Meet My Grandfather Yigal

My grandfather Yigal was born in 1936 in the city of Zefat, Fifth generation of an old Zefat family.

My grandfather was a Zionist, who loved the city of Zefat.

Upon graduating from high school, my grandfather enlisted in the artillery and served in a regular and reserve battalion for over thirty years and participated in all the wars in the Land of Israel.

My grandfather worked as a hotel manager that his father set up for about 40 years. The hotel was located on the top of Mount Canaan near my grandparents’ house

My grandfather fought in the Yom Kippur War at a post in the Golan Heights, during the war most of my grandfather’s battalion was killed. Among those killed were good friends of my grandfather.

My mother says that my grandfather claimed that his date of birth was the Yom Kippur War since he lost his good friends.

Although I did not get to know my grandfather in my adult life, he did leave a mark on me.

My grandfather is a role model for the whole family.

Every year the family goes to his grave in Zefat, and after that he goes to the Abu Nimer restaurant, a restaurant where my grandfather visited many times.