Rabbi Akiva Eiger Schlussel zt"l 

 

Rabbi Akiva Eiger Schlussel zt"l of Los Angeles was nifter yesterday morning. He was 82.

Rabbi Schlussel was born in Munkach; his grandfather, Rav Dovid Schlussel, was the Rosh Av Beis Din of the Minchas Elazar's Beis Din in Munkach before the war.

R' Akiva Schlussel was known as a talmid chacham and magid shiur as well as a supporter of many mosdos in Los Angeles and throughout the world. He and his wife, Mrs. Bleema Schlussel a"h, who was niftar in 2004, were well known in Los Angeles as pillars of the frum community since arriving there nearly 50 years ago.

R' Akiva was the father of R' Gershon Schlussel and Mrs. Tzippy Perkowski of Los Angeles, and of Mrs. Miryam Rabinowitz of Brooklyn.

The levaya and kevura were held yesterday in Los Angeles. The rabbanim in Los Angeles paskened that as a talmid chacham b'fanav, hespedim should be said despite it being Tu B'Av. Hespedim were said by his son R' Gershon, his sons-in-law Rabbi Eli Perkowski and Rabbi Baruch Rabinowitz, Rabbi Gershon Bess - rov of Kehilas Yaakov, Rabbi Elchonon Tauber - rov of Kahal Bais Yehuda, Rabbi Chaim Fasman - Rosh Kollel of the Kollel of Los Angeles, and by his grandson R' Chesky Friedman.

His children will be sitting shiva in the niftar's home in Los Angeles.

Yehi zichro boruch.