Azoulay, Gabriel

Gabriel, son of Rachel and Massoud, was born in 1951 in Marrakech, Morocco, where he immigrated to Israel with his family in 1963. The family chose to settle in Kiryat Ata, where he completed his studies at the ” “And went on to attend the local high school until he finished eleventh grade. Gabi, as affectionately called his family and all his friends, was a gifted and inquisitive student who was interested in everything he encountered in his daily life. His passion to know and know the world around him gave him no rest and increased his impatience with the slow pace of high school. He was curious about life outside the school nursery and tried to understand and learn from them. He often visited the neighborhood club and loved to participate in all the activities organized within it. He was the center of all the games and excelled at dancing. In the club he also studied various handicrafts and to this day he and his family have preserved many of his works in various fields. Gabi especially loved music, both as a listener and as a performer. He had a pleasant evening voice. He often collected the “guys” around him and made time for them to sing. He especially loved the songs of Shlomo Artzi and managed to sing them in an original way, which attracted many admirers. The song “The Angel Gabriel” became his hit and he often played it on the celebrations invited by his many friends. Gabi was a good-hearted and gentle-hearted boy. The commandment of “Love thy neighbor as thyself” was not an obligation but a pleasure. He loved helping people and never disappointed a friend in trouble. He was blessed with natural talent for repairing various electrical appliances. Without learning the electrical profession, he was amazed at the repair of broken instruments. For the sake of friends and relatives he would sit for long hours, hunched over a broken transistor receiver, and with astonishing patience dismantles him, discovers the fault and reassembles. He had infinite patience, and he did not put down a broken instrument until he could not get it. In his last years he became interested in the carpentry profession and soon discovered extraordinary talents in this area as well. Gabi was a devoted and loving son to his extended family. He was a loyal son of his parents and was meticulous in observing the mitzvah of respecting father and mother in its details and grammatical rules. He paid attention to his mother and was disciplined in his relationship to his father. His eight brothers and sisters were bad and soulful, and in particular he was bound to love his little sister Linda. He helped her with her studies, played with her and traveled with her for many hours. His sister Yaffa was his confidante. Every problem and every “secret” he had, he would tell her. He would share her doubts and plans for the future and certainly her unlimited judgment. He loved his home and made sure there was nothing missing: everything he saw and admired in the homes of his friends tried to bring him into his house, so that all the family would enjoy him. He was a fan of cleaning the house and would spend long hours cleaning, arranging, and improving living conditions. After graduating from school, he decided to go to work and help support the large family until the time he was drafted. Gabriel was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-April 1970 and was assigned to the infantry corps, where he was sent to the Military School for Education to complete his education, and was sent to a field training course. After the end of his regular army service, he did not have much time to enjoy civilian life, and was called to reserve duty in order to give his part in the Yom Kippur War, during which he served in the battle zone on the Golan Heights. While fulfilling his duties. He was brought to eternal rest in the Kiryat Ata cemetery. Survived by his parents, seven sisters and a brother.