Abu, Yitzhak

Isaac, son of Masouda and Eliahu, was born on the 15th of Tevet 5708 (15.12.1947) in the city of Fez, Morocco, where he settled in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem, Itzik (as his family and friends used to call him) was the eldest son of the Abu family and was followed by three other sons and a daughter, who had long been stranded in the camps. The quarantine in Cyprus reached Palestine only after the end of the British Mandate and the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel The neighborhood “Mea Shearim” in Jerusalem. The father was drafted into the army and set out to defend the fledgling state body. He participated in many of the battles and was seriously injured. After the War of Independence, the family moved to the Musrara neighborhood, where Itzik also began his studies in elementary school. He was a listening student, alert and full of curiosity, but the difficult housing conditions and the overcrowding at home did not allow him to devote himself to studies. He graduated from elementary school and decided that he had to go to work, make a living on his own, and ease the burden on his parents. He began working as a locksmith, along with his relatives. In this profession he worked for several years and the experience he acquired in the work made him an excellent professional. In this work he held until the time of his induction into regular service. Yitzhak was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-November 1965. He volunteered to serve in the Golani brigade, where he completed basic basic training and was a great soldier and excellent fighter. He loved to spend the few hours of rest with them, and was willing to help each of them without being asked, and his friends relied on him and knew that he could be used even during the most difficult hours. He was wounded and hospitalized, and for his service he was awarded the “M. Hemet six days. “Before discharged from the drivers’ course has been arranged and assigned half-track armored infantry. During his regular service he got to know Olin, who became his regular girlfriend and two years later married her. After their marriage, Itzik began working as a taxi driver to save money to solve the difficult housing problem. The young couple moved in together with Itzik’s grandmother, and they also had their two children, Binyamin and Yuval. All this time they were struggling hard to get an apartment. They went to various institutions and tried to save as best they could. Despite the difficult situation, Itzik was always optimistic and was very Simcha to laugh and be Simcha. He had a strong love for his children and his wife, and although he worked late he did not neglect his family and tried to spend all his spare time with him. In the Yom Kippur War, Itzik took part in the braking battles in Sinai as a half-track driver, and on October 8, 1973, his half-track was hit when he went to rescue the wounded. For eight long months, the family had hoped that Itzik, who had been declared missing, would be safe and sound, but after the separation of forces, he hoped that his body would be found. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl. He left behind a wife, two sons and a family. His family donated a Torah scroll to the memory of his uncle, who also fell in this war, in the style of the Jews of Spain.