Bracha, Ephraim (Effi)

Ephraim (Effy), son of Fortuna Mazal and Chaim Bracha, was born in Even Yehuda in 1960. On October 19, 1988, Ephraim enlisted in the Israel Police, and served as an investigation officer and advanced to the position of head of the National Unit for Fraud Investigations. Ephraim fell during his duties on 18 Tamuz, 5.7.2015. He was brought to rest in the military section of the Modiin cemetery. He left a wife, a daughter and three sons, brothers and sisters, and on his gravestone is written the verse, “And the clean hands and pure of the Lev, who has not borne my soul in vain.” (Psalm 24:4)