Vaknin, Nissim

Son of Aliza and Mordechai. Born on 12.12.1950 in the city of Werzet, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1963. He studied at the Alliance elementary school in Morocco and completed his elementary studies at the Arbel School in Nazareth Illit. Nissim was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of 1969 and was assigned to the Engineering Corps as a non-commissioned officer, and when he completed his regular service, he volunteered for the army for a period of one year. And was responsible for maintaining the security fence, infrastructure, and fortifications in the area, and Nissim was responsible and dedicated to his job, as evidenced by the assessments of his commanders in his personal file: “” He is willing to invest beyond his commitment, and he cares to turn him around, to his work and to the place. “Indeed, miracles were loved by his commanders and the people of the Jordan Valley, with whom he worked shoulder to shoulder. “Masada:” Nissim was a special, quiet, devoted and kind guy who never gave you the feeling of patronizing, he was always a personal example, he was a very thorough and decisive person. ” “He always wanted to be fair and just and was able to see every problem not only from his point of view but also from that of the other person,” said Dvor Rafik, a member of the unit. He loved the job and moved away from the greatness. ” Nissim married his girlfriend Flora, and over the years they had four children – Natalie, Benjamin, Dikla and Yehiel. As his friend Balfour Ben-Yaakov describes it: “He establishes a wonderful family, and his devotion to it is very great, and the Sabbath shifts were accompanied by his wife and children.” Nissim was a skilled craftsman, and all the household maintenance work did on his own. Carpentry, plumbing, gardening, everything done diligently and lovingly, thoroughly and successfully. This also helped his neighbors. Not in order to receive compensation. On the 28th of Kislev 5752 (28.1.1992) in the region of Ashdot Ya’akov, a month after receiving the rank of sergeant, Nissim fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Upper Nazareth, “Your professional knowledge, your familiarity with each path and your position in the sector, your comfortable character as a person, obligated me quickly,” said the commander of the army. Very closely and closely, the same chemistry required between a commander and a commander in order to succeed in carrying out the mission. “In a letter of condolences to the family, his commander wrote:” Nissim stood out as a man with his goodness and his tax Ruto. Was a personal example of working and collaborating with people and was one of the best resistors in the unit. “A friend, Harel Neuman, wrote:” People of your kind will always form the solid foundation in the world. ” In their area of ​​residence.