Avadi-Tzedek, Avraham
Son of Mazal and Chaim. Born in 1917 in Marrakesh, Morocco, he immigrated with his family to Israel when he was one year old. The family settled in Jerusalem, where Avraham’s father served as rabbi in the local court. Avraham attended the Talmud Torah Mizrachi School and completed his studies at the “Chayei Olam” high school yeshiva. His desire was to continue studying, but due to the family’s difficulties in making a living, he had to give up. He specialized in plumbing and worked in his profession. For a short period he also worked in the mail and his salary was given to his mother for the household agriculture. He learned to study and learn to read books and listen to music and during his free time. He especially tended to play soccer and even formed a soccer team and called it “Atid”. From time to time he would organize competitions where he and his friends would compete with English football teams. While working in the mail he enlisted in the Haganah and served as a guard. During this period, he was often absent from the house at night and did not say anything to his family so as not to worry them. In July 1938, he informed them that he had to travel somewhere outside Jerusalem. It was evident that he was worried and he confessed to his brother that he was afraid that he would not return from where he was going. He joined a group of well-diggers looking for water near Kalia in the north of the Dead Sea. The group’s workers slept in tents surrounded by a stone fence and Jewish guards were guarding the camp. Avraham was among the guards and also worked there with plumbing. On J22 Tamuz, July 21, 1938, Arab gang members attacked the camp and killed four of his men, Avraham among them. He was laid to rest at the Mount of Olives cemetery. He left a mother, two brothers and a sister. Reports of his death were published in the newspapers Davar and Ha’aretz. His family donated a Torah scroll to his synagogue in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
