Kulangi, Yitzhak

Their son was the firstborn of David and Yael of Bukharan. He was born on the 12th of Tevet 5710 (2.1.1950) in the city of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. His parents hoped that their son Isaac would be educated in Israel and therefore sent him to the Holy Land when he was seven years old and he grew up and was educated in his grandfather’s home in Bnei Brak. He studied at Ma’alot Elementary School in Bnei Brak. Before he reached the age of “Bar Mitzvah” you were killed by his father. A few months after the father’s death, Yitzhak’s mother, his three brothers and his sister arrived in Israel. With many difficulties and under difficult economic conditions, Yitzhak continued his studies at the Nahalal vocational school. From childhood he had stood out in his comfortable temperament and his great humility. He loved helping others, comforting and forgetting pain, and did his best to console his mother for his father’s death. Despite his youth, he bore the responsibility of being the eldest son of the family and tried to help the mother cope with the difficulties of adjusting to the country, caring for his younger siblings and caring for their children. He demanded nothing for himself and made do with the bare minimum so that his brother would have nothing. He never complained about the difficulties in his way of life and bore the burden of his family’s needs with a shy smile and good-heartedness. He was drafted into the IDF in November 1967. The mother tried to persuade him to request that he be stationed in a non-combat unit and be near the house. This time, however, he refused to fulfill her request by saying that as a youngster growing up in this country it was his duty to serve in the army in combat units to protect the people and the country. He was assigned to the Armored Corps, and during his service in the IDF, he wrote frequently to the home and inquired about the family. At every opportunity he would send greetings home and spend most of his vacations with the family. His last vacation had fallen a week before they fell. He then visited all the relatives, friends and friends. On July 13, 1969, three days after being wounded in a battle in the Suez Canal area, he died of his wounds. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.