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Fascinating Letter with Lines Handwritten and Signed by the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen - Indicating His Efforts for Pidyon Shvuyim - ”השתתפתי אתו בעת שהיה בין יושבי חושך וצלמות ברגש וגם בפעולה ממשית” - letter with lines handwritten and signed by the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen - addressed to Rabbi Pinchas Miller author of Olamo shel Abba - New York, 1961 - a year after he arrived in the USA.  Rabbeinu sent his letter to Rabbi Pinchas Miller, the author of Olamo shel Abba and the son of the Gaon Rabbi Asher Anshil Miller Av Beit Din of Petrozhan. Rabbi Pinchas himself was arrested and sent to a labor camp in the USSR, being released after a couple of years due to worlwide efforts.  It is well-known that even after Rabbeinu escaped the Valley of Tears, he did not forget our brothers who remained prisoners and made many efforts for their release.  In this fascinating letter, Rabbeinu writes: ”שמחתי לשמוע ממנו כי סוף סוף הגיע למחוז חפצו בשלום, השתתפתי אתו בעת שהיה בין יושבי חושך וצלמות ברגש וגם בפעולה ממשית וד' שמע תפלתנו והוציאו מעבדות לחירות כן יוציאהו ד' מאפילה לאור גדול....”. Rabbeinu ends the letter with blessings for Passover handwritten by him: ”בברכת התורה הנצחית וחג כשר ושמח בחרות וגאולה האמתית בב”א ידידו הק' אליעזר זוסיא בהרהגה”צ ר' ישראל אברהם זצ”ל פרטיגול”   The Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen (1898-1982) was the first Admor of Skulen, founder of the Chessed LeAvraham orphanages, who worked to free Jews imprisoned by the Soviets and help the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors, especially in Romania. When he was only 17 he was succeeded his father as Rav of Skulen. After approx. 20 years he moved to Chernowitz, where, after World War II, he worked to save Jews, particularly by helping orphans who had been saved. His house became an orphanage where hundreds of orphaned children lived, and some of their registration documents even state that they are his biological children. After the situation of the Jews of the city of Chernowitz became aggravated due to the persecution of the Bolsheviks, Rabbeinu sent the orphaned children to Bucharest in Romania. The Communists continued to persecute him because of his activities, but he continued his actions without fear until after he was imprisoned again with his son - the Admor Rabbi Yisrael Avraham, on the 1st of Nisan, 1959, when his activities were stopped. He and his son were imprisoned separately for five months. On the eve of Shabbat 'Nachamu' they were released, but had to sit in jail for a few more days because they did not want to desecrate the Shabbat. In 1960, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, he managed to cross the Romanian borders and immigrated to the United States, where he settled in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, founded a synagogue and continued to work to rescue Holocaust survivor. He became famous for his many melodies filled with Ahavas Hashem and filled with desire for Geulah.