He has publically and frequently said so himself, yet strangely i have never seen him diging into a tub of ice cream if thats what you would like to know, i cannot prove conclusively if this is true. but you can ask him or any talmid of staten island for that matter and they will tell you that it is true. i have several friends who have learnt there and they have told me this. i chose to beleive them, feel free not to