The Mikvah of Buffalo is located at 1019 Maple Rd, Williamsville, NY 14221. On the day of the Yahrzeit it will be open from 4am – 4pm and towels will be provided! Its a 12 minute drive from the Rebbe Ohel. It’s a 17 minute drive from the Hachnosas Orchim. For more info about the Mikvah or Buffalo, click here.
A fundraiser has been set up to expand the Ohel to include a Hachnosas Orchim room & restrooms. Click Here to contribute.
Buffalo Rebbe Ohel Location:
Address: 645 Pine Ridge Heritage Blvd Cheektowaga, NY 14225 United States
Located in the Buffalo Jewish Cemetery at the Corner of Pine Ridge Road and Maryvale Drive in Cheektowaga
Detailed Directions:
From Route 33 East (the Kensington Expressway), take the Pine Ridge Road exit and take a right on Pine Ridge Road. It’s the first cemetery on your left.
From the 290 East, take 90 West to exit 51W – Route 33 West
From 90 West or East, take exit 51W – Route 33 West
From Route 33 West, take the Harlem Road exit. At the bottom of the exit ramp take a left, go under the highway, & take a quick right on Maryvale Drive. The cemetery is a couple of minutes up on your left, on the corner of Pine Ridge Road.
The Rebbe’s ohel is a small brick building adjacent to the cemetery fence nearest Pine Ridge Road Ohel combination is on door in Hebrew
About Rebbe Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz
Rebbe Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz came to the United States in 1899 from Russia and settled on the Lower East Side. In 1910 he moved to Buffalo and headed the Jefferson Street Shule. In addition to his own great genealogy, the Rebbe was the brother-in-law and chavrusa (a study partner) of the renowned Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornisteiple. The Rebbe appears to be the first Admor to be buried in the United States.
Pine Ridge is the site of an ohel (tomb) for Rabbi Joseph Rabinowitz (b. ca 1856; d. Buffalo, November 14, 1910). Due to the proximity of the Ohel in relation to the Ahavas Sholem cemetery, Rabbi Rabinowitz has often been associated with Ahavas Sholem in articles about the Ohel. The Ohel, however, resides in its own distinct space at the entrance way into B’nai Israel. This cemetery has the gravestones of individuals from a range of congregations and landsmannschaftn. According to a snippet from the American Hebrew and Jewish Messenger, Rabbi Rabinowitz is listed as associated with the congregation, “Brith Sholom, Anshe, Russia.” Rabbi Joseph Rabinowitz was from Sokolivka (Justingrad/Yustingrav), now in modern day Ukraine, once part of the Russian Empire. When he emigrated to the America, he first settled in New York City, but in 1908 made Buffalo his home.
The following is Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 813
Known as the first chassidic rebbe buried in the US, Rav Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz’s kever has become a popular destination in recent years. Scion of the Linitz-Slavita dynasty, his ancestors included two close students of the Baal Shem Tov, Rav Pinchas of Koritz and Rav Gedaliah of Linitz. The latter is a primary source for the anecdotal compendium Shivchei HaBesht, which is one of the earliest documents about the life of his great teacher.
Rav Rabinowitz emigrated from Kishinev, Ukraine, at the peak of the mass exodus of Russian Jewry at the turn of the 20th century. Following a stint on the Lower East Side, in 1908 he accepted an invitation to assume the rabbinate of the Jefferson Street Shul in Buffalo. During the course of his short-lived rabbinic career there, he made a valiant attempt to strengthen traditional Jewish life in the community and beyond.
Did you know
Heartbroken by the many agunos created by the chaotic situation in the immigrant community in the United States, Rav Rabinowitz proposed a novel solution to alleviate their plight. Claiming to have previously corresponded with and garnered the support of senior Torah luminaries, this great talmid chacham established criteria where marriages could be halachically terminated in extenuating circumstances, and implored his fellow rabbanim to join him in this endeavor.
Did you know
Prior to leaving the Ukraine, the future Buffalo Rebbe was the chavrusa of his brother-in-law — the Hornosteipler Rebbe, Rav Mordechai Dov Ber Twerski. As fate would have it, the descendants of the Hornosteipel dynasty — in Denver, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and other cities — would also be among the original rebbes to settle in America.
Title: “The Buffalo Rebbe” | Location: Buffalo, New York | Date: November 25, 1910
