In 1936 Rabbi Lefkowitz and his mother immigrated to British Mandate Palestine using certificates obtained by her son Aryeh Leib . At the same time , Rabbi Heiman immigrated to America , where he became rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath . Rabbi Heiman and Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski gave Rabbi Lefkowitz letters of recommendation to show the roshei yeshiva of the Hebron Yeshiva , in which they wrote , " He will enlighten the Torah world " . At the Hebron Yeshiva , which had relocated to Jerusalem after the 1929 Hebron massacre , Rabbi Lefkowitz became very close to Rabbi Leib Chasman . Rabbi Heiman also referred Rabbi Lefkowitz to Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer , rosh yeshiva of Etz Chaim Yeshiva , and he became close to him as well
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz