With gray clouds above and a chill to the air on Friday morning, thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in New York for the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) visited the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersohn, of righteous memory—and his father-in-law, the Sixth Rebbe—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
Rabbis from throughout the United States and in nearly every part of the world, many of them accompanied by sons and grandsons, waited in line saying Tehillim (Psalms), learning the Rebbe’s teachings and reflecting on their work. They also delivered handwritten letters, notes and requests for blessings, and internalized the Rebbe’s devotion to G‑d, the Torah and the Jewish people.
This year’s conference carries an added significance as the North American Jewish community marks 75 years since the Rebbe and Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson arrived on U.S. shores from war-torn Europe in 1941.
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