The Chofetz Chaim was already in his seventies when World War I and the Communist Revolution tore Eastern Europe apart, but he stepped to the fore and became the address for all Jews in need. From his ingenuity in dealing with the Communists to his foresight in avoiding the Germans, this lecture takes us from the turbulent years from 1914 to his death in 1933 when the fate of the Jewish people hung on the precipice.