 The Apter Rav named the Ruzhiner Rebbe as president of Kollel Volhynia, with responsibility for raising and distributing the money to support the Hasidic community in the Land of Israel.The Rebbe encouraged Hasidim to emigrate and provided for their support through the "kollel".Although he wished to make "aliyah" himself, he said that he could not leave his Hasidim.