In his letter, HaRav Shteinman repeated a similar request he made several months ago to use the advice given by the Ramchal when the Jews of Italy faced a dire threat.
The eitza of the Ramchal is brought in the sefer Otzros HaRamchal. The Ramchal wrote: "This is what I know and will say. Certainly the kitrug has increased so much that it could reach chas vesholom a great place. We, thank G-d, have come in advance, and yirtzeh Hashem, there will be a treatment for the blow. For five months we have seen it coming and we have begun a great tikkun, as I will now detail lekvod Torahso.
"This is the eitza for all the holy congregations of Italy, yishmereim Tzurom, to be saved from the trap laid for them by those who hate them. ... This is the seder we have instituted in our beis medrash, based on what Rashbi said (Zohar VaYeitze 151a). ... Therefore we have undertaken to establish nonstop learning... And we know that Hashem has chosen this means to nullify all harsh decrees, and in particular to be as a wall to the difficult decree chas vesholom."
