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Photo Gallery: The Quiet Before the ‘Storm’

LAURELTON, Queens [CHI] — The thousands of guests that have arrived in Crown Heights for Gimmel Tamuz are taking advantage of the “quiet before the storm” and are visiting the Ohel before Sunday when there are fewer people than the masses that will be arriving on Sunday.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Meir Elfasi – Shturem.net)

In the tent near the Ohel one can see it buzzing with people davening quietly or writing quitlach. The atmosphere is very elevating. By the Tzion itself one can see shluchim, mekurovim, rabbis and mashpiim from all over the world.

In the midst of all the hustle-bustle one can see Rabbi Abba Refson, Director at the Ohel, speaking with visitors, putting on Tefilin with some and from time to time will check up on the preparations for Sunday.

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9 Comments

  • ghhhg

    I dont meant to be one of those that has a negative comment for everything, but, im not crazy about the kid with his feet dangling over the Tzion…

  • Josh

    it’s extremely insensitive to take photo’s of people writing panim,& davening by the ohel!

  • someone

    to ghhg
    i think so to! but thats life when people do things not respectful!!

  • boruch ben Tzvi(A H)hakohaine hoffinger

    B“H
    To Josh, Someone, et al.
    Where is it written that it’s insensitive to photograph these scenes?
    Perhaps these photos cause others to come? It also demonstrates the importance of the place.
    Why be so critical and melamed chov on the photographer, etc?
    Aren’t you both cowardly to not write your names?
    Which is worse, being insensitive or cowardly? What you wrote is a ‘pashkvil.’ Defaming someone without including your name.
    The Rebbe, MH”M, hated pashkvilim.

  • moshiach now!

    May the merit of all our davening, Hashem should answer our tefilos and send the Geula NOW with the Rebbe as our leader once again.
    MOSHIACH NOW!

  • to ghhg and someone

    doont u realiz ethat what u wrote now pple look at the person and see who it was lashan harah please stop it u see the casualties in e”y and around the world..secondly judge with a favoring eye..

  • Rachel

    There are two issues to consider- did the presence of the photographer disrupt or overwhelm the experience of everyone else at the Ohel? It is the photographer’s responsibility to ensure that (s)he doesn’t ruin that which (s)he is documenting. A serious photographer will have considered this along with numerous ethical issues well in advance of arriving with a camera (and will be respectful of any individual who expresses a desire to not be photographed.) An amateur photographer wouldn’t be at Ohel unless they were there for the Rebbe, not for the photos.
    Are the images themselves offensive? Absolutely not. A beautiful photograph is a powerful tool for education and for inspiring Jews of all stripes to come home. Visual imagery makes Chabad accessible to people who might have otherwise found it alienating or shrouded in mystery. The absence of a visual document speaks volumes, and those volumes are not what we should be putting out to the world… Let us bring light in all of its forms instead.