Editing Reb Zushe Wilmowsky (section)

==== Establishing Tomchei Tmimim Lod ====
At the beginning of Shevat 5709, thirteen Chabad families settled at the edge of Lod city, near the train station, in a neighborhood abandoned by Arabs during the War of Independence. R' Zusha understood that they must establish a yeshiva for the children of these families and for other Chabad Chassidic families who had recently immigrated from Europe. One day he came to Lod and saw a three-story building that had previously served as a small hotel. He entered the building, locked the main door with a lock, and established a fact - here would be the "Tomchei Tmimim" Yeshiva.

Thus was founded the central "Tomchei Tmimim" Yeshiva in Lod, which R' Zusha managed from its establishment under the auspices of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Israel under the leadership of Rabbi Eliezer Karasik and according to the instructions of the Previous Rebbe and the Rebbe. R' Zusha Wilmowsky played an important role in bringing Yemenite immigrant children closer to Chabad and integrating them into the Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva in Lod.

R' Zusha devoted his physical and spiritual energies to bringing students, absorbing them, and maintaining the yeshiva. He took responsibility for the yeshiva's existence upon his shoulders and cared for the students' physical and spiritual welfare. During that period, he frequently visited synagogues throughout the Holy Land and raised donations for the yeshiva's maintenance and existence through his inspiring speeches.