Saadia, Yitzhak

son of Flora and Haim was born on May 12, 1954, in Kibbutz Kfar Darom, He moved to Be’er Sheva, where he studied at the “Hazon Ovadia” elementary school and later in Degania. Yitzhak was interested in lots of fields that weren’t included in the school curriculum like science math literature. he would always defend the side that seemed to him right. Was active in “Gesher” (an organization for dialogue between religious and secular). He was especially concerned with imparting Jewish values to new immigrants from Russia, who were far from Judaism. Yitzhak advocated social equality and sought to eliminate differences in the status of committees. Yitzchak organized activities at the youth club in Kfar Shalem because he wanted to bring the youth closer to culture. Before he left for his last battle, he taught his soldiers a prayer for going out to battle. Isaac loved nature and the earth and loved people. He took care of his family, and after his fall, they found a letter in his wallet, in which he addressed his father and family and asked them that if something happened to him, they must continue to live, develop and fulfill themselves.
Yitzhak was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of November 1972 and was assigned to the infantry brigade, where he was sent to the Golani Brigade. On October 8, 1973, Yitzhak was hit and killed in a battle with a Syrian commando unit during the first attempt to capture Mount Hermon when he served as the company’s commander, . He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He was survived by a father and two sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote: “He contributed greatly to his company and was an example to his comrades in his devotion and in carrying out the battalion’s tasks.” His father contributed to the establishment of a Torah library in the name of Yitzhak in the Keshet settlement in the Golan Heights; The parents of the 14 soldiers, graduates of a training course for Golani Brigade commanders who fell in the first battle on Mount Hermon, erected a monument on the Mount Hermon in the upper cable car area: Yitzhak’s classmates at the Municipal High School in Tel Aviv published a booklet called Yizkor “In memory of his classmate, who also fell in the Yom Kippur War, in a booklet of articles written by their teachers in memory of them and about life in the army, the words of family members and friends, and parts of his letters. In memory of his students who fell in the war, and also about the character of Yitzchak.