Maman, Nissim

Nissim, son of Rina and Shimon, was born in 1947 in Mogador, Morocco, where he completed elementary school at the Alliance School, and then moved to Casablanca. In 1965, the entire family immigrated to Israel and settled in Dimona, where Nissim was accepted to work as an operator in the Kitan Dimona factory, where he worked for four years in Kitan-Dimona, Nissim served in the IDF for a few months in the middle of 1967 and later in the army. In reserve duty. He had basic training and was trained in the Artillery Corps. After his release, he decided to establish a home in Israel and married a wife in 1967.on the 12th of Tishrei 5740 (October 12, 1973), at the “spider” junction in the Tasa area, shots were fired at the unit members who sat to rest, and Nissim was hit and killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Dimona. He left behind a wife and three children, parents and ten brothers and sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Nissim z” l served in an artillery unit and was a devoted soldier and personally initiated. “The Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan, wrote to the grieving family:” Please allow me to participate with all my Lev in the mourning of the miracles that were taken from you. “The late Corporal Nissim gave his life for his homeland … He served In the Artillery Corps. He was a dedicated soldier and an excellent friend. Nissim was popular with his commanders and comrades in arms. The memory of the late Corporal Nissim Maman is sacred and we were deeply rooted in our hearts. “