Farbrengens among chassidim begin with an introduction. Once, at a Kiddush commemorating R. Leivik's hilulah (passing), I said that my zeide heard first-hand from the Tzemach Tzedek that the Alter Rebbe had said, "On whom are you relying? My door in Gan Eden will be concealed from you." And the Rebbe Rashab said, "I'm going to Heaven; I leave you the writings."
(When I came to Rostov I heard a different ver-sion: "The writings and my son I leave with you.")
And Yosef Nemotin (grandson of the venerable R. Yehoshua Nemotin) told me that R. Leivik said before passing away, "It will take a little time; it's necessary to journey to another world, a higher world."
4 He served Reb Leivik in his final years.
5 A respected Chabad rov during the days of the Rebbes Maharash, Rashab and Rayatz.