]= [ . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehezkel_Abramsky At the age of 17 he became a rabbi, serving, in turn, the communities of Smolyan, Smolevich and Slutsk.. Following the Russian Revolution, he was at the forefront of opposition to Communist attempts to repress the Jewish religion and culture. As a result the Russian government refused Abramsky permission to take up the rabbinate of Petah Tikva in the land of Israel in both 1926 and 1928.