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Joseph Hazan

Joseph Hazan


Yosef, son of Yemima and Yitzhak, was born in 1936 in Temgarshet, a small village in Morocco. He began his studies in the Talmud Torah, and his teacher testified that he was a diligent student and did well in his studies. Every day, after returning from school, he went to the field to help his father work the land. Joseph, nicknamed “Sisi” by his family and acquaintances, had four brothers and six sisters, and he, as the elder brother, saw it as his duty to bear the burden of supporting the family, and he did so willingly and lovingly. By the time he was fifteen, he had studied, and then devoted all his time to work. At first he worked in the field, but when his father opened a grocery store, Joseph managed the bargain with the merchants. When he was seventeen he discovered the possibility of immigrating to the Land of Israel, and he could not resist this temptation. He left his father’s house, moved to the big city of Casablanca and shortly thereafter found the way to join the Youth Aliya and immigrate to Israel. After his arrival in Israel, he was sent to Kibbutz Ruhama in the south of the country, where he was educated and studied until he was drafted into the IDF. After basic training, he was trained as a field gunner, and took courses in tractor drivers and refueling drivers. In 1964, Yosef married his girlfriend, Hannah, who was a member of the Israel Defense Forces, A family member of Kibbutz Sde David, near Kibbutz Dorot, he worked and made a living as a truck leader during his service in the reserves during his service in the Six Day War, and was a loyal and loyal father. Before the reading order arrived for him, and the trail of battle in the bloody war disappeared, and his body was not found On Tuesday, October 29, 1973, And a monument was erected in his memory at the cemetery on Mount Herzl. He left behind a wife and four children. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. His family donated a Torah scroll in his memory. This fallen hero is a “maklan” – a hero whose burial place is unknown.

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