Jonas, Morris Izik ^1,2,3

  General Notes:

Morris Izik was a very very learned and sharp person; very learned i n Torah with strong convictions and he was a fighter for the truth. H e could read from the Torah; and lead prayer services in his synogogu e and would be the person to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashannah and Yo m Kippur. He resided next to a forest near Cadea, Austro-Hungary. I t was an extremely small village near Tashnad. Part of his house serv ed as an inn where they served refreshments to lumber workers who wer e cutting timber nearby.
A story related by Yosef Bosci was that when he was a young child, Mor ris Izik Jonas asked him what he was learning in school. After answer ing, Morris Izik Jonas gave Yosef Bosci a pat on the cheek and maybe e ven some candy as a reward.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Yahrtzeit: 16th of Sivan 5693.

• Hebrew name. ² Moshe Itzik

Morris married Ida Hoffman, daughter of Moshe Hoffman and Devorah [maiden name unknown]. (Ida Hoffman was born in 1874 in Vezeror Lasztomer, Hungary ^1,2,3 and died on May 26, 1944 in Auschwitz Death Camp - HOLOCAUST ^1,2,3.)