Adi, Amotz

Ben Leah and Arikha (Aryeh). Was born on December 20, 1969 in Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, as a second child in his family and as the only son of his parents. Was particularly tall and therefore his nickname was ‘long’. He studied at the kibbutz elementary school and continued his high school studies at the “Harry Ephraim” educational institution. Amotz was a disciplined student, fulfilling his duty, and a child of pleasant disposition, who received everything affectionately. He was cheerful and loved to build and build buildings, such as a house on a tree, kites and balloons. During his studies he moved to social and sports activities, while pushing for second place, although he had plans for higher education at the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot. He was basically a man of land and his plans were related to his basic attachment to the ground. When he got a driver’s license on a tractor, he was happy and was very skilled at picking the cotton. Amotz had a prominent personal presence, initiative, energy and ingenuity that was always invested in improvements and solutions to problems. He was also active in the regional volleyball team. During his high school studies he went with a youth delegation to visit Poland and carried the Israeli flag during the visit of the delegation to the death camps. His friends and all those who knew him saw him as a significant figure and greatly admired him. Amotz was drafted into the IDF in February 1989 and was assigned to serve in the armored corps to his full satisfaction, where he served as a tank gunner and continued on the Armored Corps course: In March 1990 he completed a tank commander course “Seems. Amotz fell during his duty on 15 April 1991 after being injured during his service on 21.4.1991 in a road accident near the Golani Junction on his way to the base at the end of the Sabbath vacation. He struggled for nine days. He was laid to rest in the military section of the cemetery in Ramot Menashe. Survived by his parents and three sisters – Merav, Naama and Anat. The family immortalized his memory in the book and donated his kidneys to save another life, in the spirit of his behavior in life. An article about him was published in the “Style” supplement in the newspaper Ma’ariv on May 29, 1991. In a letter of condolences to the family on the thirtieth day of his death, the battalion commander wrote that Amotz was constantly engaged and added to the outstanding presence of Amotz the commander, educator and friend. “Your vitality stimulates everything around you,” he wrote. A soldier in the company wrote that there was nothing in the company that Amotz passed by and stayed where he was, because Amotz always had an idea for improvement. The center of the field crops industry wrote in the memory booklet: “There was nothing Amotz did not improve, and we, who were veterans in the industry, encountered problems and suddenly a child came and told us to ‘move aside’ and solve the problem.” A member of the field crops team at the kibbutz wrote: “Your dedication to work was amazing, you always thought about how things could be improved and made better.” One of his friends wrote: “If you want to describe Amotz, then the part that can really be described is the section of giving.”