in until the very last student was able to leave, in 1946. Throughout that period Raichik was in communication with the Rebbe who, in addition to massive fund-raising and rescue efforts for Jews in German-occupied territory and Russia, raised money to send to Shanghai. American years When Raichik finally reached the United States, the Rebbe immediately put him under the wing of his son-in-law and later successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to travel by train across North America to seek out Jews, in groups and as individuals, to identify local communal needs and bolster Jewish identity. For months on end, Raichik criss-crossed the United States, dining on sardines and fruits and vegetables, visiting Jews in places like Chattanooga, Tennessee and Cheyenne, Wyoming, setting up schools and Mikvahs, and generally mapping the way for a future Jewish revival. Because of his obvious refinement and gentle disposition, people took an immediate liking to Raichik. Much of the post-war Jewish infrastructure in many cities across the United States can be traced to Raichik's tireless efforts. After his marriage in 1948 to Lea Rappoport, herself a Holocaust survivor, Raichik and his new bride were dispatched to Los Angeles, California as personal emissaries of the sixth Rebbe. Following the sixth Rebbe's passing in 1950, Raichik was among the Lubavitcher Chassidim who pleaded with the Rebbe's son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, to become the movement's new leader. The new Rebbe, whose suggestion it was that the Raichiks be sent to Los Angeles, wrote to Raichik that his position was not to be limited to one synagogue, but "his net should be spread on the entire city and its surrounding areas." In addition to his work as the Chabad Shliach to Los Angeles, Raichik also continued his practice of traveling around the United States for a number of months each year to spread Judaism and pave the way for future Shluchim to that particular place. Another one of his functions as a traveling emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe was to collect money (known as maimed, ), which were personal funds for the Rebbe's private usage. These funds are a non-specified amount of money traditionally given each year by Chassidim. In the spring of 1967 (two days before the outbreak of the Six-Day War on June 3, 1967), the Rebbe issued a directive to start Mivtza Tefillin, an international campaign by Chabad Hasidim to influence all male Jews,