Ben-Nun (Benon), Asher

Asher (Mas’ud, Sher, Ashura), son of Zahava and Jacob (Jacques), was born on September 22, 1949 in Haifa. He studied at the Rambam Elementary School in Acre and continued on to the agricultural training farm near Afula, where he completed his studies at the kindergarten and nursery school in Petach Tikvah and was a diligent and diligent student, loved by his teachers and friends. Who was a fan of photography and loved to watch movies, who was a lover of nature and therefore chose agriculture, and devoted much of his time to caring for animals. At his mother’s home, he cultivated a chicken coop and dedicated pigeons and devoted his spare time to caring for them, who was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1969. He volunteered to serve in the army Nachal, together with his friends in the “Givat Yoav” group, who was about to join Kibbutz Tel Katzir, and served as a parachutist in the Nahal paramilitary brigade and was a member of the Nahal Paratroopers Brigade. And did not tell them anything about the arduous training, and even hid from them the pain he had suffered during his basic training days and during the days he had completed his courses, and after he was discharged from regular military service he became a gardener and planned to travel abroad. By nature, he was optimistic, cheerful, and kind-hearted, even though he was withdrawn and often isolated. He was faithful to his family and devoted to it, bore the burden of earning a living and helped a lot to his mother and even dealt, as much as he could, with the education of his younger brothers. He was honest, conscientious and thoughtful. He left behind notes, which he wrote at times, about death, life beyond the life of this world, faith in the world to come, and more. During the Yom Kippur War, Asher fought in the battle against the Egyptians on the Sinai front. In the battle that took place on the morning of October 16, 1973, at the junction of Shekh Lexicon near the Chinese Farm, he was killed and killed, and he was brought to eternal rest in the Haifa cemetery, leaving behind a mother and three brothers. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Asher’s actions and his perseverance in the war served his comrades as a source of strength. He was loved and accepted by his friends. “His family donated a Torah scroll to the Eli Cohen Synagogue in Haifa.