Editing Georgia (section)

==== During the Period of the Rebbe Rayatz ====
About four years after the emissaries of the Rebbe Rashab began working in Georgia, the Rebbe Rashab passed away, and his son, the Rebbe Rayatz, continued his activities, including the tremendous influence for strengthening Judaism throughout Georgia.

Emissaries of the Rebbe Rayatz were hosted by Chacham Yosef Eligulashvili and ate from his ritual slaughtering.

Among the Chassidim sent by the Rebbe Rayatz was Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Perlov, who arrived in the city of Kulashi in 5682 (1922) and served as rabbi alongside his brother-in-law Rabbi Slavin. He later moved to the city of Stachili and established a yeshiva and mikvah there. With the establishment of the Jewish community in that place, he moved in 5688 (1928) to Stackhari, where he spread Judaism and fought against the KGB with self-sacrifice.

At the same time, Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Kahanov was sent to Achaltziche and was appointed as the local rabbi and ritual slaughterer, while Rabbi Betzalel Vilshansky was sent to Batumi, where he served as rabbi, ritual slaughterer, examiner, and mohel for many years.

Even in later years, the Rebbe Rayatz continued to manage the extensive system of spreading and strengthening Judaism in Georgia. In 5692 (1932), he sent Rabbi Aryeh Zev Lipsker, Chacham Yaakov Dabrashvili (who was himself from Georgia and had become close to Chabad Chassidus through the emissaries of the Rebbe Rashab), and additional Chassidim.

At the end of World War II, in 5706 (1946), the emissaries left Georgia, and most of them left Russia altogether. Like Rabbi Yosef Goldberg, the mashpia Rabbi Shmuel and his son Rabbi Yaakov Notik, Georgian chachamim who became Chabadniks and were active: Chachamim Michael Davitashvili, Shabtai Eligulashvili, Moshe Dabrashvili, Yaakov Dabrashvili, Eliyahu Feniashvili, Yehuda Butrashvili of Kulash, member of the Chabad rabbinic court, Yitzchak Michalashvili, Emanuel Davitashvili, Michael Taturashvili, Eliyahu Butrashvili son of Rabbi Aharon, Shabtai Michalashvili.