Avichai, Menachem (Nannick)

Son of Pnina and Aryeh, among the founders of the Third Aliya. First to the twins. He was born on March 11, 1929 in Tel Aviv. He studied at the “Tel Nordoi” school and at the “Bilu” school, then at the Moriah Gymnasium and completed his studies at the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, and excelled in all his studies, especially in mathematics, literature and painting. He was active in the Mizrachi youth movement and later in Elitzur and in the Haganah, a boy with a delicate soul, rich in moral and national ideals, who aspired to the redemption of his people and was willing to give his life for the sake of The nation and its properties, with its fine manners and manners, modest and honest in its conduct with its friends and youth, which was their guide, loved by its teachers and teachers. But in a quiet state, but as the situation worsened, he said, “Now there is a point to my services.” In December 1947 he participated in patrols and escorting caravans on the Jerusalem road and collecting wounded members of the Haganah. A guard of seven guardians and Menahem left the area in an open van to inspect the road to Jerusalem and secure a convoy, near the entrance to the village of Yazur, who discovered that the road was blocked and hit by an Arab ambush. Who all fell and comforted them, even before he was 19 years old. He was laid to rest at the Nahalat Yitzhak Military Cemetery. His character was raised in the book “Shiva” which was published in memory of the fallen. The Mishmar Hashiva moshav was named after them and was established two kilometers from their place of residence.