Deutsch, David-Zvi (‘Dudi’)

Ben Sarah and Chaim. He was born on the 11th of Tishrei 5731 (October 11, 1970) in Jerusalem. His name was given to him after his father, David Giladi, who was killed in the battle for Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, and his second name, Zvi, was named after his great-great-grandfather, who began his studies in New Jersey, Where he went to the Neve Etzion Elementary School in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem and completed his studies at the Nativ-Meir high school in Jerusalem and later joined the Har Etzion hesder yeshiva in Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. In high school, the family moved to the Neveh Daniel settlement in Gush Etzion and was one of its founders, despite the distance, my uncle remained in the neighborhood and maintained close ties with his childhood friends. He was thinking and planning how to act, and during his studies in the yeshiva, he was constantly deliberating on educational problems, and he believed that education should be invested in values ​​as much as in the field of education. He loved literature and sports, and as a child he played in the Elitzur basketball team, loved the Gemara studies, and was interested in Jewish philosophy, and many books he acquired are marked with his notes. Prior to joining the IDF, he traveled with his friend to Poland and Romania, where he devoted much thought to the trip, and carefully selected the group he joined, “Adults Returning to Mekorot.” When he reached the army, he hesitated between joining the Givati ​​Brigade and joining the Paratroopers Brigade He reached a decision on his own and after careful consideration, he was drafted into the IDF in early July 1989 and volunteered for the paratroopers. On the day of Friday, July 17, 1991, in the area of ​​Kibbutz Yiftach, my uncle fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest. In the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Survived by his parents and two brothers – Uri and Yaakov. In his obituary, Rabbi Yaakov Fisher said: “How much love he had in our uncle, how pleasant and pleasant, he was able to please all his surroundings and his friends. , In the face of the power of the spirit, which is expressed in the service of God, in prayer and in the study of the tents of the paratroopers and in the Beit Midrash. ” His friend Yoad Aharoni wrote: “In those moments I was with, I saw a smile that was full of love and joy, full of hesitations and a bit of embarrassment, a smile that expresses a lot of thought with a desire to receive and a joy of giving, a smile that combines light and seriousness, The observation. ” The Yeshivat Har Etzion has published in his memory a copy of “Alon Shvut” containing theoretical articles in his memory, articles and ideas written by my uncle, and things in his memory.