Dan (Dahan), Jacob

Jacob, son of Sima and Leon, was born on March 30, 1948, in Salle, Morocco. In 1954, when he was five years old, his family immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem, and because of his father’s devotion, Yaakov studied at the religious elementary school of Drosh Zion in Jerusalem, and despite his good grades, In the age of fourteen, when Jacob went to work for the first time in his life, he had the same characteristics that characterized him in his years of maturity: unusual work ability, inexhaustible energy and a constant desire for innovation and progress. Even one moment in his life for one place. He worked at the Geological Institute in Jerusalem, worked as a laborer in picking, as an apprentice in a carpentry shop, in a metalwork shop and in a bakery, and even in various construction work. He worked in the Timna factories, and he loved friends at all corners of the country, and everyone remained loyal to him, and in every social framework Yaakov was a source of joy and joy, and he liked to spend every moment of his life and say, “If I do not grieve now, then when?” And he would add friends or family to his funerals – paying everything out of his generous pocket, as he loved his friends, he loved his family – his brother And his mother and his sisters, and especially his mother, who called her by her first name and treated her as his closest friend, and he always helped his mother to relieve her burden.Jakov was drafted into the IDF in February 1966, Riflemen and a squadron commander. He took part in the Six-Day War. In late April 1968, Yaakov was released from regular service and returned to his home and work. Shortly before the Yom Kippur War broke out, Yaakov was called up for reserve duty. He was stationed at the “Farkat” fort on the Suez Canal. On October 6, 1973, when the Egyptians attacked the front strongholds, Jacob sat in the periscope position and announced that the Egyptian soldiers were advancing toward him and that he had run out of ammunition, He left behind his parents, six brothers and sisters, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Yaakov fought with great courage and fell in defense of his comrades and his home on the home front. During the period of his service with us in the battalion, we found the qualities of a man and a model warrior. “In memory of Yaakov Dan, the family donated religious objects to the Rambam Synagogue in Jerusalem.