Ohel (grave)

Ohel (Hebrew: אוהל; plural: ohelim, literally, "tent")[1][2] is a structure built around a Jewish grave as a sign of prominence of the deceased.

Ohelim cover the graves of some (but not all) Hasidic Rebbes, important rabbis, tzadikim, prominent Jewish community leaders, and biblical figures.

Typically a small masonry building, an ohel may include room for visitors to pray, meditate, and light candles in honor of the deceased.

[2] In prewar Poland, the ohel of a Rebbe was located close by the Hasidic court, and was big enough to accommodate a minyan of ten men beside the grave.

[5] In the case of a Hasidic Rebbe, the ohel is a place for visitors to pray, meditate, write kvitelekh (petitionary prayer notes) and light candles in honor of the deceased.

The ohel of the "Seer of Lublin" on the Old Jewish Cemetery in Lublin
Wooden ohel in Horodyszcze (now Haradzishcha [ be ] , Belarus )
Ohel at the Jewish cemetery of Ożarów , Poland