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Birchas Hachama at the Ohel

Chassidim and bochurim joined Wednesday a Birchas Hachama ceremony conducted near the Rebbe's gravesite located at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, NY. The Chazzan was Gabai Rabbi Zev Katz. Rabbi Yisroel Friedman and Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky were among the participants. Photos

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Amazing!!!!!
April 13, 2009 5:28 pm

Why are you all criticizing???
This crouwd had MORE than 770. Don’t forget about all of the HOLY Kdoshim at the OHEL who were there in spirit joining us at the birchas Hachama!!!!!!!!!!

No Meshichistim on Shlichus?
April 13, 2009 4:10 pm

Why am I not a shliach? My name is also on Chabad.org if that makes me a shliach and yes in some fardoben city!

To #26
April 13, 2009 4:11 am

The MIsheciste “shluchim” quote-on-quote are not officially Shluchim. And it’s not an open cemetary; because if it was, how could Kohanim gothere? Heh?

right on #22
April 13, 2009 3:31 am

redt tzum zach

to 23
April 12, 2009 3:21 pm

wat does yechi have to do with making the Rebbe a gd? there are different types of mishechistim and the normal ones say yechi but DO NOT ch”vsh make the Rebbe into a gd. know how to differenciate between mishechist and tzfatim- its two diff things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ps-there are no mishechist shluchim???!?!? shame on you!!!

kovod
April 12, 2009 9:56 am

shame on all of you, you the first five who have nothing what to do with your lifes. especally col for even alowing such comments on your site were is your respect at all. and for the other’s who wrote back did you not learn just to ignore these people and move on.

surprised
April 12, 2009 8:50 am

that rabbi k decided against achdus and didnt do it at 770.
its not his way.

to 24
April 12, 2009 7:35 am

This bircas hachamo was donreNOT by the Ohel, but in an open cemetery. It is unheard of to do a thing like that. And by the way, dont assume, that all shluchim had they been in ny would have followed your lead. Im pretty sure youd get no more than a few party hacks. Besides there are many meshichist Shluchim who had they been in NY would have added to the total number outside 770. The guys who went to the cemetery are a combination of losers and party hacks.
AD MOSAI!

to 7, 9, and 20
April 12, 2009 4:04 am

I can’t believe what I am hearing!!!!! The Ohel isn’t a plain CEMETERY!!!!! The Ohel Is where the Rebbe IS!!! and as our Rebbe in 5713 “Az Ut Da Iz Er” – this is where the Rebbe is!!!!!!!!

You guys must be from the WHITE TRASH from CROWN HEIGHTS. doing nothing the whole day but writing void comments on COL. SHAME ON YOU!!!!

And by the way, thire would have been another 3500 NORMAL people there (minimum), just they were normal and went out on Shlichus.

To #22
April 12, 2009 4:04 am

You’re right, but, Baruch Hashem, there aren’t any Mishechistim on Shlichus; let them say yechi all they want. I don’t care if they make the Rebbe a god, as long as they don’t teach this to other normal Yidden.

meyer
April 11, 2009 8:23 pm

there would of been 3000 m0re but they are on shlicus

tschukers
April 11, 2009 6:26 pm

i see that thank god people that takeh know halacha and how lubavitch runs and have hergeishim of their own dont also waste their time like me reading all your corny ignorant even stupid posts

Huh???
April 11, 2009 5:16 pm

Who flippin cares!!!! You guys are going crazy!

what on earth!?
April 11, 2009 4:13 pm

it’s good there was such a small crowd…. not so many people lost out for not being at the beautiful birchas hachama in front of 770!!

April 11, 2009 2:59 pm

moshe kotlarsky is a great guy,
but why does it have to be public knowledge wherever he goes?

Tzitzis In a Cemetary!?!?
April 11, 2009 2:57 pm

Do Lefty’s not know basic Halacha? (But thats pretty apparent since they don;t know of the halacha brov am hadras melech either ;))

COL??
April 11, 2009 2:54 pm

WHAT HAPPENED YOU BECAME SO NEUTRAL??

Teffilin????
April 11, 2009 2:42 pm

Teffilin in a cemetery??? LOG LEROSH??

to the biggest loser (No.11)
April 11, 2009 12:04 pm

if all the first five commenters are ignorant loosers than you must be a double ignorant looser for reading all the ignorant loosers comments and not being able to post anything besides i feel bad you are so negitive

Bérélé, Paris wrote
April 11, 2009 11:18 am

Mazal Tov Gershovitz!!!

thats it ???????????
April 11, 2009 2:13 am

i was expecting more arguments from typical jews

i feel bad
April 8, 2009 12:18 pm

All five of you commenters are ignorant loosers

My g-d
April 8, 2009 11:52 am

Why all the nastiness? why all the hate? who is this helping?
live and let live

mix out
April 8, 2009 10:36 am

i am against what thay did but evry body is aloud to do what thay whant

cemetery?
April 8, 2009 10:34 am

doesnt it say in the book that its not our minhag to say birchas hachamah in a cemetery??

to5
April 8, 2009 10:31 am

what do you have against chassidim that want to be next to the rebbe.
“toite chassidim” – fakert!!

arei miklat!
April 8, 2009 10:29 am

this was for the people who have no place amongst the people. The Torah set aside special places of interment so that they too can participate. …and the burial site shal set you free…

idiots
April 8, 2009 10:07 am

You’re such losers. Here they are standing within Daled amos of the Rebbe, in a place which is so holy that you can’t wear shoes, and you folls are complaining about “achdus” and leadership. You should have all been there!

What a Busha!
April 8, 2009 9:44 am

Come on elder Chassidim who were there? Didnt you hear the Rebbe speak hundreds of times about the concept of “Broiv Am Hadras Melech” – Where is the leadership?

770 unity not good enough?
April 8, 2009 9:19 am

toiteh chassidim. The only thing missing was a band to play – Miron melodies.

How did they get to see the sun???
April 8, 2009 9:17 am

If they didn’t say Yechi?

shoichen afar
April 8, 2009 8:37 am

Thanks for brinnging birchas hachamah to the cemetary, I remember doing it in the year of yetzias Mitzrayim….

What happened?
April 8, 2009 8:26 am

The sun wasn’t viewable outside 770? lol!

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