 Kibbutz Degania Alef, with 11 members, was the first kibbutz, and would become part of the State of Israel.Dayan was the second child born at Degania, after Gideon Baratz (1913–1988).He was named Moshe after Moshe Barsky, the first member of Degania to be killed in an Arab attack, who died getting medication for Dayan's father.