Rabbi Yitzhak Abu-Hannah was born in Morocco in 1859. He came to Israel (then Mandatory Palestine) in 1900. Described as a soft-spoken, gentle man of little means, he spent the majority of his time in the synagogue, studying Torah and teaching his students from early in the morning until late at night. When the mob came to Rabbi Yitzhak's house, he was alone. He was tortured and abused for hours until he died. He was 70 years old.
Rabbi Yitzhak was a victim of the 1929 Hebron Massacre. On August 24, 1929, a violent mob of up to 700 Arab Palestinians attacked the Jewish quarter of Hebron, citing rumors that the Jewish residents were planning on seizing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jewish homes, businesses, schools and synagogues were pillaged and ransacked, and participants of the mob used guns, knives, axes and their bare hands to kill 67 Jews and injure 58 more. Most of the bodies of the victims were buried by Arab Palestinians in mass graves, ignoring Jewish burial customs. There is a memorial in the Old Hebron Jewish Cemetery dedicated to the victims of the massacre.
Rabbi Yitzhak was a victim of the 1929 Hebron Massacre. On August 24, 1929, a violent mob of up to 700 Arab Palestinians attacked the Jewish quarter of Hebron, citing rumors that the Jewish residents were planning on seizing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jewish homes, businesses, schools and synagogues were pillaged and ransacked, and participants of the mob used guns, knives, axes and their bare hands to kill 67 Jews and injure 58 more. Most of the bodies of the victims were buried by Arab Palestinians in mass graves, ignoring Jewish burial customs. There is a memorial in the Old Hebron Jewish Cemetery dedicated to the victims of the massacre.
Rabbi Yitzhak Abu-Hannah was born in Morocco in 1859. He came to Israel (then Mandatory Palestine) in 1900. Described as a soft-spoken, gentle man of little means, he spent the majority of his time in the synagogue, studying Torah and teaching his students from early in the morning until late at night. When the mob came to Rabbi Yitzhak's house, he was alone. He was tortured and abused for hours until he died. He was 70 years old.
Rabbi Yitzhak was a victim of the 1929 Hebron Massacre. On August 24, 1929, a violent mob of up to 700 Arab Palestinians attacked the Jewish quarter of Hebron, citing rumors that the Jewish residents were planning on seizing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jewish homes, businesses, schools and synagogues were pillaged and ransacked, and participants of the mob used guns, knives, axes and their bare hands to kill 67 Jews and injure 58 more. Most of the bodies of the victims were buried by Arab Palestinians in mass graves, ignoring Jewish burial customs. There is a memorial in the Old Hebron Jewish Cemetery dedicated to the victims of the massacre.
Rabbi Yitzhak was a victim of the 1929 Hebron Massacre. On August 24, 1929, a violent mob of up to 700 Arab Palestinians attacked the Jewish quarter of Hebron, citing rumors that the Jewish residents were planning on seizing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jewish homes, businesses, schools and synagogues were pillaged and ransacked, and participants of the mob used guns, knives, axes and their bare hands to kill 67 Jews and injure 58 more. Most of the bodies of the victims were buried by Arab Palestinians in mass graves, ignoring Jewish burial customs. There is a memorial in the Old Hebron Jewish Cemetery dedicated to the victims of the massacre.
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