 In 1843 Nissan Bak traveled from Jerusalem to visit the Ruzhiner Rebbe in Sadigura.He informed him that Czar Nikolai I intended to buy a plot of land near the Western Wall with the intention of building a church and monastery there.The Ruzhiner Rebbe, who was very involved in assisting the yishuv, gave Bak the task to thwart the Czar's attempt.