The Ohel of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe, Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens

The Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbeim

האהל של כ״ק אדמו״ר מליובאוויטש

Years the Frierdiker Rebbe, 1880–1950; the Rebbe, 1902–1994 Yahrzeit The Frierdiker Rebbe: 10 Shevat 5710; the Rebbe: 3 Tammuz 5754
28 January 1950 · 12 June 1994 · Yud Shevat is usually in January; Gimmel Tammuz is usually in June or July The Ohel Old Montefiore Cemetery, Cambria Heights, Queens, New York

Upcoming yahrzeit: 18 January 2027 (10 Shevat — the Frierdiker Rebbe) (5787)

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Biography

The Ohel in Old Montefiore Cemetery, Cambria Heights, Queens, is the resting place of two Lubavitcher Rebbeim: the Frierdiker Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn zy"a (the sixth Rebbe, niftar 10 Shevat 5710 / 28 January 1950), and the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson zy"a (the seventh Rebbe, niftar 3 Tammuz 5754 / 12 June 1994). The Rebbe was a son-in-law of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and he was buried in the same ohel. This one page is for both, because they rest together. On the form you may ask that the kvittel be brought to both (the default), to the Frierdiker Rebbe, or to the Rebbe; the printable kvittel follows that choice.

The Frierdiker Rebbe led Chabad through years of persecution in the Soviet Union, left Russia in 1927, and arrived in the United States in 1940, where he rebuilt the work of Lubavitch from Brooklyn. The Rebbe led the movement from 5711 (1951) until 5754, through Torah, personal letters, and a worldwide network of shluchim. His teachings are gathered in Likutei Sichos and in many volumes of Igros Kodesh. This page records their lives and their Torah; it makes no messianic claims.

The Lubavitcher line begins with the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, author of the Tanya and of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav, and continues through the Mitteler Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe Maharash, and the Rebbe Rashab, father of the Frierdiker Rebbe.

A well-known minhag is to write a pan — a pidyon nefesh — a letter of bakashah, and to have it read at the Ohel. The Ohel Chabad Lubavitch visitor center, often called the Gutnick center, stands nearby and helps visitors prepare. A shliach brings your kvittel to the Ohel and sends back a photograph.

Historical background

Old Montefiore Cemetery in Cambria Heights has been a Jewish cemetery in Queens since the early twentieth century. The Frierdiker Rebbe was buried there in 5710. After the Rebbe was niftar in 5754, he was laid to rest in the same ohel. The simple stone structure, the tents around it, and the visitor center developed as more and more people came. This page describes the place and the minhagim as they are practiced, in wording meant to be respectful to Chabad and non-Chabad readers alike.

Sources

The facts on this page come from the earlier site and from the sources listed here. Where the sources are not one shittah, it is written in the text.

Pictures of the Ohel

Inside the Ohel in Old Montefiore Cemetery, Cambria Heights, Queens. The matzeivah of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson zy"a, is on the left; the matzeivah of the Frierdiker Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn zy"a, is on the right. The papers on the ground are kvittlach and tzetlach left by visitors.
Photo: Reubenzadeh, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

The Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbeim, Old Montefiore Cemetery, Cambria Heights, Queens. The carved inscriptions name both the Rebbe and the Frierdiker Rebbe.
Photo: משתמש:אבגד, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Seforim

The Frierdiker Rebbe: seforim and letters, including Igros Kodesh of the Rayatz
The Rebbe: Likutei Sichos, Igros Kodesh, and many sichos and maamarim

Minhagim at the Ohel

The minhag of writing a pan (pidyon nefesh), a letter of tefillah, to be read at the Ohel
Visitors often wash, write or review the pan, and leave it at the tziyun; the Gutnick / Ohel Chabad Lubavitch visitor center helps people prepare
Yud Shevat, the yahrzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the date the Rebbe later accepted the nesius (10 Shevat 5711), and Gimmel Tammuz, the yahrzeit of the Rebbe

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Send a kvittel to the Ohel

Write the names and your bakashah. The kvittel will be brought to the Ohel. A pidyon of eighteen dollars or more goes with it; you choose the amount, and you will be taken to a secure payment page. The shliach receives the kvittel only once the pidyon is received.

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The Ohel

The Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbeim — Old Montefiore Cemetery, Cambria Heights, Queens, New York

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After the kvittel is brought to the tziyun, you will receive a photograph of it there. The picture shows the kvittel folded, or with the reference number, so the tefillah itself is not readable.

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