Tatty, z”l, was larger than life. He excelled in so many areas. Unfortunately this article only has limited space. We have therefore picked only a minimum from each area.

Oseik B’tzarchei Tzibur B’emunah

Although Tatty was the gabbai, his devotion to the shul was so much greater than that. Once Tatty saw R’ Weiss cleaning some crumbs off a table; this bothered Tatty greatly. How could we allow the Rav of the shul to be the janitor of the shul?! From then on, Tatty took over all the needs of the shul, from making sure that there were paper towels to stocking styrofoam cups for early morning coffee. I remember him taking me along to pick up milk, coffee, etc. and bring them to the shul. He never came during zmanei tefillah so that he wouldn’t receive public recognition for his dedication. The switching of the paroches for the Yamim Noraim was also done with Tatty’s own two hands. It would be a shame not to mention that Mommy had a big hand in the shul as well as she was the dedicated shul secretary at R’ Weiss’ shul for many years.