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== Attempted Immigration to Israel == | == Attempted Immigration to Israel == | ||
Reb Levik tried to immigrate to the [[Eretz | Reb Levik tried to immigrate to the [[Eretz Yisroel|Holy Land]] shortly after his brother Rabbi Shalom Shlomo Schneerson immigrated to Israel. Appropriate documents were submitted to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and through them visas were approved for the Rabbi and Rebbetzin. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel announced this in a letter they sent to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak in Yekaterinoslav:<blockquote>"1 Kislev 5686 | ||
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To the honor of the famous Rabbi, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Yekaterinoslav | To the honor of the famous Rabbi, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Yekaterinoslav | ||
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We hereby note to your honor's attention that the visa period has been shortened recently, and therefore they need to be processed quickly, within the first three months after the notification about them is issued. | We hereby note to your honor's attention that the visa period has been shortened recently, and therefore they need to be processed quickly, within the first three months after the notification about them is issued. | ||
We inquire after their welfare and good, and await seeing you face to face in the Holy Land, soon God willing." | We inquire after their welfare and good, and await seeing you face to face in the Holy Land, soon God willing."</blockquote>The immigration of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and his family ultimately did not materialize, for a reason unknown to us today. | ||
The immigration of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and his family ultimately did not materialize, for a reason unknown to us today. | |||
== His Arrest == | == His Arrest == | ||
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== The Ohel == | == The Ohel == | ||
In 1989, Rabbi David Nachshon and R' Avi Taub built an ohel around the tombstone. The preparations took time, and the two visited the gravesite several times, until they built the ohel in practice in Elul 1989. | In 1989, Rabbi David Nachshon and R' Avi Taub built an ohel around the tombstone. The preparations took time, and the two visited the gravesite several times, until they built the ohel in practice in Elul 1989. | ||
[[File:אוהל ר' לי יצחק.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:אוהל ר' לי יצחק.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Levi Yitzchak's Ohel]] | ||
A few days after building the ohel they came to Beit Chayeinu and before leaving handed the ohel key to the secretariat to transfer to the Rebbe, but when they intended to leave for the airport, they were called urgently from the secretariat and instructed to come to 770 because the Rebbe requested that they deliver the key. Rabbi David Nachshon and R' Avi Taub were brought into the 'yechidut' room, and delivered the key and report on building the ohel. The Rebbe held the key well, looked for a moment at the key holder, where Rabbi Nachshon wrote on a note that this is the key of the ohel in Alma-Ata, and the Rebbe asked: What is this? And Rabbi Nachshon said: This is the key of the ohel in Alma-Ata. The Rebbe looked upward and said emotionally: "This is the key of the ohel". And then blessed the two: | A few days after building the ohel they came to Beit Chayeinu and before leaving handed the ohel key to the secretariat to transfer to the Rebbe, but when they intended to leave for the airport, they were called urgently from the secretariat and instructed to come to 770 because the Rebbe requested that they deliver the key. Rabbi David Nachshon and R' Avi Taub were brought into the 'yechidut' room, and delivered the key and report on building the ohel. The Rebbe held the key well, looked for a moment at the key holder, where Rabbi Nachshon wrote on a note that this is the key of the ohel in Alma-Ata, and the Rebbe asked: What is this? And Rabbi Nachshon said: This is the key of the ohel in Alma-Ata. The Rebbe looked upward and said emotionally: "This is the key of the ohel". And then blessed the two: | ||