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Upon arriving in [[Alma-Ata]], the prisoners were dispersed to remote locations throughout Kazakhstan, where they were to live out their years of exile. On 19 Shevat 5700 [1940], Rabbi Levi Yitzchak arrived at his place of exile in the town of [[Chialy]]. In those first days he stayed in the home of a non-Jew who took pity on him, together with another Jewish exile. | Upon arriving in [[Alma-Ata]], the prisoners were dispersed to remote locations throughout Kazakhstan, where they were to live out their years of exile. On 19 Shevat 5700 [1940], Rabbi Levi Yitzchak arrived at his place of exile in the town of [[Chialy]]. In those first days he stayed in the home of a non-Jew who took pity on him, together with another Jewish exile. | ||
The tortures of his imprisonment, the hardships of the journey, the harshness of the place, and the profound isolation all severely undermined his health. His condition improved somewhat when | The tortures of his imprisonment, the hardships of the journey, the harshness of the place, and the profound isolation all severely undermined his health. His condition improved somewhat when Rebbetzin Chana eventually made her way to Chialy to be at his side. | ||
Even in Chialy, he continued to strengthen Jewish life as best he could — seeing to it that Jewish souls who passed away in exile received proper Jewish burial, and organizing prayer with a ''minyan'', the quorum of ten required for communal prayer. | Even in Chialy, he continued to strengthen Jewish life as best he could — seeing to it that Jewish souls who passed away in exile received proper Jewish burial, and organizing prayer with a ''minyan'', the quorum of ten required for communal prayer. | ||