Azriel, Hananiah

Son of Yaakov and Haviva. He was born in 1934 in Casablanca, Morocco, where he began his studies in the “cheder.” Hananya was gifted with a quick grasp and a perfect memory, to the point of knowing the entire Talmud, but he learned for a short period that He went to work in a luggage factory and soon became one of the best professionals and was a favorite of all his co-workers. His family, to the land to which he had longed, and the family settled in Kiryat Malachi, and after much trouble bought shoemakers, opened a small shop and began there His religion. His work clean and warm and Lev attitude to any person earned him a good name. Lev of gold had always given each person warmly. IDF was drafted in 1957 and served in the RCN Artillery and gave his services wholeheartedly. After completing his regular service, he moved to Eilat, where he found a living in the Timna copper factory. In 1961 he returned to the army and joined regular service. Hanania was deeply attached to his role and his battalion. His friends and office loved him and they said he was really their father. He served as an officer in the rank of sergeant, and at the outbreak of the Six-Day War, he was still on a permanent service and near the tomb of Parker near the Mitla in Sinai, . He left a wife and two sons. He was buried in the military emergency cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.