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== Escape from the Soviet Union ==
In 1937-38, during the waves of arrests of Rabbis, Chassidim and religious functionaries, the NKVD came to arrest him at his home, but he wasn't there and his wife escaped from the house to notify him. He immediately fled the city and moved to Leningrad.

During his time in Leningrad, he was among the leaders of Anash in the city and worked as a bookbinder for his livelihood. During the Holocaust, he ensured that many Jews, including Chassidim, received proper Jewish burial.