Riki Chayon’s mother was born in Fez, and her father in Casablanca, Morocco. She arrived with her parents to the Musrara neighborhood from the transit camps in Yavne, following the recommendation of her aunt Fourteen more of her mother’s siblings lived in the neighborhood, Riki has two sisters, and she is the eldest She was orphaned at a young age and had to raise her sisters while working in cleaning. She attended David Remez School. In the neighborhood, she met Eli, whom she encountered there while meeting with friends, and she married him