Baram, Gabriel (man)

Gabrielle, Gabrielle, Gabrocha, son of Roska and Meir, was born on the first day of Tevet 5766, on the eighth day of Hanukkah (December 26, 1954.) He studied at the elementary school in Kfar Menachem and later continued his studies at the Mossad And in the 10th grade he was sent by the educational institution to study in a special course for science-oriented youth at the Weizman Institute in Rehovot, where he completed his high school studies, In 1971, he traveled with the handball team of Kfar Menachem, the school champion. Was a member of the youth sports delegation sent by Israel to the Olympic Games in Munich, where he had a lot of correspondence with the youth he knew during his travels abroad, he was a music lover and he had a large collection of records. He was a smiling, humorous, welcoming and kind man who was optimistic and Simcha, but sometimes quiet and closed, and he insisted on everything he was serious about. As an independent person in his approach, he always sought original ways of doing things. He was honest and conscientious, and he was also a man of truth, a handsome person who demanded and was well-behaved. He had never given up when he failed and was ready to start every experiment and work. Everyone recognized him as a friendly, loving, courteous, and accepted friend. He knew how to bring new friends closer to him, to bridge between one person and another, and to listen to others. The children in the lower grades of the school knew that they could ask for sponsorship with a man and that he would always protect the weak. He was a loyal son and devoted to his parents. Gabriel was drafted into the IDF at the end of January 1973. After completing basic training he completed a tank training course at the Patton Tank and was awarded a high grade (95) He served as a gunner in a tank of the company commander And was very proud of his role as a responsible soldier, and served as an example of his friends in his meticulousness and devotion, during his service in the army he tried not to worry his parents and was careful to write letters to the house every week on the 7th of Tishrei 5734 (7.10.1973) A few hours after the war broke out, Gabriel fell in battle, his tank company bursting into the banks of the canal, and after a few hours his tank was left alone. The tank was hit and Gabriel and his crew were killed, first considered missing, later declared as a space whose burial place is unknown, and six months later his body was found in the area of ​​the Second Egyptian Army and he was brought to rest Was buried in a cemetery in Kfar Menahem and left behind a father, mother, brother and sister, and was promoted to the rank of corporal. His father built in his son’s memory about fifteen copper menorahs; He also built a very large copper menorah as a commemorative gift to the House of the Soldier in Tel Aviv, to Gabriel’s twenty-third birthday, which did not reach this age; His kibbutz published two pamphlets and a booklet in his memory, including his memoirs, memoirs, poems and photographs; His father built a menorah in his kibbutz; In late May 1974, a handball tournament was held in memory of the three sons of Kfar Menahem who fell in the Yom Kippur War and Gabriel among them.