Calumite, Chai

Ben Tammy and Shmuel. He was born on 24.6.1973 in Bat Yam. He studied for two years at the Givati ​​Elementary School in Bat Yam, and after his family moved to Tel Aviv, he continued his elementary studies at the David Yellin School in the Hadar Yosef neighborhood. Chai was a good student, loved by his teachers and friends, with whom he had maintained friendly relations for many years. Love for a person and help for others characterized his character from childhood and in elementary school helped the school nurse at any leisure time. The friendship with the nurse continued until his dying day. He continued his studies in the real class at the Lady Davis School and graduated with the New High School in Tel Aviv. Chai was an active boy who volunteered for any mission that required help. When he was in 10th grade, he received a certificate of excellence from the mayor of Tel Aviv, Shlomo Lahat, in a mentoring project organized by the municipality, in which he educated an autistic child for a year. At the same time, he was an active activist in the Scout movement. His activity in the Scouts lasted for years until his downfall. As part of the movement and in cooperation with the Tel Aviv municipality, he traveled to Yugoslavia in the summer of 1989 as a member of a cultural delegation to meet with Jewish youth in order to bring them closer to Jewish youth in Israel. In the summer of 1990 he was sent by the Scout Movement to the United States for three months to train American youth in summer camps. He excelled in this activity and in 1991, a few months before his enlistment, was supposed to return to the United States for a year of shlichut, but this plan did not come about because of lack of funds. During his activity in the Scout movement he became a guide and center of a young tribe, loved and loved by the campers and counselors. At the same time, he joined the Scouts and MDA courses and volunteered for the Civil Guard and during the Gulf War volunteered to help the War Room of the Tel Aviv Municipality. He was supposed to serve in the navy, but on the day of his enlistment, he signed a waiver and volunteered for the Nahal Brigade, despite pleas from his family not to join the combat force.Chai completed his basic training as an outstanding soldier, despite the health difficulties he suffered from basic training. Officers’ course. Although he served in a relatively safe place, he could not stand idly by and see his friends embarking on difficult activities, and thus, despite the opposition of his commanders, he set himself up to replace his tired comrades. Hai stood out in his gentleness, his kindness, generosity and warm smile. He was connected to his family and showed a warm and loving attitude towards them. On January 23, 1993, he fell in combat in Lebanon, on a mission to which he volunteered, and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind his parents and sister Miri. He excelled in his company and loved his comrades and commanders. He was scheduled to leave for a commanders’ course soon, and they planned to be an officer in the battalion. Already as a soldier, he stood out for his leadership ability, his ability to think and his ability to organize. Chai radiated the joy of creativity around him and gave him a spirit of volunteerism. He also decided to visit the site where he found his death, even though he was ill. “His family published a booklet in his memory and established a website at www.haikalomity.co.il.