Avodram, Amatziah-Yehuda

The eldest son of Olga and Chaim (Vitali), was born on 19.6.1960. He was the eldest son of the moshav of Amaziah and was therefore called by that name. Amatzia went to the kindergarten to Moshav Lachish and did his first-grade studies with the children of Sde-Moshe. From the second grade he studied in Kiryat Gat, the Sprinzak Elementary School, and later at the Rogozin High School. During his studies, he was active in the Beitar youth movement, first as a trainee and later as a teacher and commander of Maoz, and devoted most of his attention to the study of the history of the Jewish people and to the Land of Israel. “After a trip,” and each time he returned more and more fascinated by the sights he saw as a guide, instilling in his pupils patriotism, educating them to love the country with their feet “… to see the positive in all things in the country, not just the negation.” On October 17, 1978, and found suitable for an aviation course. Fifteen months later, he retired from the course and moved to serve in a paratroopers unit. On the country’s Independence Day, Amatzia was chosen to light the beacon of independence on Mount Herzl, for being a soldier and representative of the immigrants who had taken root in the land of his homeland. The unit wrote that he was more than a commander, he believed in what he did and did everything in the best possible way: During the Peace for Galilee War he went with the unit to Lebanon, took part in the battles and was even wounded. ), On his way from Lebanon back to Israel, while carrying out his duties as convoy escort, Amatzia was killed in a car accident. The Military Cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem Amatzia was buried in the ground not far from the place on which he lit the beacon of independence only two years earlier, leaving behind his brother and sister, and the family and the cooperative moshav Amatzia published a book in his memory. A basketball named after him, and the Betar movement called for the Tel Hai walk “Amatzia march” in memory of a person who was an apprentice and a dedicated and loyal guide