Geffen, Gilad

The eldest son of Metty and Moses. He was born in Ramla on February 4, 1971. In 1978, after completing his first year of studies, his parents purchased an agricultural farm in Kfar Shmuel, south of Ramle, and the family moved from the city to the moshav. He grew up in the rural environment, which he loved and absorbed in his love for the Land of Israel, where he studied at the “Sedot Ayalon” elementary school in Beit Hashmonai and continued to the Ramle-Lydda high school, where he completed his physical-physical studies. He was a tennis player, and especially as a basketball player And later as a basketball coach, was active in the Hanoar Hatzioni youth movement, and served as a guide until his enlistment in the IDF. Gilad stood out for his special sense of humor and love of life. Over the years he had gathered many friends around him, with whom he had a warm and close relationship. “Our home is like a magnet for everyone, always in your garden, our children left bicycles in the yard and picked them up on the way home from school,” said Eleanor, who is a member of the moshav. For them, you give yourself a sense of humor, a sharp mind, a modest, unassuming, and very dislike of compliments – believes in doing for its own sake. ” Gilad enlisted in the IDF on July 23, 1989 and volunteered for a pilot course, and after several months he completed his service in the Paratroopers Brigade, and after successfully passing a difficult and arduous one-year-old course in the Paratroopers Brigade, Infantry Officers Course Successfully, he continued his regular service and was discharged from the IDF with the rank of lieutenant after serving as a company commander in the Nahal Brigade. In a video produced in memory of Gilad, his memoirs tell his memoirs of their service with him. “With sensitivity and determination,” the members characterize the actions of Gilad, who was always a professional soldier who carries out the mission fully, and also knows how to be a good and supportive friend. Everyone recalls his love for explosions, and the family adds that he brought it from home. Oren, a member of the team, said: “One of the characteristics that characterized you is undoubtedly the curiosity that accompanies the explosions and the sabotage … I remember the guard post on the Lebanese border when we argued and you said that the position was penetrating with bullets. And when we came to check it turned out that the bullets had not penetrated and you just said, `You know what you were, you were right. ‘” In the film, Brigadier General Yossi Bachar, the commander of Gilad’s company, tells about Gilad’s serious, real and strong motivation, motivation from home – since Gilad’s father also served in the paratroopers. Doing odd jobs and saving money for a trip to South America. He went on a trip with two friends for a period of four months, during which they accumulated many experiences. The friends testify that the trip was successful thanks to Gilad’s good planning, and also visitors who came after them enjoyed the comments from the insights that Gilad left them at different points on the way. About a decade after his death, his parents decided to publish the travel diary as a book called “South America – A Journey Diary.” The publishing house transferred the book to a professional reading by Lector – an expert reading the manuscripts and deciding whether to publish it as a book. The journal writes: “The diary is written well, the language is clear and the writing is fluent, there is a multidimensional reference that includes touching different levels: the diary includes a record of experiences, feelings, emotions, thoughts, as well as landscapes, atmosphere, events and events that occurred during the trip. The writerWritten in amusing events that make the reader smile and even laugh more than once during reading. “There are many Yaffa and interesting places here, but there is nothing like going home.” A few months after his return, Gilad wrote: “There are a lot of Yaffa and interesting places here, From South America, Gilad began his studies at the Technion in Haifa in the Civil Engineering Department, and was also a member of the athletic team at the Technion, where he met his “soulmate” Chen. In the moshav. “My Gilad,” writes Chen, “We met at the beginning of 1998, and after a week I celebrated my birthday, and the blessing that you wrote to me that day will not be forgotten:” Lots and lots of good luck and lots of love; Your birthday that came at such a perfect time; Allowing me at one time; Also celebrate with you; And thank you too; That in such a short period; You have succeeded in filling my life; Light and love; Ohev Gilad. “And Chen writes,” How right you were. During your acquaintance with you I realized that time has no meaning. In one brief moment we connected and did not part until the last day, and among them I felt that I was living a full and full life with you. Always wrapped me up and protected me – physically and mentally, and by your side I always knew that everything would work out. You gave me great love and you knew how to release as only true lovers know. I remember how until your last moments you tried to give me the blessing to go on without you. But it’s so hard. The concrete memories of you are still with me when one of them burns me in a special way: you lift me and I in the air. With you I touched the sky and today they are so far away. Gilad Shelly – You were a friend of life and soul mate. We married like many young couples, but first of all we were friends and partners. Partners in emotion, soul, soul. When you breathed your last breath I knew that something of me would disappear forever because I had lost the person who understood me best. You are with me in my Lev every day because your death has marked the course of my life in the future. “Gilad completed his studies in the summer of 2000 and was certified as a civilian engineer, and as a security officer, he worked as a security officer at the Technion, said Itamar, a Technion student:” In all, the period we have known for almost three years, It was not very long but I think it was enough to fill many written pages and even a lot more cells in the Lev. We worked together for three years in the Technion’s security unit, a job that made a good living for us. I will not forget your stories from the time we were both masturbators – for example, in one of the winters, you wasted half a night cleaning the jeep after you ‘checked’ it on muddy terrain … or the parking lots that left a few marks in the car … How to always take everything easy, do not get excited about anything, really enviable … Studies were not really at the top of your list of priorities, at least for the sake of appearances, you always signed up for a lot of courses and in the end you did only half – but you did well … Our computers, the unquestioned web star … It was fun working with you, it was fun learning with you and it was fun to meet you. ” In the course of his military service, Gilad was diagnosed with skin cancer and was recognized by the Defense Ministry as an IDF disabled person, and in 2000, six years after his release, cancer broke out again, and after several months of suffering, And died on December 19, 2000. Gilad was twenty-nine years old at the time of his death and was laid to rest at the Gezer cemetery.Vatir Raya, parents, sister and brother. On his grave his parents engraved a personal caption from Leah Goldberg’s poem: “And your good and humble gaze glorifies us with the radiant light of the universe.” The first thing I remember was a toy flying in my direction, and the moment when the toy touched me was a moment, and the next thing I remembered was a toy that flew in my direction. It was important to remember that my brother meant not to be alone in the world … My brother Gilad gave me a hand in my first steps, and you kept me from climbing high, you taught me all the important things in life … Together we were in high school, together in the army, And we went to the university together, head to head in the nursery and strolled with the same backpack in South America … After you left I felt proud, proud “In Kfar Shmuel, you grew up from a young age, played and was a prank and a mischievous little boy, in the yard of your home, in the school, in a movement where you were guided and admired, in the basketball court where you played And you have been so impressed by your character in the village … Even in the difficult moments, you always try to finish off something that began and end with honor, as it should – the studies, the degree, the degree you no longer have. Is called Gilad because they wanted the happiness you brought into the world forever. What is eternity? “Will the longing be for you, the love that will not be satisfied, and eternity will be the memory of your Yaffa eyes that produce good and light …” Was Metty speaking at the unveiling of the tombstone on the thirtieth day of the death: “We looked for stones that were laid out in nature, gravestone. Natural and unique stones, as you were in your life. The lines we chose are from Lea Goldberg’s poem: ‘And your good and humble gaze gave us a radiant light.’ Your eyes and your always good smile will always accompany us and be in our hearts. ‘There are stars whose light comes to earth only when they themselves are lost and / there are people whose memories shine when they themselves are no longer within us.’ This is how Hannah Senesh wrote in one of her poems. “Your length and greatness, our Giladi, have always come and influenced us. Brother Tomer wrote on the anniversary: ​​”You always asked me complicated questions and finally I gave up and you told me the answer. But what now? You have left behind so many open questions, and you will not be here to surrender and to be able to tell me the answers. The answers are very important for the continuation of our life together as a family, a family like the one you were born, raised, grown up and matured in. “In the memory and commemoration of Gilad an association was founded that carried out a number of projects: An hour in memory of Gilad, in which the stations of his life are described in words and sounds by the family and his many friends Gilad was gifted with a well-developed imagination that enabled him to sail to distant lands and to think of future cultures in the vastness of the universe. “Which holds lectures in the Culture House of the Council in the fields of literature Among the topics discussed were: Israel in 2025, the feasibility of intelligent life in the universe, satellites in Israel and the world, nanotechnology, desert and desertification as a global problem On October 12, 2002, the “Gan Gilad” The park was established by the family and friends, with the assistance of the regional councilAnd private donors. In the center of the garden is a metal menorah two meters high and surrounded by a memorial plaza. Gilad died on Hanukkah eve, and the Hanukkah lamp is lit every year. At the inauguration of the kindergarten, Eleanor, the moshav member, spoke: “… the thought that this will be a breathing memorial, alive and flowing, and not a cold, detached and uncontrolled place … it was really exciting to see how the cream had protected its skin and its beauty. And digging and leaving down an infrastructure and all those who stopped and wanted to be part of planting the flowers and trees, leaving the grass, masses of teenagers, friends and family with hamra on their legs and pants and under their nails, everyone smiles and feels that it is an experience and a privilege to be part of the operation. Blood – the elixir of life Gilad’s garden is in the Lev of things, from which streets flow right and left Ella, out of the village or down the street to the end, through the garden, Gilad watches his house opposite and they watch him, his sister on one street and his cousin on another street, his people, the movement and all the people and places that were the fabric of his life … “Mati, Gilad’s mother, said at the inauguration of the kindergarten:” Gan Gilad is a source of encouragement and support for the family, and the garden is meant to ease the yearning for the missing child. The Garden will give life to the memory of our loved ones … In our dreams we meet Gilad’s good smile. So if a little boy shows up here, whose face is silent and has golden hair, you will know that it is him and hold out his hand and wash the desert dust from his eyes. // And then you will do me a little kindness / Write fast to all our mothers / Let them have a little time and the sorrow will be gone / The little prince returned to us “(according to” Little Prince “Jonathan Geffen)