Ohr chodosh, even if the Nazis hadn’t happened the world the gedolim knew was collapsinng.You didn’t have to go to the US to become frei . Jews were leaving the shtetls and assimilation, and all the isms (the socialism, communism, anarchism. )were already making deep inroads. They didn’t forded that unlike the tsars, who for the most part allowed us to practice Yiddishkeit, the Soviets would close down yeshivas and shuls and attempt to stamp out Yiddishkeit.
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