5712–1951, after hearing from “parents and teachers, refugees and residents” about the abysmal state of Jewish education in Philadelphia, the Rebbe reached out to three local rabbis, imploring them to “go beyond the usual measures ... to improve the situation and save the souls of the Jewish boys and girls ... whose lives hang in the balance....” 10 Kislev
1. Igrot Kodesh vol. 5 p. 70, 72