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The day after their arrival, the yeshiva opened, headed by Rabbi Yitzchok HaCohen Hendel. The students temporarily stayed in the Chabad Nusach Ha'Ari synagogue. As the yeshiva expanded, a larger, more organized space was needed. At that time, those responsible for the yeshiva began planning to purchase a large, magnificent building to accommodate all students comfortably. Until this plan was implemented, the yeshiva was housed in a local orphanage, where they received several rooms to run the yeshiva.

A few days later, on the 9th of Cheshvan, the Previous Rebbe sent a long letter to the Tomchei Tmimim students detailing his holy instructions for their work in the city (Igrot Kodesh Rayatz Vol. 6, p. 48). During Cheshvan, the Previous Rebbe sent the distinguished mashpia Rabbi Shmuel Levitin to help establish the yeshiva in its first steps. Later, the Rebbe instructed to arrange an executive committee for managing Tomchei Tmimim, to be chosen by local Anash. The Rebbe instructed to appoint Mr. Yehuda Albert as head of the committee - apparently a businessman who greatly helped and supported the yeshiva. Rabbi Shmuel Levitin left the yeshiva shortly after the 10th of Kislev 1941, about a month after arriving at the yeshiva. When the yeshiva opened, there were 24 students. A year later, the yeshiva had over two hundred students. The Previous Rebbe sent a letter saying that after the great effort the students were investing, there should have been at least five hundred students.