The Importance of Visiting the Graves קברים, from the Introduction of the Sefer Ben Ish Chai, written by the Famous Mekubal Sefardi Rabbi in Bagdad - Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim :-

"For the whole year after my father Rabbeinu Eliyahu of Bagdad died, I spent the whole day and night in thoughts prayers and learning, connecting my soul with his in Spirit world. As his soul became enlightened with knowledge and understanding in the עולם הנשמות "Olam Haneshamos" - (the world of spirit souls) I also benefited from this knowledge ...... I was informed that I am a re-incarnated soul of the loyal servant of King David - Benyahu Ben Yoyoda .... I learnt much from my father in this year after his passing to עולם האמת "Olam Ha'Emes" (the Spirit world) that I call this Book - The Ben Ish Chai - Son of a living man. I promise everyone, that if they wish to attain spiritual heights of purity of their souls, then go the graves of their ancesters, and of Holy Rabbis, and of specially righteous people".

It is well known that the Lubavitcher Rebbe went twice a week to the grave of his father-in-law the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, and his wife, to ask for Divine help for Klal Yisroel. Many Chassidish people go every friday to pray at the graves of their Rebbes, and at any time they need help .

It is accepted amongst Orthodox Jewry, the tradition of going to the קברים gravesites regularly, at least before every Yomtov, and especially before Rosh Hashana and again before Yom Kippur. To ask for Divine blessing and spiritual guidance, good mazel, good health and happiness for everyone. We hope you will visit the graves of your family friends and Holy Rabbis and Rebbes, pray and grow spiritually on your journey in this world .

The spiritual guidance ones soul receives, has been the fundamental reason why generations of Jewish people always visit gravesites of Holy Rabbis, Rebbes and spiritual leaders.

Baba Sali - Reb Yisroel Abu Chatzeira always explained the reason why people are frightened of visiting graves is that they are frightened of death, knowing that they have lived selfish materialistic lives void of any spirituality, the thought of death and cemeteries frightens them. These people have "inner fears" in their soul that sense they have little to look forward to, as they have not prepared spiritually for the life-after-death Divine "Spirit world". Baba Sali - Reb Yisroel Abu Chatzeira explained that everyone can change by simply starting to think for just 5 mins every day for the rest of ones life on the "meaning of life", and the "existence of a DIVINE CREATOR of this magnificent Universe". Every person has the power to change by changing ones thoughts, just a "single thought has the power to change" the whole world.

Our list of people is for our memory of these very special and good people we were lucky to have known. We wish their Neshomos an "Aliya" by remembering them here. We have made special effort to include those specially kind and good people who sadly had no children, and of those people whom are descendants of famous Rebbes and Rabbis of Europe, and especially of those Gravestones that tell so much of their life story or their families who were murdered in Europe 1939-45. Everything done on this website is under the strictest religious instruction and with greatest respect to the Neshomos - souls of those departed .

In accordance with the ruling from our Rebbe, we have ammended this page, only to include people who were known to have been really good kind "spiritually minded" sincere people who were Shomrei Torah and Mitzvos. Just as is customary when burying Jewish people in the cemetary to bury the religious Jews who believe in GOD and keep Shabbos in special areas. Likewise, pure children whom have never sinned are also buried in special areas.

May remembering these really good people - be a זכות "Zechus" - a "Merit" for their souls .

Adass Enfield please select Reb Meshulam Ashkanazi Rabbi Avrohom Babad Rebetzin Babad Rabbi Shlomo Baumgarten Avrohom Abe Bodner Rabbi-Dayan Braceiner Mendel Berger Reb Moshe Deutsch Dr Djialovsky Mrs Rochel Englander Rabbi Fisher Mrs Rivka Fisher Reb Yidel Frenkel Yehoshua Freshwater Reb Yeshia Grohman Reb Akiva Ginsburg Gad Heilpern Mrs Hanstetter Mr Hirsch Reb Bunim Hirschler Rabbi Hollander Reb Nota Honig Reb Shlomo Honigman Reb Yidele Horovitz Reb Simcha Knopfler Mrs Lauer Rabbi Shlomo Mannes Abe Mannes Reb Shulem Moskowitz Menachem Zev Markovits Reb Schmelke Pinter Rabbi Nosson Ordman Rebetzin Ordman Rabbi Benzion Rakow Reb Simcha Bunim Reiner Reb Shia Rockeach Reb Mechel Roitenberg Reb Eliyahu Sakalski Dr Saberski Rabbi Schneebalg Reb Avrohom Schreiber Mrs Schreiber Shmuel Eliezer Segal Dov Sternlicht Mrs Stolzberg Reb Pinchos Twersky Rebetzin Wohl

Adass Cheshunt please select Issocher Adler Rebetzin Brazil Reb Yechezkel Blumenfrucht Mr & Mrs Erschwige Reb Simcha Knopfler Reb Yehoshua Prager Avrohom Richardson Shlomo Rosenthal Ruth Rosenthal Reb Arun Runder Sorele Runder Gershon Russell Rabbi Schonfeld Yosef Steinberg Rabbi Nosson Weiss Rabbi Yaakov Weissbraun Reb Lew Yager Estella Yager

Edmonton Montagu Road Federation please select The Kamenitzer Maggid Reb Zundel Maccabi The Sassover Rebbe Rabbi Eliezer Gordon Telzer Rosh Yeshiva The Gaon Rabbi Dov Berish Zeitlyn

Manchester Whitefield please select Reb Meir Zvi Ehrentreu Reb Avrohom Falk Rabbi Segal Rebetzin Segal

קברי צדיקים Famous Spiritual Rabbis Gravesites "Ohels"- "Tombs" please select Rabbi Segal Manchester Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Gordon Telzer Rosh Yeshiva Sassover Rebbe The Kamenitzer Maggid The Shotzer Rebbe The Stanislaver Rebbe The Djikover Rebbe The Rabbis of METZ Yonosson Ben Uziel AMUKA Rabbi Akiva Rebbe Meir Baal Haness Reb Chaim Vital Maharam & Maharil Rabbi Akiva Eiger Chassam Sofer Baal Shem of Michelstadt Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Reich Reizel Reb Shlomo Schwartz Rabbi Ernest Weill Rabbi David Sinzheim The Kalever Rebbe RASHI Baba Sali - Reb Yisroel Abu Chatzera

קברי צדיקים Famous Spiritual Rebbes in South East Poland see the new section of websites

Chassam Sofer of Pressborg - Bratislava Slovakia