Ben Leah (Malka) and Eitan (Dov). Born on the 18th of Adar 5743 (18.2.1983) in Jerusalem, a younger brother to Orit, Tali, Eliraz, Yossi, Avi and Eli Tziki (Tzvi Yehuda) grew up in Jerusalem and began his studies at the ” He lived in the “Haspin” high school in the Golan Heights and at the Beit El Yeshiva, where he was independent in his opinions and behavior and set his own unique way of life. During his high school years, he participated in a youth group of the Society for the Protection of Nature in the “Ofra” field school, a group that included religious and nonreligious youth, Tsiki was connected to the animal world, and his love was fulfilled in various ways and he implemented it as a way of life when he decided to become a vegetarian, and his house was a warm home for hamsters, fish, ferrets, snakes, scorpions and birds. With the animals. When he was 14, he bought the Merav horse he had raised in the Golan Heights. At the end of his high school studies, Tziki entered the Hamdat pre-army preparatory program in the Jordan Valley, where he learned, developed, grew up, became attached to rabbis and friends And planned to stay for another year, and as a result of the security situation he changed his plans and in November 2001 he joined the IDF. The desire to contribute and the willingness to sacrifice led him to the “Egoz” reconnaissance unit of the Golani Brigade. Aguz found a great challenge and interest, stood out as an outstanding soldier and a natural leader and was proud to be part of the unit. His commanders quickly identified his potential by saying, “How many soldiers can be said in basic training that they will be great commanders, how many of these can be said to be leaders and sweep their flock.” At the end of basic training and advanced training at Golani, Ziki came to the training unit at Aguz and was immediately appointed, from the platoon, to be a squad commander. His teammates knew how to appreciate his good qualities, loyalty and devotion, praised his spirit of volunteerism and his determination and dedication to the mission. They called him “Tziki – the desired and real friend” and explained: “The desired: everyone loves, helps, supports and supports each and every person, in any situation and under any circumstances, even if this help is liable to cause harm and harm to him. turn”. Tziki’s commanders predicted a bright future for him, “a young man destined for greatness.” In various frameworks and on his many trips around the country, Tziki purchased hundreds of friends and lovers from all parts of the nation, religious and secular, who were influenced by his image and sought his closeness. His plans were numerous, but his life was abruptly cut off as he embarked on a training exercise. Ziki was killed in a car accident in Wadi Salameh in the Karmiel area, when he was 19 and was brought to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, leaving behind his parents, three sisters and three brothers, Grandfather and grandmothers and nephews, and his friend fell into the team of Corporal Ariel Hai, and Tziki’s brother eulogized him: “My younger brother, Zvi Yehuda, do you know how much we love you? / The deer of Judah, on your steps a space / How did the heroes fall / Do not say in the winepress, Do not count in the streets of Ashkelon / How did it sprout softly, How did it grow and flower / How to become a cute young man. / Do not tell how he was so beautiful / so strong and brave without fear and dread. / Do not tell how friends / loved and beautiful people gathered around him. / How his mother loved him, how his father raised / how his brothers and sisters loved his smile. / A”Tziki was a warrior of great dimensions and spiritual content who was able to realize the ideals on which he grew up, and in which he believed. He preferred to enlist in an elite unit where service is not easy and requires great sacrifice. “Tziki will always be remembered as a fighter and a man who acted out of a sense of mission and a desire to give the state, the brigade and the unit,” he said, “because of the expression of ideas in practical life in the daily life of military service. Tziki was taken from us just at the time when he served as a squad commander in the unit, in a position that distinguished himself in his leadership and professionalism. We all lost a man, a friend, a fighter and a commander who was a leader in the team. Tziki left behind soldiers and commanders who learned how to behave a person, a friend and a warrior, from carrying out the tasks assigned to him and ending with his friends. … The soldiers of the company will continue in the same way as Tziki, who sees military service as a mission and a gift when professionalism, humanity and love of the land are among the leading values in it. “Many actions were taken to commemorate Tziki: A member of the Givat Shaul branch of the “Eretz Hatzvi” yeshiva in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem and in the pre-military preparatory program in Hamdat, a prayer book named after him was established in the Biblical zoo. A seating area in his name. In the pre-military academy “Hemdat” a library was built and was established by his friends Pinat Noy. Every year, during the intermediate days of Sukkot, a trip takes place between his friends and his family. Tziki’s friends wrote and composed a song in his memory that was produced and recorded on CD. His family created a video in the format of a DVD in which he made “an attempt to preserve the strength of his life, his special connections with his family and friends, his joy of life and his charming smile, his love for the country and people.”
