Daskal, Yaakov
Son of Michael and Hannah. He was born on June 11, 1947 in a detention camp in Nicosia, Cyprus. The parents were on their way to Israel at the time, and five months later he brought him to the port of Haifa. When Yaakov reached school, he studied at an elementary school in Haifa and completed his studies at the Talmud Torah school in Kfar Ata. He then studied at the “Southern Yeshiva” in Rehovot. Where he studied for six consecutive years and received the title of a qualified teacher. All his days, from his childhood, he was connected to his faith and his most important toys were a small Torah scroll and a towel, which served as a substitute for a prayer shawl. He was deeply attached to his family and inquired about the fate of one of the family members who had been sentenced to death in Auschwitz. In 1965-1966 he graduated from the Pedagogical Torah Institute and was registered and accepted to the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Bar-Ilan University. In November 1967, he had to start his studies, but he was drafted into the IDF in July 1967. He did not serve in compulsory service for several months, because on the night of Hoshana Rabbah, on the 25th of Tishrei 5725 (October 25, 1967) A memorial bridge in the village of Ata, was memorialized by the workers of Agudath Israel, who established a charitable fund in his name, and the Committee for the Commemoration of Jacob published a book whose name was read on it. The factories to commemorate his memory, such as the purchase of a Torah scroll, an annual fund for book prizes among the students of Yeshivat HaDarom, and the publication of an annual Torah file for his name and memory. Cedar fell committee to perpetuate his memory a memorial service, which was put into the Hall Yeshiva Torah “and then heard a eulogy in memory prizes for essays were distributed among students of Yeshiva Torah. In his memory, a memorial plaque was set in the Ohel Pinchas synagogue in Kiryat Ata, where he used to pray while he was on vacation. In the book “Maalot Giborim”, edited by Yisrael Ehrlich, several pages were dedicated to him.
