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Sara Netanyahu visits gravesites of Lubavitcher rebbe and rebbetzin in Queens, NY

By JNS Staff

(JNS) — Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visited the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., late Sunday night under heavy security, reported the COLlive news site.

It is the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson; his wife, the rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson; and his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.

There, she prayed for the Jewish people; the defeat of their enemies; and the safe return of the remaining 48 hostages, both livin...