Shimshon, son of Sol and Yehoshua, was born on the 19 th of Tevet 5707 (19.12.1937) in Turkey and in 1951 immigrated to Israel. Shimshon studied at the Alliance elementary school in Istanbul for four years, and after immigrating to Israel lived in Kibbutz Neot Mordechai. The kibbutz joined ten young men and women who came from Turkey and together laid the foundation for the Shalhevet youth group. He was able to buy Father’s Lev for a candle, which was not easy at all, and he spent hours in the stable with Father to the candle, and once we needed the horses to collect cauliflower, under rain and mud. Shimshon, who was 15 at the time, got into the thick of the wood and persuaded the stubborn candle to respond to the demands of the cauliflower collections, and with a whip in his hand, in the midst of heavy rain, managed to get the horses into the area and take the boxes out to the truck. When the first tractor was purchased for the vegetable garden, it was considered valuable in the agriculture and not everyone had the authority to drive it He was one of the few who got the tractor, and indeed he treated him well, not only horses and greens, but he also loved the children, and Samson was the only one who could calm Ofra’s daughter. Even in his work clothes he was clean, he was naturally optimistic, although he suffered a great deal from lack of family, from lack of roots. ” “In Turkey, Shimshon was one of the most prominent figures, he was always Simcha, and everyone stuck to him, especially the girls, he was very sensitive, if someone hurt him, he would be insulted to the roots of his soul, He was a handsome young man and many girls were attracted to him, but he was not an adventurer but he wanted to establish the family he had never had. Especially the children, there is no child in the farm who did not love him, he knew how to win their hearts, and he also made friends easily with friends, he loved society very much. ” Shimshon was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in late March 1955. During his service, he completed a parachuting course and a scouts course, and he participated in the battle of Husan and Qalqiliya. At that time he married Rachel, a daughter of Mishmar Ha’emek and followed her, where his son, Tamir, was born, and after a few years returned to his farm – to Neot Mordechai – this is the place he had been associated with since his youth. He was able to find his way back in the abandoned kibbutz, and his personal life began to emerge Reserve participated in the Sinai Campaign and the Six Day War. Number about Chinese oak, the battalion’s intelligence officer: “We were together for many years. Shimshon was supposed to be a symbol of operations, when in fact there is no big difference in our unit between operations and intelligence. In fact, Khalid, like the rest of the guys, did everything: on the frequent tours, both as a driver and as an operations sergeant. Samson was a pleasant friend to sit with. When volunteers were needed, the first always jumped. The Yom Kippur War served as an armored patrol and took part in the battles of containment and incursion against the Syrians in the Golan Heights, and during the Battle of Tel Fares on October 16, 1973, Shimshon was wounded and fell. “We were drafted on the Sabbath at noon, and we went to war with no equipment and suitable weapons,” Alon said, “The first battles in Tel a-Saki were very difficult and many people were injured.See each person according to their behavior. One of these cases, when you travel to rescue wounded and killed from the battlefield, around you a fiery fire and you have to jump from the iron shelter out into the fire. About four times we repeated this dangerous act, and every time I read: Out, the people jumped without problems, and Shimshon was among them. “Shimshon was brought to eternal rest in the Kibbutz Neot Mordechai cemetery, followed by son of Tamir and Na’ama, father and mother. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan wrote: “Shimshon was a devoted soldier and a loyal friend. He was known to all those who knew him, “and his commander wrote:” Shimshon played his part with dedication during the fighting. “In his memory and in memory of two other kibbutz members who fell, Ne’ot Mordechai published a book containing the words of friends about the fallen.
