Berman, Rehavia
Son of Tova and Zvi, was born in 1916 in Poland, immigrated to Israel in 1921 and studied at the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem. Even as a child, he became involved in the labor burden and helped his parents as a milk distributor. As a lively, lively young man, he found his place in the Hanoar Haoved movement, despite the traditional atmosphere in which he was raised. When he became a teenager, he became one of the instructors of the Hanoar Haoved movement. Rehavia went to work in the orchards and in the evenings he devoted himself to engineering studies, which he liked most. As a member of the movement fulfilling her ideas, to whom he was devoted, he went to Ein Harod to become a member of the “Alonim” nucleus. With the rise of the settlement nucleus, he was one of the first members of Kibbutz Alonim, a lively member of society, enthusiastic and imaginative, and influenced the life of his kibbutz from his spiritual wealth. He was one of the initiators of the idea of developing an oak industry instead and was working to expand the rest of the agriculture. Rehavia took part in the raid in Syria during the Second World War and was one of the commanders and activists in the struggle for illegal immigration, and he rarely found time to come home because he invested himself In early 1948 he was appointed commander of the “Harel” operation for the breakthrough to Jerusalem, and on April 20, 1948 he set out in the large convoy, which was also attended by David son of Gurion, members of the People’s Administration and commanders, and the convoy was attacked by an Arab crowd that attacked me Rehavia was active in organizing the convoy protection and rescue of the vehicles, and was injured, and he was transferred to Shaar Zion Hospital in a difficult condition, and on April 28, 1948 he died of his wounds. He was brought to rest in the cemetery in Sanhedria in Jerusalem and left behind a wife and two sons in the kibbutz leaflet devoted to his memory (diary no. 1052). His last letter was also printed: “As kibbutz members we knew all the years about what we were marching, . I too was preparing for her … “
