Editing Reb Zushe Wilmowsky (section)

==== Founding the Ohalei Yosef Yitzchak Network ====
R' Zusha worked among the new immigrants and sought to establish an institution that would absorb immigrant children. He wrote about this to the Rebbe, and on the 5th of Tammuz 5711, the Rebbe responded to his proposal - with a different proposal to establish the "Ohalei Yosef Yitzchak Network in the Holy Land":

"It would be worthwhile for him to investigate the possibility of establishing there (in the Holy Land) institutions that would join the educational institutions network established in Morocco and called after the Previous Rebbe - Ohalei Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch, which includes institutions from basic alphabet learning to teachers' and rabbis' seminary."

The Rebbe appreciated his blessed and energetic activity throughout the years. But veteran activists were concerned about a young bachelor standing at the head of new institutions that were just being established, despite Chabad Chassidim in the Holy Land being a relatively small community and the financial situation being difficult. However, the Rebbe wrote to one of the activists that R' Zusha apparently has energy and maintains correspondence with the Rebbe, and proposals have already been received from him about establishing Ohalei Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch institutions. In the continuation of the letter, the Rebbe writes that it would be worthwhile to utilize his great energy.

R' Zusha set to work, receiving instructions from the Rebbe from time to time on how to manage the institution being established. A few months after the instruction to establish the network arrived, four departments were opened where children were taught Torah in the afternoon hours.

The Rebbe firmly demanded from all Chabad activists, including R' Zusha, to obtain government approval to associate the network's institutions with the "non-stream stream." In those days, there were schools belonging to the state stream and to the state-religious stream, and the Rebbe requested that Chabad schools be recognized as a non-stream stream. However, in the relevant offices, they rejected the idea, until R' Zusha, with great sophistication, managed to obtain the appropriate approvals. Thus, the way was paved for establishing the network's schools, and at the opening of the 5713 school year, the network's four departments became proper schools, and in the following years, dozens of schools and kindergartens were established throughout the Holy Land.

In the initial period, R' Zusha was the network's director, until Rabbi David Chanzin was appointed to the position, while R' Zusha continued to serve as a member of the network's management.
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