Editing The Rebbe Rashab (section)

==== Passing ====
In winter 5680 (1920), the Bolsheviks captured Rostov after a long civil war. Due to dangerous roads and the occupation, the court diminished and the Rebbe requested people not come. Prayers and maamarim were conducted with minimal minyanim.

At the end of Adar, the Rebbe Rashab fell ill. On Motzei Shabbos, the eve of 2 Nissan 5680 (1920) at 4am, it was clear these were his final moments. His eyes closed in dveikus and his breathing weakened. The Frierdiker Rebbe cried out "Tatte! Tatte!" several times. When he stopped breathing and the Frierdiker Rebbe called out again, the Rebbe opened his eyes, looked at him, and two tears fell from his holy eyes before closing again. The Rebbe Rashab straightened his head, arranged his hands and feet, and his holy soul ascended in holiness and purity.
[[File:הרשב.jpg|thumb|Portrait of The Rebbe Rashab Taken Shortly Before His Passing]]
After the passing, the Chevra Kadisha called some Anash to choose an appropriate burial place. R' Moshe Dober Rivkin, R' Shmuel Gurary, R' Nosson Gurary, R' Tzvi Hirsh Gurary, R' Zalman Havlin, and R' Y. Levin decided to bury him near the shamash's house. The Frierdiker Rebbe came and approved the location.

The elders and respected Anash performed the tahara. They reported that the Rebbe Rashab's holy face maintained vitality throughout, with a slight smile on his lips. A burial coffin was built from the bima boards of the beis medrash and the Rebbe Rashab's shtender. Besides shrouds, he was wrapped in the Shabbos tallis he prayed with in his final days.

All Rostov Jews participated in the funeral. Before burial, the Frierdiker Rebbe designated R' Avrohom Boruch Pozner, R' Eliezer Krasik and another chossid as a special beis din, stating the burial was conditional and he retained rights to transfer the holy remains to his ancestors' graves in Lubavitch. An ohel was erected over the Rebbe Rashab's grave.