YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rabbi Akiva Eiger Schlussel Z”L of Los Angeles, who was nifter Monday morning at the age of 82. He was born in Munkach, and his grandfather Harav Dovid Schlussel ZTL 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, Mrs. Tzippy Perkowski of Los Angeles, and of Mrs. Miryam Rabinowitz of Brooklyn.

The Levaya and kevura were held on Monday in Los Angeles. The rabbanim in Los Angeles paskened that as a talmid chacham bfanav, hespedim should be said despite it being Tu BAv. Hespedim were given 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 niftars home in Los Angeles.

Boruch Dayan Emmes…