Stein, Jacob-Shimon (“Yankele”)
Son of Yehoshua and Maha. He was born on the 8th of Av 5706 (August 8, 1946) in Pardes Chana. His childhood and then his youth were spent on his birthplace. He studied at the elementary school there and then at the agricultural high school and graduated with honors. Full of joy of life, and mischievous from the dawn of his childhood in his sharp mind. He belonged to the Hanoar Haoved movement and was appointed its guide; He was thirteen at the time. On trips and trips, in the camps and operations he was very active and ready to help his friends. He devoted his spare time to his favorite hobby – soccer. But at the same time was one of the most outstanding agricultural workers. In July 1964, he was recruited to the Nahal Brigade, where he was asked to be a counselor and was asked to be appointed as a counselor for a year at the youth movement in Kiryat Gat, where he tended to help friends encourage them. He was devoted to working in every job, and was especially devoted to his work as a dairy farmer because his love for animals was great, and he was the one who brought him to continue his studies – veterinary medicine. Study and thought, and even books of poetry, and then he had serious doubts: he wanted to study abroad in veterinary medicine, and on the other hand he saw He was accepted to the University of New York as a biology student (in the pre-medical faculty) with the aim of studying veterinary medicine, and at the same time received him at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem And in the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, but in May 1967 he was preparing for his trip abroad and planning his further studies there, the call to the flag came and he gave up his dream and came out full of confidence and courage, 5767 (June 6, 1967), fell in Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem during the fighting in the hill tunnels. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. His memory was raised in “Maccabim”, the journal of the Maccabi Israel Association in the book “Mariyot Gabro” of the paratroopers’ headquarters was devoted to the history and description of his last battle.
