[Avodah] Visiting the kevarim of parents/tzadikim

[SBA]

From: "Aryeh Stein" <>
.. R' Reisman mentioned a related
issue - visiting one's parent's kever on their yahrtzeit.  R' Pam,
z'l, wasn't in favor of those people who would take several days off
from work to fly to Israel for the yahrtzeit to visit the kever of the
parent.  According to R' Pam, it would be much better if the person
would spend those days .. learning in a beis
medrash and giving all of the money that he would have spent on
airfare and hotel and giving it to tzedakah instead. ...


From: "A & C Walters" <>
...also many Chasidim, specifically Satmar do not to go kivrei tzadikim.
(See Kuntrus Al HaGeula veal HaTmura) Siman 108 (page 166),
 that the whole inyan of going to
kivrei tzadikim was never a minhag in klal yisroel
>>

I looked it up now and indeed the SR isn't a big fan of visiting kivrei
tzadikim (except by "bnei adam gedolim vetzadikim hayodim umevinim
sodon shel devorim" quoting the Zohar)

What caught my eye was his citing the Bach (YD end 217) who brings
a teshuva from R' Chaim Paltiel which may indeed be the source of
what Rav Pam said.   Very similar words, ayin shom.

There is also a lengthy teshuva in Minchas Elozor 1:68, which discusses this
matter and also the above words of RC Paltiel - some of which I too couldn't 
quite
understand.

Interestingly, the SR zt'l, has a teshuva in Sh'ut Divrei Yoel vol 1, 99, 
where
he seems to OK going to kivrei tzaddikim.

SBA