Over 100-Year-Old Map Uncovers Treasure of Lubavitch

In the year 5783 (2023), an old map with an accurate plan of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Court was discovered. Thanks to this plan, the exact initial location of the “Beis Homa” (“Abraham and Rachel’s House”) was determined. The houses were built of brick on the south side of the Court in 1912.

One of the houses was used as a “Tea Room”. It contained a large cauldron, and hot water was available all day for the students of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva. In the second room of the Tea Room, the students of Rabbi Shmuel’s small yeshiva group from Borisov studied.

Another stone house contained a large hall intended for celebrating Passover. It was in this hall that the Moshiach feasts were held on the last day of Passover in the presence of the Rebbe, all the students, guests, and residents of Lubavitch.

In 1921, a fire destroyed almost all the wooden structures of the Rebbe’s Court, but the “houses of Abraham and Rachel” were not damaged. They were allocated for use as a synagogue, and at the time, it was the only synagogue in Lubavitch.

Thanks to the discovered plan, fragments of the foundations of these buildings were found. In the near future, the restoration of the “houses of Abraham and Rachel” will begin.

All interested patrons are invited to participate in the restoration of this historical building and the entire Rebbe’s Court.