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Ben-Natan, Roy

Ben-Natan, Roy


Ben Hani and David. He was born on April 20, 1978 in Kiryat Haim. Brother of the elder Amit and young Maya. A charming and smiling baby whose birth flooded his parents with great joy. The contrast between Roi’s bright colors and his mother’s brown skin made many mistakenly think she was his caregiver, walking proudly with him in the baby carriage. Roy grew up to be a blond boy with blue eyes and stunning beauty. His musical talent was evident when he was young – at the age of four he played the Xylophone and went on to play the organ at the age of six. He began studying at the Kiryat Motzkin Conservatory, and with unremitting perseverance he practiced and advanced. Over the years he performed at the end of the year concerts in front of his excited parents. Roi began his studies at the Arlozorov Elementary School in Kiryat Haim. When he was twelve, he moved with his family to the Givat Oranim neighborhood of Haifa and studied at the Alliance junior high school. He loved the hill and soon became an inseparable part of it, walking with his beloved dog Dusty, or long chatting in public phone boxes with his many admirers. Roy continued his musical studies at the Yamaha school in the city, which became his second home. He grew up and became a handsome and handsome young man who rises to four feet, is full of joy and joy and spends many hours playing organ, organ and drums, as well as basketball and soccer fields. To the shepherds; He wanted to finish everything before he started. He was surrounded by friends and friends and did not stop surprising. He completed his high school studies at the Ankori High School in the city, was considered a “genius computer” and participated in Technion computer circles. As part of the “Personal Commitment Project” he completed a Magen David Adom course and was able to provide first aid wherever required. Roy was a model son and a flag in the mitzvot “Honor your father and your mother.” He believed that this commandment imparts meaning to life and outlines the proper way to adhere. At the beginning of December 1996, Roi enlisted in the IDF and, despite his heavy fears, soon adapted to the new reality, and served briefly in the Artillery Corps, at the base of the recruits in Shivta, and he quickly became an ambassador to his friends. The commanders said that he was a disciplined and devoted soldier, and showed great motivation for military service: On February 26, 1997, Roi fell in the line of duty His role, probably due to heart arrhythmias during the morning parade, when he runs to fetch the vest of his friend in the tent By helicopter to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, but efforts to save him were unsuccessful Roi was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa, leaving his parents, brother and sister few days after Roi’s death. Open and the remaining space – large. Roy came to a combat unit in order to do the best. He was highly motivated, was full of energy and joy of life, was a personal example of those around him and was popular among his commanders and friends. The death of Roi prematurely leaves us stunned and hurt. “The press published articles describing the circumstances of Roi’s death, and on the first anniversary of his death, the family published a memorial booklet entitled” Roi, A Year Without You ” “His mother wrote:” A year without you, Roy, and the tears are not over. Every morning to wake up from a night of dementia to sleep, to the worst reality of all. A year since your heart has died – carrying all my love. A year in which I struggle with memory. In memory to hear you laughing, shouting, joking, seeing you and hugging you. “”I think how I used to go back in time and fix everything, I think how much you missed, how much I experienced and you were not there … It was always Amit, Roi, Maya, and I think how much right they took my brother?” His uncle, Effi, wrote: “The space you left in your walk without time / cries out to me every time you visit your room.” / Looking at your pictures / Tears are choking in my throat / Memories are coming back, rising and floating / What was once / When life looked different / / Mute cry but strong / Is it possible? How can this be? /! The loss is unbearable. ” Roy, a childhood friend of Roi, wrote: “Roi had no God, he was God of himself … Roy refused to part with freedom, which is the inheritance of every child in his early years. His parents accompanied him all the way with care and care, a devotion that only the parents have the strength to recruit, but over the years they have recognized that Ro’i lives here and now, and his conscience has led to defeat – the lust for life, the need to live without boundaries and frameworks. , As if he knew that the clock of life was running out. ” A fragment from the song “The Gift of Being” written by Dvora, the father’s cousin: “Not only sadness of your absence, but a sense of resignation, of honor and perhaps gratitude, of being part of our lives and of being part of you / (And we remember you this way, the laughter / smile, the mirror, and your voice / … and the gift of being. ” Rivka, the mother’s friend, wrote: “You are a beautiful boy, almost a man, but you have not … You have left our people so suddenly … You have ended your life at the crossroads of life, at a time when the young boy is growing older, looking for his way. You were a sweet boy, handsome, who wanted to swallow life, in one stroke of one hand, but life escaped you. ” Aunt Sherik wrote: “Roi, you are missing at every event, with the silly laughs about everything, until you succeeded in infecting them all.” Sometimes it seems to me that the door is opening, and you appear and tell us all, ‘Here I am. It is so suitable for you !!! … Tamir, healthy, with a joy of life and a desire for life, we really do not … “. A teacher from Anchori wrote: “The questions haunt us / and you can say that the brain does not catch up. / Last, so high … / Upward up … / For a moment it seemed like you were touching the sky … / The smile was with you Always”. Roi’s family holds a soccer tournament in his honor every year, with the assistance of Maccabi Haifa and the Electric Company.

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