ב"ה
Wednesday, 26 Adar I, 5784
  |  March 6, 2024

New Partition at the Ohel

A COLlive fan sent photos of the Rebbe's Ohel Sunday morning where a new partition of thin metal chains was placed to define the men's and women's area for prayer. More

South Florida Camps Unite

Next Story »

Sandra Gets Residential Status

Subscribe
Notify of
57 Comments
oldest
newest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
BIG SURPRISE
July 15, 2010 2:57 am

THATS NOT A REAL MECHITZA! because you can see the women everywhere you stand to pray!… so why you put some chains of “jail” into the ohel.. also very ridicoulous.. who said that is halachic OK mechitza? … think about it and remove this chains that express the slavery! and do the mechitza according to the halacha..
PLEASE THINK BEFORE ACT.
AND ACT ACCORDINGLY THE HALACHA

SHALOM UBERACHA
ANY QUESTIONS
[email protected]

I am number 16
July 12, 2010 11:25 pm

and I like the idea of a mechitza where you are not bumping into men. I just dont like that they put it so far from the mens door giving the women very little room and the men more. Also did they put a mechitza on the other side of the square where the womens side meets the mens? Otherwise defeats the purpose.

And for those of you singles who want to check out the other side dont worry you can still stand in the middleish area and just look up. No need to rub elbows.

how are you going to get married
July 12, 2010 5:31 pm

read
ETERNAL JOY VOL 1, 2, AND 3.
all the Rebbe’s guidelines are there.
That is all you need to know.
Finding your beshert is not up to a Shadchan, they are merely the channel for Hashem’s blessing. If they don’t do their job, Hashem surely will 🙂
Rely only on the One above!

how
July 12, 2010 4:08 pm

how am i going to get married

To # 45
July 12, 2010 2:27 pm

Are you now Shaddchan bashing ?!?
That’s totally uncalled for !
By the way , most Shaddchanim don’t charge a penny for their services unless “the deal goes through”.
They put in so much time & effort and lots of heartache goes along with it.
So , please think twice before putting down our Shaddchanim !

Heaven help us!!!
July 12, 2010 1:55 pm

WHAT IN HEAVENS NAME IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE????IT’S A MECHITZAH, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, WHY LOOK FOR ANY NEGATIVES YOU CAN DIG UP. LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE!!!!! YES, I AM A WOMAN. CAN’T YOU JUST SAY KOL HAKOVOD AND LEAVE IT AT THAT. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT WILL KILL YOUR YETZER HARA TO SAY THAT! IF IT DOES ALL THE BETTER. THEN NEXT TIME YOU’LL FIND IT EASIER TO JUST LOOK FOR THE GOOD INSTEAD OF THE BAD!!!!!!

complains and complains
July 12, 2010 11:29 am

why are we all the time complaning?!?!?!?!?!?!?!… is there any suggestion or solutions to the “problem”?, all the time i see commentaries i find complains and fights, get over it and start giving advices to the people that realley work hard and tryt to mantain chabad working and being what it was before guimmel tamuz. chabad is amazing people, we have The Rebbe and his teachings, you have to see it fromt he outside and youll untherstand what im trying to say. we have to work toguether or we wont make it! Moshiach now!

i Like it!
July 12, 2010 10:49 am

You can Still see thru to find ur spouse which is good…..Actually i did feel abit like hiding behind the matzaives when there were men there…….#18 like ur comment

better late then never?
July 12, 2010 8:34 am

about time! just a pity it is so flimsy, see through

b'h
July 12, 2010 8:14 am

about time!!!

to those who are against the chains:
July 12, 2010 4:15 am

build a brigde and get over it!

to #45
July 12, 2010 3:25 am

you need to sort out your life!

Wow
July 12, 2010 2:40 am

As a single guy, now I feel like now I have no chance to find my wife! This was the last place of refuge, but now… Well, I guess I’ll check again with the 1000 shadchanim that I know to see if it is not pesach, not the summer, not 1 week for R”H not… not before or after pesach… no the time her kid is getting married… not busy with anything else and can manage to donate so of her worthy time to such lowly creatures as I that would like to get married in a kosher way. If… Read more »

to the naysayers
July 12, 2010 1:14 am

I believe this is long overdue. There is clearly a statement in the Gemoro about the yetzer hara being present even at a funeral. To those who don’t like the concept of mechitzos, I applaud your sophistication but please give your credentials in matters of halacha and minhag. Just because by you comes out something in a certain way, as brilliant and progressive as you may indeed be, it has no bearing on halacha or minhag. By the same tokens, I would also like to know who is the Rov that approves of the stopping the women on the street?… Read more »

finally, it took 16 years
July 12, 2010 12:54 am

The Ohel today is filled with woman who do not dress properly, therefore ,the need for a mehiza. in addition men come and say kaddish there with woman present. According to the Code of Jewish Law, one is not allowed to say psalms etc. opposite people who do not dress properly. Anyone who does not like the mehiza can pray outside

Gut gemacht!
July 12, 2010 12:09 am

I’m impressed. The guys at the ohel seem to be doing things right… great design also.

Gut gemacht!
July 12, 2010 12:04 am
To 14
July 12, 2010 12:03 am

You may not remember, but before Gimmel Tammuz, women rarely went to the Ohel.

Arizal's kever
July 11, 2010 11:50 pm

Although the comment was really irrelevant, as we need to do what’s right regardless of what happens elsewhere, just a minor fact check to the comment about the ari’s kever — I don’t know when you were there last, but there is a separate section for men and women, both by the arizal and by the beus yosef…

to #14
July 11, 2010 11:26 pm

I’m sure someone will tear it down as they did last time. To #14 who wrote: “It’s interesting to note that the Rebbe did not suggest or insist upon a mecitza at the Ohel” In the times of the rebbe people hardly went to the ohel, and when they did men and women weren’t there at the same time. – very rarley. Today – and ever since the 3rd of tamuz – hundreds flock to the rebbe’s ohel daily – men women and children. May it be the will of G-d almighty to send us back the rebbe in a… Read more »

Wow.
July 11, 2010 11:04 pm

Who smoked this one up? We are devolving into fanatics. The Ohel not having a Mechitza was the one last space of sanity left on the Lubavitcher map. Next we will have yechi signs!

I like it
July 11, 2010 10:59 pm

I think it’s great. It feels proper… I’ve never been comfortable being squashed in to the Ohel with men so close to me. Kol hakavod.

unchained and happy pappy
July 11, 2010 10:53 pm

oh pollllease will all of u yentas just go back and read your readers digest or yenta on-line issue. Give it a break will ya..it’s just fine and better then it was before. It also has an interesting decor to it. Dangling chains does something to the soul.

Those against it, let it go, just do your thing and leave. (while your their have us all in mind – ahvas yisroel) Many women folk are in a bind pre-chains.
Will everyone just chill and let live.
sheeees!

Agree with #14
July 11, 2010 10:27 pm

Who is in charge of making these changes?
The Rebbe never mentioned anything about a mechitza at the Ohel.
Why do people think they have to be holier?

sides? views????
July 11, 2010 10:17 pm

I find it hard to understand the fuss. I don’t know about everyone else, but when I go to the Ohel, it is not about getting a front view of the matzeivah. And as a woman, I just care that there’s a space that I can squeeze into without bumping in to all the men.

BRAVO, #16!!
July 11, 2010 10:15 pm
Rivkie - In the biz!!
July 11, 2010 10:13 pm

As a female – I write thanx. As a female in the curtain / fabric biz, these chains / metal ropes are very in now – modern look for windows and doors. People – get with it!! No black chains!! It’s a very trendy fashionable look – go check it out!! Thanx again to whoever put it up.

Anon
July 11, 2010 10:10 pm

Why is Rabbi Groner in the ladies section?!

question
July 11, 2010 10:01 pm

its kind of weird. 1)the rebbe never requested it. 2)they should of made it movable so that at certain times they can move it. 3) Why do the women get so little space, a teeny corner2Pr

Inferiority complex?
July 11, 2010 9:26 pm

it’s so interesting how the attitude is everything. To those that complain that women can’t see the front of the matzeivas: is that what we’re there for? Besides, as a woman, I feel that it’s a SPECIAL zechus that we can stand close to to the matzeiva itself! In any case, the holiness of the ohel is all over, and any upgrade in tznius matters can only hasten the geulah shleimah.

im single
July 11, 2010 8:49 pm

I always look for girls at the ohel. Its a great place to feel the erencekiet

Rebbes instructions?
July 11, 2010 8:33 pm

I seem to remember that there was instructions from the Rebbe when they were constructing the Ohel – something about having metal there. Anyone know any details?
(this would also seem to relate to the lighting installed around the sides…)

To # 14
July 11, 2010 8:29 pm

Fact is, prior to Gimmel Tammuz there was no great influx of women coming to visit the Ohel. And especially when there was a big crowd of men, such as on the Yomei Depagra such as 10 Shvat and Erev RH, it was practically unheard of for women to be present.
Therefore, there was no reasonable need for a Mechitza back then, and I think it is quite safe to assume that this is why the Rabbe did not suggest a Mechitza at the Ohel.

How nice for the women!
July 11, 2010 7:52 pm

Oh I get it!…the front of the Ohel is for women and the back is for men!

It breaks my heart
July 11, 2010 7:51 pm

How insensitive can you be!! True, when it’s crowded the women are generally in that area whle the men, by virtue of their anatomy, can face the matzeivos squarely….but why oh why would you want to take away any chance for a girl or woman who comes only to pour out her heart by the Rebbe…why oh why woul dyou take away from her the possiblity of facing the matzeiva??? Vu iz es gehert gevorn?? This is what we think is making us more chassidish???IT makes us more foolish, and more cruel!! If only there was just a tiny bit… Read more »

Nechitza Shel Barzel
July 11, 2010 7:46 pm

Is this Russia? why the iron curtain? I think this is wiered
my wife thinks its a good thing this way she can have privacy when she wants to cry

md2205
July 11, 2010 7:37 pm

the men’s side seems so much larger than the women’s side, and the men’s side totally takes over the front and major part of the only side the women get. Otherwise the women are stuck in the back of the headstones and that isn’t right. I think they should have given the women the entire side.

why chains??
July 11, 2010 7:30 pm

why chains???
why not some other material for a machitza?

black chains?
July 11, 2010 7:20 pm

they look grey to me

???????????????
July 11, 2010 7:10 pm

maybe an immovable barrier would have been better as evidenced by the last photo.

Whats the point
July 11, 2010 7:09 pm

What do they accomplish?
Perhaps they should do like they have in Tiverya by the Rambam where there is a full mechitza, dividing the tomb in two parts.

great.
July 11, 2010 7:01 pm

Now when the place is fairly empty with only one or two men a woman will feel self conscious to go beyond the chains into the mens side so she can actually face the matzeivas. why is i that women always get the backs, the ends, the sides -of everything and cant properly face the matzeivas the way the men do? Why couldnt they split it so that when the men walk in their door they walk straight ahead and put the chains right there near their door, why davka take away the small side where women can actually see… Read more »

Not that
July 11, 2010 6:24 pm

As a woman, the separations are needed so the men don’t take over the women’s space. But those chains are pretty ugly. A normal mechitza would have been less obtrusive.

New Zach
July 11, 2010 6:20 pm

It’s interesting to note that the Rebbe did not suggest or insist upon a mecitza at the Ohel

Genuch shain
July 11, 2010 5:58 pm

zol zein. let it be. what next? Separate Kingston Avenue like they do for Succos. This is America, not shtetl.

This is not the Derech
July 11, 2010 5:31 pm

Tha ARi Hakodosh does not have any fence or Black chains at his Makom Hakodosh , The Zealotz who have a problem should not come to the Ohel , The perpose is to pray and keep your eyes in the Maaneh Loshon , this is extremisim that mimics the Imoral Kollel style Tznius campain lead by those who hang around kolel looking for trouble because they cant or are not qualified for any normal work, Gates and Tarps to separate us on Kingston ave is a chilul hashem
This is not the Rebbes Shitah , or Lubavitch bichlal .

this is to appease the satmar
July 11, 2010 5:11 pm

This is to appease all the Satmar chassidim that come to the Ohel and complain about there not being a Mechitza.

to #3
July 11, 2010 4:52 pm

Maybe it’s the men that are separated by black chains?

to #3
July 11, 2010 4:49 pm

maybe its MEN seperated by black chains!!!

#4?
July 11, 2010 4:39 pm

How well thought out? What’s to keep the men from going around the other way to take over the room left for the women?

shlucha
July 11, 2010 4:21 pm

it’s about time

well done
July 11, 2010 4:02 pm

kol hakovod

black chains?
July 11, 2010 3:55 pm

BS”D

I would have never thought to have taken it that way.
I would guess and say that you may have males dominated you in your life. Try to face this, hard as it is. May Hashem help you deal with this tender issue.

well thought out
July 11, 2010 3:41 pm

well designed too

Great PR
July 11, 2010 3:39 pm

Great PR move. Women seperated by black chains!

Nothing agianst a mechitza, but watch and see what happens.
Then try and explain, outdoors, weather resitant, etc. To late the damage has been done.

michitza
July 11, 2010 3:27 pm

kol a kovod to you I am happy you goes did this this is the way it should be

Kol Hakavod!!
July 11, 2010 3:27 pm

I am sure the Rebbe is very proud of that and I am sure it’s the right thing to do!!

X