Kevarim of Tzadikim in North America

Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson

שניאר זלמן ב״ר מנחם מענדל

Nassi - President , Shevet Yehuda Institute

Date of Death: Wed. July 2, 1980 - Tammuz 18 5740

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Cemetery:

Cemetery Details
226-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
United States

Phone: (718) 723-4545
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Web: http://www.ohelchabad.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/78445
Email: info@ohelchabad.org.

Cemetery Map:

Notes: The Ohel Chabad visiting center is open 24/7, there are restrooms and other amenities always available including food and drinks. In addition there is a mikva located at 224-16 Francis Lewis Boulevard which is also open 24/7 and supplies towels.

Directions to Kever: Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provided a detailed location map upon request. Location: Directly behind the Lubavitcher ohel, alongside the Tomashpol Rebbe

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: SCHNEERSON, ZALMAN

Biographical Notes:

 

Schneerson SZ 1
Photo Caption: Rav Shneur Zalman Schneerson, Chief Rabbi, Association of Orthodox Jewry of France, Credit: Hadassa Carlebach
Schneerson SZ 2
Photo Caption: Rav Shneur Zalman Schneerson, Chief Rabbi, Association of Orthodox Jewry of France, Credit: Hadassa Carlebach
Tzemach tzedek

Photo Caption: Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson’s great great grandfather, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch d. 1866. Among his famous quotes is  “Trakht gut vet zein gut — Think good and it will be good.”, Credit: Needed
schneerson-mitiler-rebbe
Photo Caption: Ohel of Rebbe Dovber Schneuri (d. 1827) the second Rebbe of Lubavitch and more commonly referred to as the Mitteler Rebbe, being the second of the first three generations of Chabad leaders. The Rebbe was the first Chabad leader to live in the town of Lyubavichi (Lubavitch). The Rebbe’s son-in-law, The Tzemach Tzedek, would go on to become the third Rebbe of Lubavitch, Credit: Jewish Community of Nizhny Novgorod.

Schneur Zalman Liadi
Photo Caption: Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liady, Baal HaTanya, (d. 1812), founder and first Rebbe of Chabad. The Rebbe was laid to rest in Hadiach, Ukraine.
ohel-baal-hatanya-hamodia
Photo Caption: The Rebbe’s ohel in  Hadiach, Ukraine, Credit: Hamodia

Bio Information:
The Rav’s great grandfather Rav Baruch Shalom Schneerson (d. 1869) was also the the great great grandfather of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, “The Rebbe”, (d. 1994).  Rav Baruch Shalom Schneerson was the oldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek.


Credit: Shmuel Botchy Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Map to the kever of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson



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