Prague, Zadok

Tzadok, son of Nehama and Nahum, the fifth generation in Israel, was born on December 13, 1946 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Talmud Torah in Bnei Brak and Kiryat Ono, and in yeshivas in Ramat Hasharon and Shalabim. Zadok was a good student and disciplined. His teachers tell about him, who stood out for his diligence and integrity, and especially for the calm atmosphere that prevailed around him, his loyalty and his devotion to his friends. Zadok was a descendant of the family of Rabbi Gershon Prague of Bnei Brak and of Rabbi Meir Dan Idelis, one of the leaders of the Chabad Chassidim in Jerusalem and one of the founders of the “Ezra” youth movement. Zadok was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1964 and volunteered for the parachuting Nahal Brigade in the framework of a group he founded at Kibbutz Hefetz Chaim and was preparing to immigrate to Modi’in, where he participated in a paratroopers course and a battalion training course. He participated in the battles in Sheikh Jarrah and the Rockefeller Museum With the first fighters on the Western Wall plaza, from the liberated city of Jerusalem to the Golan Heights until the end of the war, and his commanders gave him the “Operational Service Award.” For his participation in the war in 1967, he was awarded the “Six Day War.” His friends liked him for helping a needy person, he always did not to receive a reward, and he was good and kind to his surroundings, and his behavior was reasonable, since he did not get too excited and did his deeds on his return. Arrogance, loved simplicity, and was Simcha with his lot. In 1970 he married his girlfriend Zehava. His friends testify that he was a model and an example of his devotion to his children and his wife, gave his family a lot of warmth and his parents received great respect. When the Yom Kippur War broke out he felt his unit on the Sinai front and participated in battles against the Egyptians. On the 20th of Tishrei 5734 (October 20, 1973), Zadok fell in the security battle on the pedestrian bridge near the bitter lake, standing in a communication channel. The Egyptians shelled the force and he was hit by a “Katyusha” shell in his belly and on his way to the battalion he died, and was brought to eternal rest in the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, leaving behind a wife and two sons, parents, brother and sister. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Zadok was a dedicated, good, modest, quiet and industrious soldier whose friends’ best interests always stood before his eyes.” His family donated a Torah scroll to a synagogue in Bnei Brak and a charity fund.