The Shluchim House
Ever since Gimmel Tammuz, the demand for hospitality at the Rebbe’s Ohel has surged as both Shluchim and anash look to spend a day or weekend nearby. Community groups also come to visit, some staying in Crown Heights while others greatly prefer an on-site location.
In the months following Gimmel Tammuz, a committee of ten Shluchim convened together with The Shluchim Office and decided to purchase and renovate one of the houses adjacent to the Ohel. Intended for the use of Shluchim wanting to visit the Rebbe’s Ohel for a day or Shabbos, or even just requiring a place to sleep before a flight out, the facility was quickly named “the Shluchim House” and became a prominent destination for many shluchim over shabbos.
The original site of our first hospitality center was established in 5745 (1985) at 715 Eastern Parkway. Also known as the “Shluchim House,” the facility gave Shluchim a place to stay overnight or relax during the day whenever they were visiting Crown Heights until The Shluchim Office moved to its new home at 816 Eastern Parkway.
The current Shluchim House is located at 224-16 Francis Lewis Blvd, just ten houses from the Rebbe’s Ohel. The Shluchim House can accommodate up to seven shluchim at a time for overnight stays, offering comfortable beds, a lounge area and kitchen facilities. The Shluchim House also houses Mikvah Yisroel.
Mikvah Yisroel
Located in the same building as the Shluchim House, Mikvah Yisroel is a beautiful modern mikvah for public use of all Shluchim, anash and visitors to the Rebbe’s Ohel.
Find out more about Mikvah Yisroel
Due to heavy demand, the Shluchim House will be undergoing renovations shortly.
Members of the Vaad Hashluchim who pioneered the establishment of the Shluchim House:
Rabbi Moshe Herson – Morristown, NJ; Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff – Houston, TX; Rabbi Sholom Duchman – Brooklyn, NY; Rabbi Sholom B. Lipskar – Surfside, FL, Rabbi Berel Shemtov – Oak Park, MI; Rabbi Gedalya Shemtov – Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan – Baltimore, MD; Rabbi Sholom B. Levitin – Seattle, WA; Rabbi Moshe New – Montreal, Canada; Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov – Philadelphia, PA; Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin – Milwaukee, WI; Rabbi Yitzchok Treitel – Montreal, Canada
