Liora, daughter of the late Serge Yehuda Hadad (68), who died of corona: "It hurts us that he passed away, but we are comforted by his many deeds."
The late Serge and his family
Liora Haddad Shishportish lost her father, Serge Yehuda Haddad (68), on November 6 this year, and when she talks about him she says that "in retrospect, his death on Friday night, the affair of 'Vira' - the affair of our father Abraham in the Torah - was very appropriate "For this week's parsha, Dad was also hospitable and a great benefactor, who looked at the whole world with a good eye."
Serge was born 68 years ago in Tunis, and moved with his family at the age of 7 to Paris, a suburb where there was no Jewish community.
The change in consciousness took place in Serge at the age of 14, when he was exposed to the Bnei Akiva movement.
"Dad went to the movement and fell in love with it and its values which are the people of Israel, the Torah of Israel and the Land of Israel, he was a central guide and activist.
At the age of 18, he immigrated to Israel for three years - to work at Kibbutz Tirat Zvi and serve in the paratroopers, and served as a French envoy as secretary general of the Bnei Akiva movement. Everyone knew him and he swept many people to immigrate to Israel.
After an activity in France, Serge immigrated to Israel, and married Martin, also a young Jew from France.
"They were active in Netivot for four years and then they came up with the founding core of Ganei Tal in 1980. There was a wonderful sea and golden sand, but nothing else. Dad became a farmer and clung to the land, he grew in this sand, which no one believed could be grown. Something, tomatoes and flowers, and became an exporter abroad.
After the evacuation of Gush Katif, Serge continued to work.
"Dad set up a real estate company called 'Home in Israel', and did apartment fairs for contractors from Israel for Jewish communities from all over the world.
He was very successful until he fell ill.
He was hospitalized for five weeks, during which he and I fought for his life.
We are sad that the disease took such a person.
"Upon his death, the Jewish organizations in France and people who were his trainees, published obituaries and made plans in his memory. It hurts us that he passed away, but we take solace in his many joys, in his joy of life, in his good eye, in his hospitality. After his death we also discovered he was a donor Money to many charities, but he did not tell about it and did so for years in secret. "