Berkovits, Sagi (Segush)

Son of Pnina and Abraham. He was born on 13.5.1975 in the old maternity hospital in Kfar Sava, a second child to his parents, brother to Galit and Yonath. Sagi was born on the fourth day of the shiva on his father’s grandfather, named after his mother’s father. Sagi was a fair-haired boy with curious green eyes, extraordinarily comfortable, and appeasement. His smile never left his face and he never complained, this character accompanied him until his last day and made him love and desirable to all his acquaintances and admirers. From a very young age, Sagi knew how to distinguish between different types of cars, and would declare it at any time. Sagi studied for the first three years at the Ussishkin elementary school in Kfar Sava, and after the family moved to Alfei Menashe, he moved to the Tzofei Sharon primary school, where he easily integrated. Sagi began his high school studies at the military boarding school of the “Reali” school in Haifa, after he was elected from among seven hundred candidates. His first year in the military boarding school was not easy, because of the long hours of study and the new conditions of life, but Sagi enjoyed these studies and enjoyed them with all his heart. The problem of a homeland back forced Sagi to leave the boarding school at the end of the second year and finish his studies at the Galili high school in Kfar Sava. When he returned home, his parents’ house filled with light and joy, friends and activity. Sagi was an avid music fan and used to listen to her for hours using a new stereo system he had bought with the money he had saved. In addition to his love of music, Sagi was an outstanding athlete, a quick cyclist, and a runner in the Alfei Menashe group. Sagi was an active activist in the Scouts youth movement and enjoyed a great deal of fun. His friends say he was always calm, optimistic, yet stubborn. They remember that when Sagi wanted to serve in a combat unit, he fought to raise his military profile, and finally succeeded, thanks to his stubbornness. He was a good friend who maintained close and warm ties with them, despite the geographical distance. At the beginning of April 1994 Sagi enlisted in the IDF and served as his father, who was an IDF veteran from the Six Day War, in the 7th Brigade of the Armored Corps. On the evening of the 28th of Shvat 577 (February 4, 1997), the helicopter disaster occurred, when two Yasur helicopters collided over Moshav Shear Yashuv, and the seventy-three fighters who made their way to Lebanon Were killed, including Sagi, who was laid to rest in the military section of the Alfei Menashe cemetery, and was promoted to lieutenant after his death, at the age of 22. He wrote a letter of condolence to the family: “Sagi Served as the commander of the tanks division of the 7th Brigade’s battalion, and was described by his commanders as a dedicated officer who demonstrated a high motivation for military service and radiated from his personality To those around him. Guy stood with a smile and love of music, and was liked and accepted among the commanders and soldiers alike. ” Sagi’s memory was commemorated by his family and members of the Yishuv in a booklet they published in his memory and the memory of the seventy-two fighters who died in the helicopter disaster. Sagi’s family also donated a Torah library to the central synagogue in Alfei Menashe.