Hanan Spitzer ( later Porat ) was born in Kfar Pines during the Mandate era . In 1944 , his family moved to Kfar Etzion . In early 1948 , during the Arab riots of 1948 , Kfar Etzion was besieged , and the children were evacuated to Jerusalem . Porat 's father also moved there to arrange convoys . After the Kfar Etzion massacre , his family settled in Kfar Pines . Porat studied at the Bnei Akiva yeshiva high school , Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh , and the Mercaz HaRav talmudic college , and was ordained as a rabbi . He worked as a religious teacher at several yeshivas
Kfar Etzion massacre
Kfar Etzion massacre
Hanan Porat