Hania Rabinov, from Kibbutz Sha'ar HaGolan, died three months before her 111th birthday • Her son: "A small woman in height, but big in spirit. Grief is mixed with pride."
The ideas of Zionism, equality and partnership ignited her heart.
Hania Rabinov
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Courtesy of the family
Just three months before her 111th birthday, Hania Rabinov from Kibbutz Sha'ar HaGolan in the Jordan Valley passed away last Friday.
Rabinov was a longtime member of the kibbutzim in Israel.
Rabinov was born in 1910 in the city of Pinsk, which then belonged to the Russian Empire, and today is in the territory of Belarus.
In her long life she experienced the First World War and plagues, from the Spanish influence that broke out in 1918 to the corona plague of today.
She was born into an established Hassidic Jewish family and in her youth joined the local branch of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement, where she was exposed to the ideas of Zionism, equality and partnership, which ignited her heart.
When she finished high school, she went to study at the University of Grenoble in France and to the displeasure of her parents, after one year of study and at the age of 20, she decided to immigrate to Eretz Israel with her friends.
She married the late Ephraim Rabinov, and the two who immigrated together worked on paving roads, in the orchards, were part of the group formed since 1930 in the city of Rishon Lezion, practicing kibbutz life, and waiting until the purchase of land far away in the Jordan Valley. The signal was given in March 1937. On the rigid land as part of the construction of wall and tower settlements.
In Kibbutz Hania, she held a number of positions.
She worked in a vegetable garden, in a vineyard, in education, was the kibbutz secretary, and for 45 years worked in bookkeeping.
She was an active and opinionated friend, leading a completely independent life until beyond the age of 100, including cycling and getting to the dining room.
When she left, her son Amnon Rabinov said: "A wonderful period of life for a small woman but tall and brave and big in spirit, which lasted almost 111 years, from faraway Pinsk to fulfilling the dream of immigrating to Eretz Israel and establishing a kibbutz with extensive and blessed activity. The sorrow is mixed with much pride."