“My world changed entirely during that war. Nothing was ever the same again and the memories never fade”
He’s known as a prolific writer of inspirational books, and a voice of insight, courage and emunah when it comes to the battle annals of the Yom Kippur War. His book, Ti’um Kavanot (Adjusting Sights, in English), the moving account of a soldier in the Yom Kippur War, is based on his own experiences as a yeshivah bochur-soldier navigating an impossible battlefield.
But Rabbi Chaim Sabato is more than a highly acclaimed author (his titles include Aleppo Tales, The Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale, From the Four Winds, and Rest for the Dove). He’s also the founder of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe, the hesder yeshivah in Maaleh Adumim, where he’s served as a rosh yeshivah for over 40 years.
Fifty years after he came back from the battlefield on the Golan Heights, the war that molded the rest of his life still reverberates.
“My world changed entirely during that war,” he says. “Nothing was ever the same again and the memories never fade.
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