When World War II broke out, Rav Boruch HaLevi Leizerovski zt”l, the rav of the Lithuanian shul in the Polish city of Lodz, was shipped to Auschwitz and became another non-descript prisoner in that most blood-soaked of all human habitats. Upon arrival, all inmates underwent the “selektzia” (selection) by the inhuman beast, Dr. Mengele. With a minor indication of his finger, this “elegant monster” indicated who would live and who would die. Like hundreds of thousands before him, Rav Boruch passed by and, as a healthy young man, was directed to the right – the work brigade – rather than to the gas chambers. Close to three horrifying years followed, years of backbreaking labor and starvation, years of indescribable pain and anguish.