A kesivas osios was held Sunday night in Lakewood for a sefer Torah being written l’iluy nishmas Reb Yitzchak Tzvi Klein, z”l, who was tragically niftar in an elevator accident in Monsey last year.

Reb Yitzchak Tzvi was known as a warm, ehrliche Yid, with a gentle spirit and a kind word for everyone he encountered. He is survived by his devoted wife and a grieving family; the couple had no children. He was a son of Rev Zanvil and Mrs. Raizel Miriam, and a grandson of Rabbi and Mrs. Eliyahu Tabak of Monsey.

The sefer Torah is being commissioned by his family and friends.

Despite his famous hasmadah, Ponevezh Rosh Yeshivah Hagaon Harav Chaim Peretz Berman attended specially for the occasion, as did Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshivah of Mesivta of Lakewood.

The sefer Torah will be brought in this coming Sunday to the Kopzynitz shul in Boro Park in a hachnasas sefer Torah.