Rabbi Aaron Shlomo Bockstein
אהרן שלמה ב"ר יוסף דוב הלוי
Rav, Chevra Tehilim Keser Yisroel, Brownsville, BrooklynDate of Death:
Wed. December 16, 1936 -
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Directions to Kever: Mount Judah Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Section: 1, Block: V, Gate: 1, Path: R08, Society: TAL TOR TIPH JER, Corner Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, along the Union Field Cemetery fence
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: BOCKSTEIN, AARON S.
Biographical Notes:
Source: The Morning Journal, August 18, 1918
Photo Caption: Chevra Tehilim Keser Yisroel located at 256 Thatford Ave in Brownsville c.1940, Credit: NYC
Credit: IFJCAH
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A short biography on this rabbi is found in Dorot Ha’achronim of Eisenstadt.
He came from Lithuania in year 1906 where he first served as Rabbi in the Allan St. Shul, he later moved to Brownsville till his death.
His children are also listed there, see link below
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=2266&hilite=3d32d7c1-78db-4db0-841d-5e2bfe978dce&st=%d7%91%d7%90%d7%a7%d7%a9%d7%98%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9f
The Rav’s son Baruch Mordechai, passed away at a young age, he was buried in Mt. Zion in Maspeth-Queens and on his tumbstone they inscribed that he was on of the first students in RIETS.
See photo of tumbstone in link below:
http://www.yiddishworld.com/forum/index.php?p=296071&rb_v=viewtopic#p296071
http://libfindaids.yu.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/chevrah/chevrah.xml;query=;brand=default