Av Ba'al HaTanya in Selush

Binyomin emails:

The kever on the right (as you are looking at the photo)[click to enlarge] belongs to the Alter Rebbe's father, Boruch. His name appears as Boruch ben Avrohom on the stone because he would not identify himself to the townspeople of Selush even until the very end so the chevra kadisha had no choice but to use "ben Avrohom". The Hebrew date appears to correspond with the English date of: 1851. I believe his son, the Alter Rebbe, passed away in 1867.

[TA: Alter Rebbe passed away in 1812, he was 67, in 1851 his father could have been at least 120? (1851-1812=39, 39+67+14?=120!? What year is tishrei tof,kuf,nun,beis again? I think the corresponding date of R. Boruch's passing is actually 1791. (I checked here) It makes more sense then.]

The stone on the left belongs to one Moshe Berliner, a relative from my wife's side of the family. As I understand, he was a very pious and respected resident of Selush and when he passed away (apparently in 1933 according to the date on the stone) he was buried in the plot next to the one occupied by "Boruch ben Avrohom" which had been kept vacant and reserved for only a most deserving individual. According to what my mother-in-law tells me, every Lag B'Omer the Jewish children of Selush would visit Boruch ben Avrohom's kever. They werne't entirely sure at the time why they did this but they understood it was because he was a very holy man.

Binyomin commenting to the mentalblog.com: Rabbi Moshe the son of RASHAZ Caught in the Thicket:

Selush AKA Vinogradov

The town of Selush (it means "grapes" in the Czech language) bordered the Tokay region of Hungary (also known for its grapes). This is where the Alter Rebbe's father Boruch is buried. Once while visiting a relative of my wife's in Teaneck I noticed a book published by Selush survivors after the war commemorating the Jewish community which was no longer, and in the book was reproduced a photo of the kever of the Alter Rebbe's father, Boruch. What caught my eye initially was the caption which read in part ..."av Ba'al HaTanya". My mother-in-law, a Selush survivor, told me that on Lag B'Omer it was customary for the town's children to visit the kever. BTW, before the war Selush was in Czechoslovakia, now its part of the Ukraine.