An ohel (Hebrew for "tent") is a small masonry structure built over the grave of a Hasidic rebbe, an important rabbi, or another prominent tzaddik, marking the site as distinct from an ordinary matzevah headstone and typically including room for visitors to pray, meditate and light candles. Ohelim are visited especially on the anniversary of the tzaddik's death and on other significant occasions, continuing a practice most visibly maintained today at the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens, New York.
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Who May Handle ItAnyone; it is offered to the public 1 ConsecrationBlessed before use, without a rite of consecration 1 Identity
Category of Sacred ObjectA structure built over a grave, especially of a revered rabbi, as a site of pilgrimage and prayer. 1 Attributions
TraditionJudaism, chiefly Hasidic practice 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names New York directly: "of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens, New York."
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