Eizikovich, Zvi (Zvika)

Zvi (Zvika), son of Malka and Moshe, was born on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, September 30, 1951 in Rehovot. A mischviouse child and clever, who studied everything and wanted to know everything. Zvika was able to absorb and interpret experiences in his adult way and was a favorite of his teachers and a loyal friend and devoted to his friends, who maintained contact from childhood. He was attached to his mother, a survivor of the Holocaust, He always told her he had to fight so that the terrors would not return. He completed his elementary studies at the “Tushia” school in Kiryat Moshe. In particular, he excelled in mathematics and Talmud, and when the school principal offered to continue his studies at a high school yeshiva, he was surprised by his answer: “If my father agrees, I am willing and ready. The father agreed and Zvika was accepted to the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh, Zvika was one of the outstanding students of his class.” Zvi was recruited to the IDF at the beginning of November 1969 and was assigned to an engineering corps. After completing basic training, he completed a course for squad commanders, followed by a course for noncommissioned officers, and was one of the best noncoms in his unit, and when he was placed in training positions he was no better. Zvika was a friend of everyone, even of his commanders. Among the positions assigned to him were positions assigned to a higher rank of his own, and often replaced by a guide officer, who was absent. He appointed himself a noncommissioned officer and managed to establish a club and organize a library on his own, and his commanders allowed him to deviate from military frameworks, and his work was always superior to what he had been expected to do, even if he did not demonstrate his faith. Zvika was a lively and life-loving young man who loved touring the country and organizing trips for his friends during his service in the Israel Defense Forces. In November 1972, Zvika was released from regular service and was immediately accepted to Shenkar College for textile technology. He was an ardent student and was responsible and serious about the workload. He was always good-natured, with a playful smile in his eyes. He finished one year of textural chemistry and went on summer vacation for the second year. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Zvika felt his unit at midnight. He refused to wake his little sister to say goodbye to her and joined his unit on the Golan Heights. On October 10, 1973, during an assault on a company of Syrian soldiers, Zvika was in the first half-track and during the fighting he was killed and killed, he was buried in the cemetery in Rehovot and left behind his parents, brother and sister. He was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant … In his letter to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: … “Your son Semel Isikowitz Zvi fell in battle on October 10, 1973, during an assault on a Syrian company in the Golan Heights. Sergeant Izykowitz Zvi was in the first half-track that attacked the Syrians and in the course of the assault he fired his weapon and assisted in the liquidation of a Syrian Bazooka unit, in which sergeant Eisikowitz was wounded by another Syrian soldier who was hiding among the rocks. “The best Kim in his company. Devoted, highly professional and commanding officer whose soldiers liked him very much. His death in action had a severe effect on his soldiers and commanders. I hope that knowing his brave behavior in battle will bring you some comfort. In my name and on behalf of the soldiers and commanders of the unit, I express our condolences and deep sorrow at Zvi’s death. His soul will be bound by the bundle of life