 the family immigrated to [[the United States]] and settled in Newark, New Jersey, where they shortened their family name to Marlow.

During this period, his father preferred to work in menial and difficult jobs rather than violate the [[Shabbos|Sabbath]]. Hard days passed for the young six-year-old son, who sometimes even went hungry. But despite their difficult financial situation, the parents sent their young son to study at the Torah Vodaath Yeshiva. In Newark lived the Chassid R' David Stockhammer, who was the father-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Mentlik and Rabbi Moshe Pinchas Katz. The conduct of these Chassidim influenced Yehuda Kalman to go study at [[Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim|Tomchei Tmimim]]. This was also when the first connection with Chabad Chassidut was formed through Rabbi Shalom Dovber Gordon, a young Chabad man who had immigrated to the United States a few years earlier with his father, the Chassid R' Yochanan Gordon, and began spreading Chassidic teachings in Jewish educational institutions.

His father, R' Avraham Yehoshua, despite not being among the Chassidic community, greatly admired the Chassidic ways, and when the Rayatz (Previous Rebbe) arrived in the United States, he traveled together with the Chassidim to the Rebbe's farbrengen.

Over the years, R' Avraham Yehoshua participated several times in the Rayatz's farbrengens, and even had private audiences with the Rebbe twice. Sometimes he brought his son, who was already a young man, to absorb the Chassidic atmosphere in the Rebbe's court. Since young students were not allowed to participate in farbrengens, young Yehuda Kalman had to hide during the gatherings. When he reached bar mitzvah age, his father wanted to bring him for a private audience, but during that period the Rayatz was ill and only a few were permitted to enter for yechidut (private audience).

On Shabbat Kodesh 10 Shevat 5710, he was in Newark when he received news of the Rayatz's passing. He hurried to Beit Chayeinu and participated in the large funeral that took place the next day.