Yanai, David

Son of Moshe and Esther. He was born on the 27th of Marheshon 5709 (29.11.1949) off the coast of Haifa on the illegal immigrant ship Pan York. When the family arrived in the country she moved to Lod where she lived until 1958. As a child he was weak but everything went undisturbed. Like every child, he attended school, and even then he discovered some of his good qualities – love of others and love of life. In 1958, the family moved to Haifa, and Avi-David, who suffered from a long illness, was hospitalized in those days. The family had difficulties in living there, and David had to leave for the institution, but he did not abandon his studies. His head was about social affairs there. He showed his love for the sea when he was ten, taking part in a swimming competition. On the day he entered the mitzvah, David went to visit his father in the hospital and found him dying, when speech was taken from him and almost unconscious; This visit affected him greatly and his Lev predicted that the day would not be long and he would die from his father – and the next day the father died. His mother, who was then living in Ramot Remez, took him back from the institution where he was and David began studying at the Habonim elementary school. Where he met his new friends and immediately became prominent in society. In Ramot Remez decided to join a group of youth whose members belonged to the Hashomer Hatzair movement. From this movement he learned to love the kibbutz and after a few visits to the kibbutzim he decided to go out and join Kibbutz Ayaz at the end of his elementary studies. Even then it was clear that his decision was determined – and David did go to Kibbutz Shomrat, which is near Acre. He immediately acclimated himself to the new society, and there was always a sort of central axis around him. Two years later, under the influence of one of his brothers, he left the kibbutz to learn a profession to get along in civilian life. When he returned to town he worked and saved his money and the rest he told his mother. But one day David came across a notice in the newspaper calling on young people at the age of 17 and a half to enlist in a navy boarding school, and David was then in the ranks of Gadna-Yam. Without much deliberation and consultation, David went to the recruitment office in October 1966. After completing basic training, which was easily passed, David returned to the naval training base and stayed there for about four months. Then he asked to go to the wireless course and his request was approved – and he became one of the best students in it. One day David came home and told him that he had passed all the tests and tests in order to be accepted into the submarines – and it was a surprise to the members of the family that no one had consulted with him on this matter (David wanted to serve in the submarine while serving in Gadna – Yam) , As well as other parents in such cases, had the option of demanding that he not go to the submarine, but at the same time he asked her to do kindness with him and did not do so. About his life and his training, which he received with love, but when the submarine was on its way home, on the sea route between Gibraltar and Israel, It was again on the 24th of Tevet 5728 (25.1.1968) The Chief Military Rabbinate determined that the date of David’s death, in the course of his duties together with the rest, was on January 30, 1968. Since David Among the missing members of the team was a memorial monument in the “Dakar” monument in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, in Eran Shorer’s book “Six Days in Decker” (Photo: Yedioth Ahronoth) 1999. At the end of years of searching, the INS Dakar submarine was found on the Mediterranean Sea floor at a depth of 2,900 meters on its planned sailing route and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. The space is a machete – a space whose burial place is unknown