Kahane, Yaakov-Meir (‘Kobi’)

Son of-Eliezer and Ahuva. He was born on 28.6.1957 in Kibbutz Sdot Yam. He attended elementary school in Sdot Yam and later in the regional high school. Kobi was a handsome boy, fair-haired and intelligent. Even at a young age, he loved small children. His love for them became a thing and did not pass even when he grew up. And the children, who instinctively know who really loves them, reacted as usual and were bound to him and responded to everything. In his attitude toward adults and his age, he was warm and kind. He never spoke ill of a teacher or a friend. He worked hard in his studies and worked diligently in the farm. He also had various hobbies: At the age of nine, he created figures from Plasticine that aroused admiration. In seventh grade he built a boat and sailed. Kobi loved the sea very much. At the beginning of November 1975 he was drafted into the IDF and assigned to the Armored Corps. The recruitment committee determined that he had a flat foot and could not serve in a combat force. But Kobi did not give up. He turned to the committee and noted that this restriction did not bother him at all. He wants very much, he wrote, to serve in the Armored Corps and wants to appeal the decision. Indeed, the committee accepted his request. קובי ‘s Profile uploaded. After basic training he completed various courses in the Armored Corps. He was a tank gunner. And a tank commander. Afterward he was sent to the officers ‘training course and to the officers’ training course, and Kobi loved the army very much, and was very devoted to his work and his spirit of volunteerism. He was careful about the soldier with his human attitude toward him, he kept his distance from his subordinates, but he was able to deal with their personal problems, and Kobi was also interested in training and commanding a division of marginal youth. But as a good commander, with whom they would go to battle ‘with their eyes closed.’ “On Friday, March 15, 1978, Kobi was killed and killed in battle South Lebanon. He was laid to rest at Sedot Yam cemetery. Survived by his parents and sister. After they fell they were promoted to lieutenant. The then Minister of Defense, Ezer Weizman, wrote in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family: “Lieutenant Ya’akov-Meir Kahana was an outstanding officer in the Armored Corps, a model and loved by everyone who knew him.” “Things fell so that the difficult, difficult people concentrated on Kobi’s department,” wrote his company commander. “I did not change anything because I knew that the challenge facing him had no value in reducing him,” Kobi took his role seriously, “he is more meticulous than me,” I used to say. There was no operation or work done by his department, and he was not there, taller than everyone else, quiet, looking at everyone and working all the time. ” In front of his open grave, the battalion commander said: “Two weeks ago I asked to be promoted to another position, and he explained to me at length why he can not abandon his soldiers. In his life and death, Kobi joins an enormous chain that can not be cut off, which connects us: me, the battalion and everyone present here to the history of our ancient people and tells us, life, The space left by Koby in his death is great and can not be bridged. And those for whom he fell. ” His kibbutz published a pamphlet in his memory.