Editing Shlomo Yosef Zevin (section)

== Relations with the Rebbe Rayatz ==
In Cheshvan 1927, the Rebbe Rayatz opened a conference of Soviet Russian rabbis and appointed Rabbi Zevin as secretary of the conference. Rabbi Zevin spoke at the conference about the state of Jewish communities throughout Russia, and was also honored with closing it.

Before the Rebbe's departure from Russia in 24 Tishrei 1928, the Rebbe established a staff of four rabbis who worked together with him in spreading Judaism. Rabbi Zevin was among these rabbis. The Rebbe continued to provide financial support to the staff even after leaving the country.

When the Rebbe was arrested in 1927, they sent a telegram to Rabbi Zevin from the Rebbe's house, and to avoid getting him into trouble, they wrote in the telegram that "the uncle was taken to the hospital." Rabbi Zevin sent a blessing telegram back, and signed with the first name: Baruch, and surname: Matir Asurim (One who frees prisoners). The Rebbe greatly enjoyed this invention and praised it several times afterward. When the Rebbe was released on 12 Tammuz, they sent another telegram that "the uncle was released."

On Tisha B'Av 1927, he made a visit to the Rebbe Rayatz. The visit lasted six hours, during which the Rebbe told him the entire story of his imprisonment, with the intention that Rabbi Zevin would write down what he heard, but ultimately this did not materialize and the Rebbe wrote the prison account himself.

In 1929-1930, when the Rebbe visited the United States to raise money for Soviet Jews, Rabbi Zevin sent a letter describing the state of religion in the Soviet Union. The letter was then printed in a Yiddish newspaper that appeared in Chicago.

Over the years, the Rebbe Rayatz repeatedly asked him to send him the Chassidic stories he had collected and compiled, and even made various corrections to some of the stories.