Elkayam, Ami (Amram)

Son of Eliahu and Farah. The family is a family of prominent rabbis who relate to the exiles of Spain. Ami was born in 1942 in Casablanca, Morocco, and was educated at the age of six when he began his studies at a Hebrew elementary school called Otzar HaTorah, whose principal was the rabbi of Tiberias in Israel Israel, together with the love of the Hebrew language, gave the yearning for the homeland and the Jewish tradition, and when he successfully completed his studies at the school, he was offered an excellent student of various lures, such as studies in various institutions in different countries. In 1956, the family immigrated to Israel and joined the “Yeshiva” in Jerusalem called Porat Yosef In November 1961 he was drafted into the IDF and served faithfully in the army. regular. Participated in several courses that enriched his knowledge and experience of life. During his years of service, he complained that his army functions did not satisfy him, so he always aspired to move to a combat unit. Before completing his service he tried to move to the paratroopers, but there was not enough time to complete the training. When he completed his regular service, he moved to a liaison unit and served in this position when he arrived at reserve duty. From his thirst for friendship and studies, he joined as a regular student at Beit Berl, and when he completed his studies at this institution, he was offered all kinds of tempting jobs, but he grasped only what he was fascinated by and received a job as cultural coordinator in Acre. During his spare time, he used to write songs and then he would sing them on various occasions to his friends and acquaintances. He participated in various sports shows. His hands were always full of work-whether by editing a mother newspaper for high school students. But with all his varied work he was modest in his ways and did not patronize his friends. Among other things, he longed to compose a book that would commemorate the heroes of Israel and their misfortunes on the altar of the homeland, but his ambition was not expressed, because his fate was that he wanted him to be counted among his heroic brothers. Before the outbreak of the Six Day War he was called to his unit and on the 28th day of Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), the third day of the battles, Akka fell with me in the outskirts of Nablus. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Nahariya. His memory was included in the booklet “In memory of the saints,” which the city of Akko spent in memory of its fallen sons. In Gogli Esh, Vol. 4, Yalkut, the estate of the fallen sons of Israel, was brought from his estate. In the book “Our Division” his memory was raised.