Aaron, Solomon

Son of Sheyna and Zvi. Shlomo was born in Romania on the 2nd of Cheshvan 5635 (2.11.1934). Grew up in Romania and immigrated to Israel in 1947. He began his army service in 1952 in the 300th Brigade. When Shlomo was discharged from the army, he enlisted as a regular security coordinator in the settlement of Zippori, where he set up his home, and he moved from Tzipori to Katzrin in the Golan Heights. His relationship to people was unlimited, good and friendly, diligent and devoted to his work, and worked tirelessly in his field. Shlomo married Tehila and was the father of four: Sarah, Avraham, Eti and Assaf, and he loved his family and his children. He always cared about his children’s education and learning, was proud of their achievements and worked hard to tell their success to everyone he met. He had friends from all sectors – Jews, Arabs, Christians, Druze, Bedouins, all respected him.On September 1, 1981, Shlomo changed his status from a temporary police officer to a combat soldier of the Israel Police, and joined the fighters of Company 20. Shlomo participated in the Peace for Galilee War. He was a very smart man with a stature, a wise man, an experienced and smart diplomat, and he loved to help policemen and commanders, always on the move, always in action. During his service Shlomo received the operational service signal and the “Peace of the Galilee” award. The first sergeant fell in the line of duty in Lebanon in the first Tsur disaster. On the morning of the 25th of Kislev 5743 (11.11.1982), during the Peace for Galilee war, an explosion occurred in a building in the city of Tzur, home to the Israeli military government and many IDF forces, and about one hundred people were killed, including seventy-six members of the Israeli security forces. Shlomo was forty-eight years old when he fell, and he was laid to rest in the cemetery in Zippori, leaving a wife and four children. His tombstone is engraved with the words of one of his poems: “In the land of Zevulun above Beit Netofa/Sanhedrin Mishnah and Talmud are Beautiful/ The Mountain and the Tower and the Aroma of Mor.”