Editing Shlomo Yosef Zevin (section)

== Departure from Russia and Immigration to Israel ==
Many efforts were made to get Rabbi Zevin out of the Soviet Union. The Rebbe Rayatz himself showed great involvement in the matter and wrote letters to Rabbi Kook requesting help in getting him out of Russia.

In 1934, Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky (who already served as rabbi of London) redeemed him from the Soviets for a large sum of money. Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski wrote about his arrival "a lion has risen from Babylon."

Upon his immigration to the Holy Land in 7 Tammuz 1934, he settled in Tel Aviv, and shortly afterward was appointed to serve as rabbi of the Chabad community, effectively becoming the first Chabad rabbi in the city.

He served as spokesman for the rabbis of Russia, many of whom had immigrated to Israel, and worked extensively to encourage rabbis and public figures to help the Rebbe Rayatz in the physical and spiritual rescue of Soviet Jewry.

He regularly wrote articles in "HaBoker" and in the Orthodox weekly "HaYesod", among other things about Jews and Judaism in Soviet Russia. When the newspaper "HaTzofeh" was founded, he regularly wrote a review column on new Torah books that were published.