Tuesday, Gimmel Tammuz 5784 (July, 9, 2024), marks the 30th yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, HaRav Menachem Mendel Schneerson זי”ע.
The days surrounding the Yartheit are being marked by people in every corner of the world who have been touched by the Rebbe’s love, his profound teachings and by the 6,000 Shluchim couples he sent to invigorate and revitalize Jewish life in more than 100 countries and thousands of cities.
During more than 40 years at the helm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, the Rebbe dedicated himself to teaching, guiding and inspiring Jews and Jewish communities around the world. His oeuvre of letters, public talks recorded on video and hundreds of volumes of scholarship, is studied not only by Chabad Chasidim, but by Jews of all backgrounds seeking inspiration, counsel and spiritual wisdom.
The Rebbe’s prolific works are studied daily and have been translated into dozens of languages; his teachings continue to inspire on both an individual and communal level; and his insights, which seemed radical and revolutionary at the time, remain as fresh and relevant today as ever. The Rebbe was a visionary leader, and his impact on millions of lives around the globe is unmatched and continues to inspire renewed commitment and action.
Communities are holding gatherings and farbrengens on or close to the date, and 50,000 people are expected to visit the Ohel, the Rebbe’s resting place in Queens, N.Y., in the days leading up to and on the third of Tammuz. In keeping with the Rebbe’s lifetime goals and teachings, people throughout the world have been participating in prayers, lectures, gatherings, tributes and the additional performance of good deeds in the Rebbe’s memory.
In addition to the many thousands expected to visit in-person, many around the world will send in their personal prayer petitions by email to be delivered to the Ohel. Staff print thousands of papers and tear them—to protect the petitioner’s privacy—before placing them at the Ohel, where they join a massive mound of papers. Periodically, staff collect the papers and burn them as per the Rebbe’s instructions.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel is located in Queens at:
226-20 Francis Lewis Blvd.
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
- Open 24 Hours
- Open to Men and Women
- Kohanim-Accessible
- Shul and Minyanim
- Beis Hamedrash
- Mikvah on Premises
- Light Refreshments
- If you are unable to visit in person, you may send your Kvittel to be placed at the Ohel via OhelChabad.org, email [email protected], or call/WhatsApp 718-723-4545
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Is their any difference between the 30th yartzeit and the 29th yartzeit?
Thank you for the lovely article. Just to add: the Rebbe’s entire Nesius was with one mission and goal – to reveal Hashem’s Presence in this physical world and bring Moshiach in actuality, as he laid out in his initial discourse, (Maamer) Bosi L’gani, in 1951.
There he explained that we are the seventh generation (from the Baal HaTanya) who initiated the process of bringing Geulah into this world with the spreading of Chassidus – the deeper understanding of Torah which is a small taste of the Torah of Moshiach (a Toameha of Geulah).
Connecting with the Rebbe, through visiting the OHEL and writing a Pa”n (pidyon nefesh) is not only an opportunity for great Brochos but an opportunity to connect with the Torah of Moshiach.
“Is their any difference between the 30th yartzeit and the 29th yartzeit?”
Yes. Thousands more Jews brought closer to yiddeshkeit through the tireless work of the Rebbe’s shalichim throughout the world. Otherwise, not much different from 29.
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Is their any difference between the 30th yartzeit and the 29th yartzeit?”
See farbrengen 10 shvat 5640 – 30 yrs from 10 shvat 5710, frierdiker rebbe’s yartzeit
I pity the 2 youngest generations who did not merit to meet the Rebbe, like we did