Rabbi Eliezer Lesser
אליעזר ב"ר אריה ליב
Rav, New York CityDate of Death:
Wed. July 7, 1909 -
Tammuz 18 5669
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Directions to Kever: Although in a constant state of cleanup, Bayside Cemetery along Pitkin Avenue in Queens is in extreme disarray and can be dangerous, use caution when visiting!!! In the event of an emergency call 911. Location: Society: Congregation Lubowitz Weinzein, Path: A, Gate: 13, on the right side a few graves in. (The second section from the Liberty Avenue entrance)
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Lazarus Lesser
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find a Rose N. Lesser being listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as a popular Jewish figure, here first husband was I. G. Samuels and the second husband was Lazarus Lesser who might be this rabbi, see link
http://books.google.com/books?id=pMA8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA78&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U09D60uMOUEq7xDZO1Ulc7HUXt_fg&ci=139%2C972%2C788%2C201&edge=0
It would appear that they are husband and wife because the NYT in her obit lists the Rav by name, Rabbi Lazarus Lesser in addition to the fact that the burial will taker place at Bayside. The Rebbetzin, according to the NYT was involved with many charities serving the poor and indigent.
I have to double check, i don’t believe she is buried in the same section where he is buried (Gate 13, same section of Harav Vidrevitz Z”l). Secondly, it doesn’t indicate that he himself was a Rabbi other that his father was a very famous Rov.
Is he buried in Bayside or in Makom Shalom. I found his and his wife’s info in the records of Makom Shalom
Rose N. Lesser
death cert #33302 New York, N.Y., died 11/12/1908, born 10/1860 Russia, U. S. 1862, New York 1888, father Jacob Rosenzweich, mother Lenore Gefulhause, lived 31 W. 124th St., New York, N.Y., undertaker Sam Rothschild, 54 E. 116th St., New York, N.Y., Samuel Lot
Lazerus Lesser
death cert #20775 New York, died 7/7/09, father Louis Lesser, mother
Rachel Levinson, widower, born 1851 Russia, undertaker S. Rothschild,
54 E. 116th St., New York, N.Y.
Ben Bee Zee, He his buried in Bayside gate 13 (i took the picture above). Samuel lot where his wife is buried is also in Bayside (off the middle path)
There are 3 cemeteries adjacent to each other.
Mokom Shalom (left) Bayside (center) Acacia (right)
Mokom Shalom is always locked, i never had a chance to crawl in, it seems to be the smallest of all 3.
(you are right my records contained burials of all 3 cemeteries) Makom Shalom was a free burial cemetery where most of it are Galicians. they only have about 11,500 places.
He wasn’t a Rav only the president of the Chabad shul on Henry Street
His father was the Chasidic (Chabad) Rav of Dvinsk
http://chabadpedia.co.il/index.php/%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%96%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93
the family name is Zalkind
Lazarus and Rose Lesser were my great grandparents.
I have no knowledge of Lazarus ever having been a rabbi. He was, by profession, a coffee merchant. He also was a founder of the “Curb Exchange” — later known as the American Stock Exchange, and now known as NASDAQ.
Both Lazarus and Rose were very active in HIAS, and for some time the “Women’s Auxiliary” of HIAS was named after her.