Before R. Moses Lelever left for the Land of Israel, he took leave of the Ruzhiner, the Mogelenitzer Rebbe, and the elder Belzer Rebbe.
R. Moses traveled with his own quorum of Jews, and he traveled with self-sacrifice. The rebbes initially did not wish to allow him to travel: how would he be able to abandon such a community of Jews and followers to the winds?
This year will be exactly 100 years since the Lelever Traveled to the Land of Israel.
He was on the ship during Sukkot and did not have the opportunity to obtain an Etrog.
The elder Belzer wondered: “A strange thing for a tsadik. He had such a love of the land that it didn’t bother him that he lacked an Etrog.
On the ship, he spent a lot of money to convince the captain – a very wicked man – to allow him to build a sukkah.
I.F.
Sanzer Rebbe
