Art: SRG This is a re-blog from 2012, as once again we have had commenters who are confused about why we Pray at the graves of Tzadikim. The Lubavitcher Rebbe would often answer requests by saying that he would pray for the person at the grave of his father-in-law, the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak. The following is extracted from "Not Just Stories" by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski MD