Editing Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (section)

== His Exile ==
After several months of investigation, he was sentenced to five years exile in Kazakhstan. For a month Rabbi Levi Yitzchak made his journey by prisoner train from the prison in Yekaterinoslav. Despite the difficult travel conditions, the only thing that bothered him most was the lack of water for morning hand-washing. For eleven days there was no water at all. Even drinking water was given to prisoners in small measure. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, who even in this difficult situation was careful to observe minor commandments as major ones, gave up his meager drinking water for the sake of fulfilling the commandment of hand-washing alone.

Upon arriving in Alma-Ata, the prisoners were given restrictive rules for their stay in the place. Immediately upon arrival, the prisoners were sent walking in groups to remote places in Kazakhstan, where they were sentenced to live several years in exile. On 19 Shvat 5700 (1940) Rabbi Levi Yitzchak arrived at his place of exile in Chi'ili in Kazakhstan. In the first days he stayed with a non-Jew who took pity on him together with another Jew who was sent to the place.

The tortures he underwent in his imprisonment, the hardships of the journey, the harsh conditions of the place and his loneliness greatly undermined his health. His situation improved when Rebbetzin Chana arrived in Chi'ili.

Even while in Chi'ili he continued spreading Judaism, ensuring Jewish burial for many Jewish deceased and also for prayers with a minyan.