Cohen, Hanania

Hanania, son of Rachel and Joseph, was born on 15.1.1953 in Petah Tikva. He studied at Netzach Yisrael Elementary School in Petach Tikvah and continued his high school studies in yeshivas Meir, Porat Yosef and Chevron. According to his teachers, Hananiah excelled in his understanding and perseverance in his studies, and behaved in the way of the land and the fear of Heaven. His grades were always good, and he devoted much attention and seriousness to his studies. In addition to these studies, Chananiah, or Hanan, as he was sometimes called, paid an electronics course and also took part in the course “The Lifeguard of the Amateur.” During his spare time, he also worked in photography. Hananiah was very interested in Torah and Halakha and used to buy expensive holy books from the pocket money his parents gave him. He also wrote a booklet called “Chiddushim in Halacha”, which was highly appreciated by his educators. He had many friends who liked to spend time with him, and he would discuss halachic matters that occupied him. Hanania was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-May 1971 and assigned to the Armored Corps, during which he underwent a course for tank drivers and a tank training course, in the Yom Kippur War with his unit in the northern sector of the Suez Canal. Hananiah was killed and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Petach Tikvah, leaving a father, mother, three brothers and four sisters in a letter of condolences to the bereaved family. He was loved by all those who knew him, “and his commander wrote:” On Yom Kippur, Hananiah and his team, within the framework of the unit, set out to stop and repel the enemy. The commander of the platoon, who was the tank commander, was seriously injured and the crew jumped out of the tank and was hit. Hanania was also hit by enemy fire and fell. In the unit he served as a tank driver and did his work faithfully and devotedly. Hananiah was fond of his friends and commanders. “His family donated a chandelier, curtain, rug and ark with many holy books to a synagogue in Petah Tikva.