Tens of thousands of men, women and children from around the world waited patiently in line throughout the night and day today at the Ohel, the resting place in Queens, N.Y., of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. They were there to deliver their handwritten requests for blessings from above and to internalize the Rebbe’s devotion to G‑d, the Torah and the Jewish people on the 29th anniversary of his passing on the third day of the Hebrew month Tammuz (Gimmel Tammuz).

More than 50,000 are expected to be at the Ohel through the week, and hundreds of thousands more around the world are taking advantage of the opportunity to send in prayer petitions that will be placed at the Ohel.

The “pan klali” letter, which was signed by many Chassidim on behalf of Jewish people around the world, was read at the Ohel by Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, director of Lubavitch of Philadelphia and chairman of the executive committee of Agudas Chassidei Chabad, the umbrella organization of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

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