Avraham-Ya’akov, son of Minga and Yehuda, was born on October 11, 1939, in the city of Moisej, Romania, where he graduated from the government school and the Achdut Yisrael school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the Government School and at the “Chafetz Chaim” Yeshiva there, and later moved to Israel and continued his higher studies at the Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem and at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, as his parents and acquaintances called him. The parents of Jews from Germany who were members of the “Achdut Yisrael” congregation, and Yaakov was the eldest son, with two sisters When he was a relatively young age, he was noted for sparks of a great Torah scholar, in the broad sense of the phrase, and he stood out for his studies, his talent and his sharp perception. He did not end up in his elementary school studies, and after that he devoted himself to Torah study at the Chafetz Chaim yeshiva in the afternoon, where he spent a great time there. When he was eighteen, he moved to Jerusalem and was accepted to the Kol Torah Yeshiva in the Beit Vegan neighborhood. In this meeting he spent two years, and it impressed him deeply, and his impression was evident throughout his life. For family reasons he had to return to Argentina, despite his success and rapid progress in school. In Argentina, he devoted himself to studies and to the teaching of Torah and knowledge to others. He continued to do so in neighboring Uruguay (at the Lissio High School, which was founded by the Torah Education Department of the Jewish Agency) and finally at the Hazon Nahum educational institution in Jaffa. He went to Eretz Israel, where he made sure to call her, and his wife, Shoshana, came to the house of Yaglom, whom he married in 1965. He knew well the difficulties that would be bothering him materially, but he went well and willingly. The Land of Israel, and he also aspired to bring his dear parents to him, and he wrote to them regularly and emphasized that he was eager to see them in Israel, and was well connected to his parents, Torah “and his mother-in-law, who immigrated to Israel and lived in the vicinity of his home, was very honored and tried to fulfill all her needs with love and fear. Torah lessons in the synagogue, and the only ones who came close to him were the young, who were deeply impressed by his straight and wide-ranging personality, and he gave them plenty of knowledge. Jacob loved to give and not receive. He wrote about Torah study and external wisdom, about the interpretation of Rabbeinu Chananel and his use of the Jerusalem Talmud and more, so that others could learn what he knew. At every moment he fulfills the verse: “Anyone who teaches the son of his fellow Torah – as if they had given birth”. All this was done without the expense of hours or private needs. Jacob was a faithful educator and spent nights as a day in his hard and dedicated work as a priest serving in the sacred. He always behaved with his students simply and carefully, but brightly. His words were always bright and bright. And thus won the hearts of many of the children of Israel. He did not suffer mediocrity, but was tolerant and pleasant with “small,” he explained to them very complex issues, in simple terms. He explained his face and behaved modestly in his dress. His friends learned from him to carry the burden of public needs from the public, moral and social standpoint. They learned from him not to impose a burden on others, but to be “handsome, demanding, and fulfilling.” He demanded first of all himself, and expected me to followAnd others will go and take the lives of them seriously. His prayer was always carefully studied, and the words were counted as coins. Yaakov was drafted into the IDF at the end of January 1970. After completing basic training, he was assigned to serve as a technical deputy in the Armored Corps, where he found many members who saw him as an exemplary example of a person who never shirked tasks. And his family, his wife and four children: Meir, Arieh, Alexander and Atia, and his family, And also visited the “Hazon Nahum” educational institution in Jaffa, which was a yek After he was released from regular service, he was offered an educational mission abroad, and he replied: “I did not come to Eretz Israel to get out of it.” In the Yom Kippur War he went into battle without thinking twice, and on the 16th of Adar 5734 10.3.1974) fell during his service on the Hoshenia – the oil route in the Golan Heights – he was brought to eternal rest in the Zichron-Meir cemetery in Bnei Brak, leaving behind a wife and four children, parents and two sisters.
