Ben-Hamo, Nissim (“Max”)

Their son is the eldest of Mas’ud and Hannah. He was born on 12.2.1949 in Casablanca, Morocco, and attended the “Alliance” elementary school, which was designated for Jews only. His home was a traditional home and a religious one. His parents hired him a Hebrew teacher and already from his youth he was associated with the Jewish religion. Nissim was a good son and listened to his parents and teachers, and he did as he was told with understanding and seriousness, and the more he grew, the more he assumed that his parents were roasting. At the end of 1961, the family decided to immigrate to Israel and despite the dangers involved, the family placed its trust in the God of Israel and after many shakes came to Israel and settled in Kiryat Ata. Nissim was admitted to the sixth grade at the “Giborey Zion” elementary school, where he studied there for two years and then in eighth grade at the Sde Chemed Institute in Rishon Letzion. Nissim decided to combine in his high school studies a profession, so he went to the “Marom Zion” professional yeshiva in Beit Vagan in Jerusalem. At first he was accepted to the offset department and after a while he moved to the carpentry profession. During his four years in Jerusalem, Nissim invested his energies and energies in Torah and work in order to fulfill his ambitions. During his vacations and vacations, Nissim worked at various jobs around the house and around him, because by nature he could not sit idly by and wanted to help his parents as much as possible. But he was not content with the profession he had acquired and planned to continue his studies after his discharge from the IDF at the Hebrew Technion in Haifa, in order to study in the drawing. His family and his relatives, his relationship to his parents was an unparalleled phenomenon, he admired them and tried to do everything they wanted to make them Simcha and gratifying, he loved the country and traveled a lot to get to know every corner and learn about anything of value Nissim was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1968 and volunteered to serve in the Nahal paramilitary brigade Everything he was asked about, and his letters, asked him not to worry about him, and that “everything is good, with God’s help.” Afterward, he was forced to leave his comrades and the nucleus and go to a squad commanders’ course. In this course, too, he did everything willingly, without any arguments or demands. After the course he returned home with the rank of corporal on his arm, despite his successes and progress in the army, Nissim was modest and modest, and when he came home he used to take off his uniform and be his brother, returning from the course as a squad commander. When he was in a parachuting course, he did not want his parents to know that they would worry about his safety, and so he kept it a secret.after the course he came home with parachute wings on his chest, and again Behaved modestly and did not say “wonders.” After that, a new period was opened in his service, when he arrived Bar-Ne’ot Hakikar in the Arava, where the responsibility and the danger were numerous because of the proximity to the border and the enemy, and in the long nights he and his subordinates worked to close the way to terrorists, hoping that his crew would always be ready for the enemy. Despite the difficulties and vicissitudes of his duties, Nissim used to cover his head with a knitted skullcap, as God forbid, because according to the spirit he absorbed in the house he also acted in the army and kept the commandments of his ancestors’ tradition uncompromising. He prayed morning, noon, and evening, even at the expense of his rest, or sleep time. He always made sure he had a “minyan” and was proud of this way also among the secular soldiers. On the 30th of Tevet 5731 (30.12.1970) he fell while serving in Neot Hakikar in the AravaAnd was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Yepa.