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Benolol, Morris (Moshe)

Benolol, Morris (Moshe)


Son of Michael and Simi. He was born on 29.10.1940 in Rabat, Morocco. The family immigrated to Israel in the summer of 1955. Morris remained in Morocco for a while to continue his studies. He immigrated to Israel in 1956 as part of the Youth Aliya. Completed elementary school and high school in Casablanca, Morocco. After a while he took his matriculation exams in French. Upon his arrival in Israel he was sent to Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha as part of the Youth Aliya. However, he left the kibbutz after a short period of time to help his parents who lived in the hut, in the Kakun transit camp in Emek Hefer, and even went to work with his father. From the transit camp, the family moved to Kiryat Shmona at the end of 1957, where Morris lived until his death. Maurice was an addict of French literature, and even translated French-Hebrew literature into his own factory. His outstanding qualities were related to his willingness to help, both his parents and his family, and those who lived in his environment. Maurice was drafted into the IDF in May 1959 and completed his regular service in October 1961. During his military service, he underwent a course for paramedics and was assigned to the Medical Corps unit, serving as a paramedic in order to discover his spirit of devotion to his colleagues. “I do not know a single soldier who was ever at odds with Morris,” said his commander in his civilian life. , After his discharge from the IDF, began to work as a metalworker, a profession he had studied independently and was even appreciated As a dedicated and punctual employee. After a while he went to work at the Gibor factories in Kiryat Shmona. Morris was wounded in the War of Attrition in the Golan Heights during the bombardment of Tel Shams, while he took the place of another paramedic to secure the life of a tractor driver who worked in the field. For four months he fought for his life at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa and at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on May 1, 1974. Morris died of his wounds. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shmona. Survived by his parents, six brothers and sisters. The family together with Yad Labanim published a booklet in his memory. The booklet includes the words of friends and commanders in the army, at work, members of Kiryat Shona and the family. In the booklet we read: “In the Rafid region on the Golan Heights, on the Israeli side, there is a soldier who does not hate his enemy, a soldier who fights in recognition that the enemy is forcing him to fight for his life.” And the commander of the unit wrote: “In the unit we called him son of-Lulu, where he was loved by all of us … Maurice was one of the veteran soldiers in the unit and was loved and a friend to all the soldiers … His kindness and wisdom were known to all of us … He never volunteered to shorten his reserve service … Throughout the war he followed the example … He volunteered for missions, both as a medic and as a soldier. The lips … “And the brigade commander wrote:” When Morris went on vacation, he always came back in time … Morris did not tell himself anything, I knew nothing about him except that he was Julian unusual in the unit … “plant colleagues ‘hero’ noted the great contribution to the enterprise and the willingness to always do more than what is required of him.

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