Aloni, David (“Vidi”)

Son of Jacob and Esther; A descendant of the Grimm family from Russia on his father’s side He was born on 11.11.1935 in Tel Adashim, where he spent his childhood. He graduated from elementary school in Tel Adash and then studied at the Shalva high school in Tel Aviv and passed the matriculation exams for acrers. He was drafted into the IDF in December 1953 and volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade, where he took part in various activities and was accepted to the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, where he received his first degree and completed his studies in the Food Technology Department. In the context of circumstances that demanded the rapid development of the canned food and vegetable drying industry, the Department of Technology was asked to conduct a thorough study of the quality of various fruits and vegetables. She knew his virtues He was able to use the knowledge he received and every theory was examined and examined by him in practice, during which he conducted studies on the adaptation of various vegetable varieties to the industry. In his search for ways to develop his personality as a scientist, he turned to practical research, which gave the young researcher more sophisticated tools to develop his ability, which he considered to be far more important than economic factors. (Such as profit preference rather than scientific development); But when he moved to the factory “Avik” to the veterinary department to work as a nutritionist found that this industrial plant, which has a fairly pioneering approach in the development of production, had opportunities for the development of his talents. He was particularly charmed by the improvement of existing products and the development of new products. He also participated in the research on the mechanical harvesting of the apothecary, and this study, whose findings are of great economic importance, lectured at the conference for the advancement of science in Rehovot in 1967. With all his devotion to work and research, he loved his small family and when asked about his hobbies, he replied: “My daughters are my hobby “! He played with his daughters and planted a love for nature in white, and he would go out with them on nature walks to meet the vegetation and help them maintain cleanliness and order in the pigeon huts. Here, too, he was educated in his youth as a moshavnik. He was pleasant and gentle in every way he went. Before the Six-Day War, he was called back to the flag and fought as a paratroop officer. Participated in the occupation of Umm Katef in Sinai. On the fifth day of the battles, he was wounded on the way to the Golan Heights and died of his wounds on the 20th of Sivan 5767 (June 20, 1967) in the hospital. He left a wife and two daughters. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. His memory was raised in “Tlimim”, the monthly movement of the moshavim, in a booklet devoted to the boys and members of the moshavim who fell in the Six-Day War. The story of his life and death was presented in the book “Nizkor” published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the student union in which Yehuda edited the book “From Sinai to Golan,” which was published in Gogli Esh, vol. Civil.