BDE: Rav Shia Jackobowitz Z"L

Center of pic -At the Siyum Hashas this year

Rav Shia Jackobowitz A”h passed away last week at the 103 years. He was a Holocaust Aushvitz survivor. His last will was to put the number of tattoo that he had on his hand engraved on his burial monument.
 He was at the recent 13th Siyum Hashas at Metlife stadium. He  attended the Knessia gedola in 1923 when rav meir Shapiro introduced the idea of daf yomi. He told someonr he saw Reb Yissochor Dov Belzer in 1922 and remembered Reb Shayele Kerister vividly. He saw the chofetz chaim, the atzei chaim,  the chortkover, was by 1st siyum hashas, and was very close to Ahavas Yisroel the Minchas Elazar, Reb Shulem lazer Ratzferder Reb Itzikel Pshevorsk and the  Ribnitzer.