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And I was then ready to travel soon to Uman — on Erev Rosh Chodesh Nisan — as was my custom every year. And I intended to stay in Uman for some days — in order to multiply prayers there at the monument of Rabbainu zichrono livracha — that he should guide me on the true path and grant me to come to Eretz Yisroel. But when I came to Uman and stayed there until after Shabbas — afterward I was compelled to return home. And I saw that very massive obstacles stood before me. And it was difficult for me to come to Eretz Yisroel at those times. And therefore when I came home I did not speak further with Rabbi Yehuda Eliezer about this. For I saw that I would not travel after Pesach to Nikolayev. And so it was — that I stayed and did not travel after Pesach. And all my thoughts were very much wandering — regarding the press. And I was thinking many thoughts every time about how to establish the press. And meanwhile I was also thinking every time and yearning very much for Eretz Yisroel. And all that passed over me in this matter — it is impossible to explain or tell.