Nadam, Nissim
Nissim, son of Allegra and Eliahu, was born on 14 September 1952 in Neve Hadar near Hod HaSharon. He studied at the Yosef Aharonovitch Elementary School in Kfar Malal, and later continued his studies at the Ort vocational school in Kfar Saba, at the vocational school “Mosenzon” in Magdiel, in mechanical training, and in the technical school And even though he was able to achieve academic achievements, he was not one of the outstanding students, he aspired to be a pilot and in order to maintain contact with the world of aviation he enrolled in the IAF Technical School , But at the end of the course it was decided that his department would finish as an aircraft mechanic, not as an aircraft mechanic, and he left the school a few weeks before his graduation Before he was drafted into the army, he worked for several months at Israel Aerospace Industries as an aircraft mechanic, and when his father passed away, and then Nissim was eighteen years old, the family moved to Petach Tikva, and his pleasant, He was very fond of life, yet he was meticulous, and within the framework of his military duties he was able to demand that the data follow his orders carefully. After basic training and after completing his Patton tank course, he was appointed a tank driver and was stationed in an armored battalion in the Sinai. After completing his tank commander course, he served as a tank commander in an armored battalion near the Suez Canal. In the last half year before the Yom Kippur War, he served as a company sergeant in the same battalion, and according to his commander, Nissim fulfilled his duties in the best possible way and was admired by his commanders. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Nissim was at the base of the Suez Canal, where he had to remain in place, but when he ordered the tanks to leave to fight the enemy attack, he turned to his commander and said he felt obliged to go out with the others. Instead of another commanding unit, and went with the company to the “Mafraq” stronghold in the northern sector of the Suez Canal. When Nissim recognized the forces of an enemy, he gave the gunner a fire command, and at that moment the tank was hit. Nissim was blown out, but immediately got up and began to aim the driver back to take him down to a fire post. Then another shell hit the tank and Nissim, who was standing next to him, was hit and killed. At first he was absent, and only five months later his body was found. He was brought to eternal rest in the Ramot Hashavim cemetery. He was survived by a mother, two brothers and two sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. His family donated sacred books to the synagogue.
