Ben Tzvia and Avraham. Was born on December 23, 1974, in Ashkelon, where he began his studies at the “teachers” in the “cheder,” where he studied Torah and Talmud, continued in the state religious elementary school ” Maimonides, “and at the end of his elementary studies he was accepted as a student at the Or Etzion military boarding school in the center of Shapira. Avichai was a member of the “Bnei Akiva” movement and over time also guided this movement. While still in elementary school, he successfully participated in Bible, regional and district baccalaureats, and was a member of the “Benechat” (acronym for “Hovav Tanach”), a group in which they studied Bible studies and Bible quizzes. He was active in athletics, played tennis, basketball, soccer, and was involved in light athletics, and his friends called him “alive” because he was a lively boy and everywhere he appeared was the moving spirit, the link between his many friends, He was always very hospitable, very hospitable, modestly humble and modest, always smiling, helping the weak and volunteering to help needy families and new immigrants, and as he grew older, He volunteered to organize a Passover seder for prisoners in prison, and was a devoted friend of his parents and family, and he did not receive any money from his parents before he joined the IDF. Swimming in Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim, as a home renovation worker, and even served as a substitute teacher. In the money he earned, he traveled with his friends on a trip to Greece and purchased a stereo system in which he liked to listen to music. At the beginning of December 1992, Avichai enlisted in the IDF and was promoted to the rank of Corporal and was assigned to serve in the elite Golani Brigade, the “Orev” Company. He served in this unit for a year and a half. He took part in bold actions that his parents learned only after they fell. During his service he was sent to advanced professional courses, excelled in them and promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was an officer’s course candidate. On July 4, 1994, Avichai fell in battle in Lebanon. He was nineteen and a half when he fell. After his death, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, who was buried in the military section of the Ashkelon cemetery, and left behind his parents, two brothers, Hananel and Avshalom, and his sister, Ariela, a friend. Military commander “Or Etzion” was proud to receive the wings of the paratroopers and was happy when he wore the brown cap of the Golani Brigade, in a condolence letter to the family, wrote: “Shemaiah Avichai was killed by terrorist fire at the Reihan post, , And was described by his commanders as a responsible soldier, who was an exemplary example of his friends, was mentally mature and had faith Leave an officers’ course and contributed greatly to the team and to the company. ” The commander of the Golani Brigade, Col. Moshe Kaplinsky, wrote: “Avichai joined the army after graduating from the Or Etzion military boarding school. Thanks to the military knowledge he acquired, his maturity and his belief in the justice of the road, he became a model and model for his friends and staff immediately upon his arrival in the company. His contribution was a very important element along the arduous course of training, on the way to training the fighters of the ‘Raven’ company. Avichai’s joy of life, the smile that never left his face even during the difficult moments, was a social glue for the company’s soldiers and became the center of social life in the team and the company. Avichai was scheduled to leave for an infantry officers’ course. His ambition was to be the commander of a platoon in the raven, to raise recruits and turn them into fighters in the Golani spirit – fighters worthy of wearing the brown cap he loved so much. Avihai was on the day of the terrorist attackContact – Company Commander. Under heavy fire, he ran to his gear and was hit by a shell. “A Torah scroll was placed in his memory for the synagogue where he used to pray with his family.
