Editing Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (section)

== His Arrest ==
After the Communist revolution, he fought with self-sacrifice for Torah observance despite the authorities' prohibition. His activities for Judaism were known to all and there were often severe friction with the authorities until it was decided to arrest him.

On the night of 9 Nissan 5699 (1939) at 3:00 AM, four NKVD (secret police) men came to his home at 13 Barrikadnaya Street with a search warrant.

When the Rebbetzin came the next day to the secret police headquarters to bring food to her husband, she was brushed off with evasions that he was not there. Only after several days was she informed that her husband was in the local prison and that she could transfer food and money to him, but every time she requested to see him, she was told he wasn't there, despite the prosecutor saying he was indeed there.

After several days, the authorities transferred Rabbi Levi Yitzchak to the Kiev prison for criminals who were convicted of serious crimes. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was arrested by the authorities, who saw him as standing in place of the Rebbe Rayatz and as one who encouraged and drove all Jewish activity in Russia.

The secret police men who arrested Rabbi Levi Yitzchak tried in every way to force him to confess that he acted against the authorities, through very harsh prison conditions, and would transfer him from one prison to another. Once they even put him in solitary confinement for 32 days, but Rabbi Levi Yitzchak stood firm and did not admit to any guilt attributed to him.