Chaver, Abraham

Son of Sarah and Moshe, was born in 1861 in Aleppo, in northern Syria, when he was two years old and was orphaned by his mother, who lived in a life of poverty and poverty. At the age of fourteen he was adopted by a Jewish family from his town and immigrated with her to the United States, where he settled in New York and Abraham quickly acquired the language and adapted to his new environment. To bring his whole family from Syria and the entire family lived in comfort and comfort When the outbreak of the First World War the men were recruited in the family – The United States – and one of Abraham’s brothers, Ezra, fell in battle in the city of Verdun in France, the death of Ezra was the decisive reason for the family’s decision to leave the Diaspora and come to Zion On the Sabbath of 1920, And the couple had three daughters and seven sons. Abraham began to import cotton into the country until the world cotton market collapsed. He lost his money and even thought of returning to the United States, but on the advice of his father he stayed in Israel, bought a car and led pilgrims to the Christian holy places. In the meantime, he was one of the initiators and founders of the “Makashar” bus cooperative. On April 13, 1948, he joined the convoy of doctors and workers on the way to Hadassah Hospital, which was cut off on Mount Scopus, and the road to Mount Scopus passed through the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. When the war broke out, To the Mount of Convoys, which were secured by the British Army On the morning of 13.4.1948, a convoy left Mount Scopus after the British promised the road was open and safe, and the convoy encountered an Arab ambush in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and hundreds of Arabs. They managed to get out and return, but two buses, an ambulance and a escort vehicle were ambushed, and for many hours the convoy tried to prevent the approaching evening The fire from our positions in the city and on Mount Scopus, as well as armored vehicles sent to the area, failed to help the convoy, and the British military forces intervened and did nothing to help, despite the requests. Only late in the evening did the British intervene and rescue the survivors from the trapped vehicles. Among those killed in the battle was Abraham. He was brought to eternal rest in a mass grave in Sanhedria cemetery. Abraham is remembered to many as a humble, pleasant man who fulfills the important commandment that his teacher taught: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” The Jerusalem Municipality erected a memorial monument in Sheikh Jarrah to commemorate the fallen of the convoy.