Rabbi Aaron Tzvi Friedman
אהרן צבי ב"ר יעקב שלום
Baal Shem of AmericaDate of Death:
Sun. May 21, 1876 -
Iyar 27 5636
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Directions to Kever: Salem Fields Cemetery in the Cypress Hills neighborhood on the Brooklyn / Queens border is a Reform cemetery with a few Orthodox sections. Location: Congregation Shaaray Torah section near the office building. Rabbi Dovid Yitzchok Adelson and Rabbi Aaron Tzvi Friedman are buried in the same section.
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Aaron Zebi Friedman
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rabbi Aaron Tzvi Friedman, Credit: Daniel Friedman, Lawrence, NY
Photo Caption: Rifka Friedman, Credit: Daniel Friedman, Lawrence, NY
Credit: Daniel Friedman, Lawrence, NY
Bio Information:
Rabbi Aaron Tzvi Friedman was born in Poland on Adar 15th, 5582, (March 8th, 1822).
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בעל שם? what?
his sefer “Tuv Taam”:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/38685
Reb Ahron Tzvi Friedman was originally from Stovisk, Poland, he came to the US as early as 1854 – 5514 to NYC as a Shochet (Ritual Slaughter).
He was in the midst of quite a few issues on Shechita between Rabbi Mittleman and Hrav Asch.
Here is a nice blog about Rabbi Friedman:
http://tuvtaam.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
Interesting find!
Tuv Tam in English:
http://www.onread.com/reader/26148/
From jewishencyclopedia.com:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=409&letter=F
I have some other sources which will be posted soon.
Another resource:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE5DF1E31EE34BC4E51DFB7678383649FDE
His son Avroham, married Rachel, the daughter of Reb Shachna Isaacs of Cincinnati.
So maybe we can have the living Isaac descendants to read out the matzeiva and redo it as they did with their grand father Reb Shachna’s marker 😉
More on the Rav Ash / Friedman controversy: The First Rabbi.pdf
My father was Aaron H. Friedman (1892-1955) his father was David Friedman, his father was Daniel Friedman and his father was Rabbi Aaron Zebi Friedman. I believe this is the correct chronology but I may be wrong. If anyone can help please contact me. Lawrenc e Friedman