Ben Zahara and Abraham. He was born on 19.9.1959 in Moshav Azaria in the coastal plain, to his parents who were the first to settle the area and develop it in farms and farms. Chaim was the fifth child of nine brothers and sisters – brother to Yossi, Moshe, David, Shoshana, Jacob, Hannah, Simcha and Israel. He was educated at the Ayalon Regional School in Moshav Beit Hashmonai, where he chose to specialize in the carpentry industry, and was active in the field of carpentry until he was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces, where he was known for his kindness, kindness and modesty. He was always content with the least, loved to help and helped his parents and his siblings, and he enjoyed his childhood – raising the animals in the yard – dogs, cats, pigeons – and even a horse, riding and biking on his bicycle with his brother Jacob. The moshav had a lot of social activity, and most of the afternoon the brothers spent time in the clubhouse, where they received help in their classes The joint Bar Mitzvah celebration of Chaim and his brother Yaakov, which took place at the Western Wall, is remembered as one of the most exciting experiences of their childhood: All the family traveled to Jerusalem together, and after the prayers they strolled through the Old City and ate at the restaurant. On horseback, and since then he was sixteen years old, and the love of motorbike riding was part of a motorcycle with his brother Yaakov, and on every occasion he set out to conquer new roads. “On 7 July 1977, at the age of eighteen, In the Logistics Corps. After basic training he was placed as a heavy transport driver at the Rafidim base in Sinai. Later, following an injury from a bullet that had been disarmed, he was transferred to the Beit Naballah transport base, where he filled a wide range of positions. Haim was in charge of the emergency depot, was responsible for the fuel tanker, served as maintenance officer, commander of a command company, a base sergeant, and a person responsible for a detainee facility at the base. To. His sensitivity enabled him to see the man behind the soldier, and thus cultivated many relationships with friends he knew in the army. Everyone helped him as much as he could, and invested them in his time even outside the base hours. A special way of life was to deal with problematic soldiers, as Jacob says: He used to give them what they wanted, and then demanded that they fulfill their obligations to the base. By doing so he managed to buy their hearts, and hence all was donated. The family says that during the period of Haim’s service at Beit Nabala, they used to celebrate the Seder night at the base, with the soldiers who remained there, while Chaim conducts the entire event logistically. It was a strong desire for life to develop, to learn and to progress. When he entered the army in the summer of 1980, he wanted to go to an officers’ course, but first he had to complete his matriculation certificate. Haim enlisted in the challenge, worked hard to fill in the gaps, and was equipped with a matriculation certificate. He again submitted the application for an officer’s course. Because of his relatively older age, his request was rejected, but he was disappointed that his ambition was not impaired. Haim knew that studies were the future and decided to continue studying, and in 1996 he completed industrial and management studies and was certified as an engineer in this profession. In the same year, he left the Beit Nabala base where he served for many years, and began a new position at the Tel Hashomer base in YARGA – the unit for organization and mobilization of means – as assistant to the head of the section. Later, in 1999, he completed a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Derby and was awarded a certificate of excellence for his final project, which was sent to the University of the Mother of England for the purpose of presenting him to StuStudents studying in the Department. In 2001, Chaim was appointed to the College of Management in the IDF’s Internal Control Course, where he met Haim as a soldier when she was 15. In 1982, after four years of friendship, the couple married and built a warm nest in the parents’ home in Moshav Azaria. They lived there for the last four years, during which their first son, Shai, was born in 1986. In 1986, they bought their home in Ariel, where their middle daughter, Margalit, was born When the first intifada broke out and violent events intensified in the West Bank, Haim’s mother asked him to live in the center of the country Chaim, as a devoted son, accepted his mother’s request, and the family moved out of her house and returned to live in Moshav Azaria For three years, Haim and Rivka bought an apartment in Ramle, where Natalie was born, lived in Ramle for ten years, and then moved to Gedera, where his love for his wife and children was a constant love, but his commitment to the military system and his duties robbed most of his days and nights. , Worked without end, and was able to recognize her unqualified support for him and her willingness to devote himself to raising the children and taking care of the home, and translating the knowledge and experience he had accumulated into his various positions into a professional book he wrote during his service. Garbage to the commander level. Haim’s tremendous contribution to the IDF’s logistics system was praised by several honors and honors: In the Jubilee Year of the State of Israel and on the 50th and 4 th Independence Days, he received certificates of excellence, excellence, initiative and perseverance, The last of them was in 2002. Nineteen years earlier, in 1983, Haim was given a citation for good citizenship after discovering an explosive device concealed in a loaf of bread hidden under a bench at a busy bus stop. The lives of many citizens – women and children – Haim was diagnosed with cancer in early 2002, while still in service He underwent a serious operation, and after recovering from it, he returned to his military work, and a year and a half later, the illness returned to his body, and again he experienced great strength and for the next two and a half years he fought stubbornly. On 17 February 2005, Maj. Gen. Udi Adam, head of the Technological and Logistics Division, gave Haim Assaf the rank of RGG (four years later), on the 17th of February 2005, (27.6.2005), while he was making his way to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem to receive additional treatment, Haim died. He was forty-six when he died, and behind him twenty-seven years of military service. Late in the evening, when his family and friends accompanied him, Haim was laid to rest in the military section of the cemetery in Gedera. Raya, a son and two daughters, a mother, five brothers and three sisters.
