When I stopped by today, there were several people praying in the Ohel, part of a steady stream of visitors throughout the year. On the anniversary of the Rebbe's death, however, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to his grave, and not always to the delight of the neighbors. Cambria Heights, which borders the cemetery, once had a sizable Jewish population, but it's now mostly populated by middle-class black residents, who were quite surprised to find throngs of Hasidic Jews suddenly pouring into their neighborhood to visit the Ohel after the Rebbe was buried in 1994.
Day 434
Saying their prayers
March 8th, 2013
