Algarve, David

Son of Simon and Joy. He was born on July 2, 1947, in the city of Montica, Morocco. He began to study in the “cheder” and continued his studies at the Jewish school established by the French authorities there. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1956. In Israel, he studied for two years at the elementary school in Aminadav (a moshav in the Jerusalem corridor). After the family moved to Beit She’an, he continued his studies at the elementary school there. He was very fond of his teachers, who appreciated his desire to take his place among his fellow students. His teachers helped him move on to the yeshiva in Kfar Ganim in Petah Tikva. He was there with the first student count. He spent four years in the yeshiva and after completing his matriculation exams was the first to be drafted into the IDF, and his family and friends and acquaintances pinned many hopes on him, but their hopes came to an end and he was drafted into the IDF in mid-August 1966. On 14 Iyar 5729 (2.5.1969), along with his commander, fell in a murderous attack on the position in which they were found. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. His teachers, his friends in the yeshiva, his commanders and comrades-in-arms who eulogized him, all noted his lofty ways in the relationship between man and man and between man and his fellow. David excelled in originality, honesty and great willpower. When he took upon himself some task, theoretical or practical, he would stand up to it very thoroughly and persistently. In a letter of consolation from the commander of the unit and his soldiers to his family, the commander wrote: “I knew David as a combat medic, and the soldiers loved to be with him, always helping them, encouraging them with a good word and taking care of them. Late in the night, his commanders always trusted him and his work was done with precision, efficiency, and infinite responsibility, and we especially remember his faith in God without any reservation, and in all his ways he put his trust in God. ” In a pamphlet in his memory and his image that appeared after his fall, it is told in one list that in the life of the army David ascended and ascended with spirituality and fear of God. In his special qualities he used to rise from the gray life of a field unit that operated in arduous conditions. In the same list, the writer mentions David’s humility and being an innocent tzaddik. In another list about him, the author emphasized that David was a fanatical fighter. Tom and honesty were imprinted in his soul and he followed them until his dying day. These brought him to the same supreme spiritual courage expressed in all areas.