Son of Yosef and Shoshana. He was born on Sunday, 21.11.1941, in Jerusalem, to a religious family, who was one of the first members of the Torah V’Avodah movement in Poland, and was a member of a training group in Galicia and a combination of Torah and pioneering, He studied at the “Bnei Akiva” yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh and on his return to Jerusalem he completed his high school studies in the ” The religious high school “Ma’ale”. From his youth he was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. At first he was a regular member and then a guide. His friends and leadership of the movement recognized his integrity, his dedication and his leadership. Jacob himself fulfilled what he saw as a test-proof of the guide – the instructor must serve as a personal example for his students, otherwise he could not serve as a guide. Despite his many years of work, Yaakov found time to study Torah, and often used to go to the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva and listen to a shiur, or to go through a page of Gemara. In addition to all this, he took care of his body and even the sport did not attract him. Yaakov Ze’ev joined the IDF in January 1959 with a group of “streams” and joined the Nahal Brigade. He went through Nachalai’s training course, advanced training and a squadron commander’s course (which he excelled in) and was sent to Shalhat to Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, where he was sent by the national leadership of Bnei Akiva to be the center of the movement’s northern branch After graduating from the kibbutz, he returned to Kibbutz Tirat Zvi and was accepted as a member of the kibbutz, and he took on the role of guidance in the children’s society and the concentration of society as a whole, which combined educational, organizational and economic commitments. In the “Kibbutz” newspaper, in his articles in “Amudim”, in the “Bnei Akiva” newspaper – “Zera’im” and in the ” He was a member of several committees and even head of the Education Committee, and he did not withdraw from agriculture, because he loved the work in the kibbutz’s large vineyard, and in 1965 he went to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem The kibbutz. He studied in Talmudic circles and philosophy. However, it was only one year that he learned that the kibbutz had asked him to come back and take up positions in the agriculture. A year later he was admitted to university. In the second year of his studies, he was awarded the Epstein Prize, which is bestowed on the Talmudic students. In 1965, he completed his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at an excellent grade, and his mentor of philosophy noted him as a very good, punctual and brilliant student, and was intended by the other philosophy teachers for an assistant position and to continue his MA studies, He was awarded a scholarship by the kibbutz, after completing his studies, at the regional high school, for he proved himself to be an excellent teaching man: Yaakov was a man of Safra and Saifah: In the Six Day War he participated in the battles of Jerusalem and since he was a native of Jerusalem To his commanding officers through the alleys of the city to the hatching area, when the Damascus gate broke through when he was in me After his wounds were healed, he did not want to leave the paratroopers and in mid-November 1969 he went to reserve duty in the strongholds on the banks of the Suez Canal. It was Chanukah and Jacob was equipped with candles for the Chanukah menorah and said to light them on the banks of the canal.In light of Sunday, December 7, 1969, Jacob-Ze’ev was hit by enemy fire while he was on dutyExcept for the stronghold, near the edge of the canal. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Laid a pregnant wife and a one-year-old daughter. A few months after he fell, his second daughter, Aluma, was born. His commander wrote in a letter of condolence to his wife: “With us liberate Jerusalem, the eternal city, and we have undergone periods of training and exhaustive operational tasks.” Yaakov was one of the most dedicated and loyal soldiers in his company, loved and accepted by his comrades and commanders in the unit. The story of his life and work is included in the book “Nizkor”, published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and its student union, edited by Yehuda the civilian; In “Face to Face”, edition of Tevet 5770, printed on it, articles were also published in “Zeraim”, “Bnei Akiva” and “Amudim”; After they fell, the kibbutz published a pamphlet entitled “Gaba” in his memory; An article about it was published in the booklet “Words and Practice” published by the Youth and Hehaluts Department of the World Zionist Organization; Published by the children’s company of Tirat-Zvi weekly leaflet to study the weekly Torah portion in his memory and the memory of two other members of the agriculture who fell; A scientific-religious collection called Zichron Yaakov’s Memorial Book, which includes Torah-philosophical articles written and published by professors and rabbis, was published in 1974 by the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University.
