Cindar, Isaac

Son of Leah and Shmuel. He was born in 1878 in Galicia and later immigrated with his family to Eretz Israel. His father was a Rav in Safed and in 1898 the family moved to the colony of Mahanayim in the Upper Galilee and were one of the first settlers there. In 1901 Isaac went to settle in Sejera, first as a laborer and after a probationary period as a permanent farmer in the colony. He lived with his family in the clay houses and after a few years bought a plot of land and became an independent farmer. Isaac was a short but broad-shouldered man, strong and brave, manly, industrious, and happy. There were many stories among his acquaintances about his physical strength and courage, including the act in a wagon loaded with grain that slipped into a ditch and he brought it up with his own hands and brought it back. As well as the act in the vineyard, which Isaac wanted to enter and could not because his donkey could not get in between the cracks in the fence. Isaac picked up the donkey, put it in the vineyard, and after eating the grapes, he picked up the donkey and brought it back. When the situation of the peasants in Sejera worsened, Isaac left and became a guard in the colony of Mahane Israel – a new settlement surrounded by rioters and bandits, which was then established in the Jezreel Valley. On the night of 2 Iyar (May 4, 1927) Arabs attacked the new settlement and Isaac was killed in this attack and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery of Sejera. He left a pregnant wife, two daughters, seven sons and two brothers. The old scribe said in a eulogy about Isaac: “A kosher Jew, an innocent servant who knew no fear. Even though he lived a life of poverty, we did not hear a complaint. It was enough for him to have the opportunity to participate in building the country. His death on the sanctity of our country will give courage to the boys to fight for the rise of the Labor and Training Fund in Israel.”