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Gad ben Yaakov Avinu Born: Aram Naharayim, Iraq, 1564 BCE. Died: Egypt, 1439 BCE. Gad was the Son of Jacob the Patriarch and Zilpa the handmaid of Leah. He is one of the 12 Tribes. Gad was born on the 10th of Cheshvan and also died on the 10th of Cheshvan, at the age of 125. Dan was buried across the Jordan in Rumiah, which was given to his descendants as an inheritance (Sefer Hayashar, end of Yehoshua). May the merit of the tzaddik Gad ben Yaakov Avinu protect us all, Amen. |