Ashrei, Avihu (Avi)

Son of Moshe and Miriam. He was born in Rehovot on March 1, 1955. He received his education up to seventh grade at the Smilansky State School in his hometown. As a mischievous child, he decided to send him to finish his elementary studies at the “Onim” boarding school in Kfar Saba. Afterward, he spent two years of high school at the Naval School in Mevo’ot Yam, Michmoret, in the direction of mechanics. However, at the age of 16 he was guided by the adventurous creature to the open sea. Despite his youth, he boarded the ship Avocado-Kor and served as a mechanic. He made trips to all parts of the world for a year – trips that were both a source of pleasure and a workshop for learning. His agitation is a little quiet. He returned to Israel and was clearly growing older. But he was not yet ready to return to the bench and postponed them for later. Meanwhile, the Yom Kippur War broke out, and it is not yet time to enlist. In November 1973, when the fierce and cruel war was still underway, he finally volunteered and volunteered for the Golani Brigade, underwent five months of exhausting training, and after completing his basic training, The First Battalion of the Bowsers’ Brigade was admired by all its members, and despite its independent spirit, it followed the instructions of its commanders with all its will, so that it was able to rise to the rank of command, Chiefs. But Avihu did not succeed in making this first step toward realizing his ambitions. He was placed in the most difficult position in the Syrian enclave – Tel Antar. It was during the War of Attrition after the cease-fire, and this front post was continually shelled by the Syrians. For about two months, Avihu did this place, which turned into an inferno of incessant fire. On the eve of the holiday of Shavuot, on Thursday, 26.5.1974, a few days before the separation agreement, a shell hit the bunker at the entrance of which Avihu sat, and he was killed on the spot. In a letter of condolence to his parents, Avihu’s commander wrote: “Your son Avihu understood the danger of this and also the great responsibility and fulfilled what was imposed on him quietly, responsibly and with dedication.” In a newspaper article, military correspondent Yaakov Erez described the fire of hell The bunker of Tel Antar, which absorbed more than 10,000 artillery shells, missiles and tank bullets, as well as the anonymous youths who carried the protection of the place on their backs “Second,” Erez quotes the story of one of the fighters, “was Avihu Asheri. He was only two months. He was a perfect idealist, and he stuck to the traits of the people in the place – people who for a moment, despite all the pressures exerted on them, do not think of leaving. We even had one absentee. His family donated a Torah scroll in his name to commemorate his memory.