Baruch, Menashe

Menashe, son of Zackia and Zion, was born on the 2nd of Tammuz, 5706 (June 2, 1955) in Ashkelon. Menashe was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early May 1973 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, where he was trained in the Patton tank course and was a gunner in this tank. , In order to calm his lonely mother not to worry about him, and he did not say anything about his difficulties and his exhausting training, and during his short vacations he helped his family as much as he could.In the Yom Kippur War, Menashe participated in the battle against the Egyptians in Sinai. 1973), his tank was hit in the battle and caught fire, at first Menashe was considered missing, and later declared as a space whose burial place was not After his death, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and his family donated a Torah scroll to the synagogue in Ashkelon.