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Friedeks, Nehemiah

Friedeks, Nehemiah


Nehemiah, son of Esther and Ephraim, was born on 27.6.1952 in Haifa, where he studied at the Leo Baeck elementary school and at the Yavneh religious school in Haifa and completed high school at the Yavneh High School “In Haifa, as a child, he was characterized by quiet and loneliness and soon discovered his humanistic approach to music, and on the other hand his tendency toward arithmetic, and he was an outstanding student, and according to his teachers he had a brilliant and athletic spirit and was seen as a genius in the real professions. He was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and in his spare time he was very active in sports: swimming, karate, baccalaureate Tennis and bodybuilding, and participated in national swimming competitions and athletics championships, and devoted much of his time to the art of music, including accordion, songwriting and composition, and one of his poems, “Trees Crying,” was published in Yedioth Ahronoth in response to an article that appeared And was not influenced by those around him when he decided to do something that seemed unusual and unusual (such as his way to school for skating or riding) On bicycles, while others arrive at more acceptable vehicles). In his appearance he was a little sloppy, very withdrawn, modest and timid. Words of praise brought him, therefore, in embarrassment. A characteristic characteristic of him is his great willpower, which sometimes led to Yaffa achievements. Nehemiah was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of November 1970. After completing basic training, he was transferred to the Medical Corps and assigned to the Golani Brigade as a combat medic, and Nehemiah easily took the difficulties in training and found satisfaction in his position both as a soldier and as a medic When he was in the army, he submitted an efficiency proposal for a powerful flashlight, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out, Nehemiah was on leave to receive a special post from the US State Department. He went to search for his battalion A medic in his unit who fought in battles in the Syrian enclave on the Golan Heights, on the 22nd of Tishrei 5740 (22.10.1973), in the second battle on Mount Hermon, when he “treated the wounded, bandaged them and encouraged them despite the strong fire that landed on the ground” He was brought to rest in the cemetery in Haifa, and after his fall was raised to the rank of sergeant-sergeant, First he left behind his parents, brother and sister. His parents published a pamphlet in his memory, including the words of his family, teachers and friends about his character, poems of his own, and also about his uncle, his mother’s brother, who fell in the War of Independence and whose name Nehemiah is named after him; In the “Bamahane” magazine, a list was published, “Covering the Whole”, about Nehemiah and other fallen soldiers of his battalion, who were awarded the “Medal of Honor”.

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