Geifman, Ben-Zion (“Benczek” and Benchi)

Son of Avraham and Chana. He was born on June 13, 1944 in the Yishuv. His parents – veteran members of the agriculture, pioneers of work and devoted to everything that is emerging there. At a young age, as a weak and skinny child, he was concerned with matters that attracted his Lev, such as animals and nature; He often got up at night and went out (in the cold and in the rain) to cover the goat or the dog next to the garden. Every toy would break apart to know what was done inside it, and then try to put it together again. He received his education in the agriculture, and as he grew older, his physical development also changed considerably. He began to study well and especially excelled in mathematics and nature studies. He had the ability to organize; on class trips he organized the trip or the camp. When he was drafted into the IDF in January 1962, he asked for the approval of the General Assembly to enlist in the Air Force. When he received the approval, his eyes lit up with joy. Just as in his childhood, curiosity was revealed in the dismantling of his toys and their composition. And now they both came as an inner drive from his depths to control the plane, and it is mentioned that on the mathematician and amateur side of the technique there was a sensitive soul in him who was moved by a Yaffa view, handsome music, a song and an artistic story. In the regular army, the family atmosphere is free And on the other hand – the duty of the hearts to fulfill public service and movement functions while maintaining humility and a modest lifestyle, the good temperament expressed in the light of his face, his willingness to help his friend and his abundant optimism – these qualities helped to raise a common man, loved by people and men He was a combat pilot and during the Six-Day War, on the sixth day of the battles, he was on the 6th of Sivan 5767 (June 10, 1967). He fell in Kuneitra on the Golan Heights. He put down a wife. For his exemplary behavior in battles against the enemy he was promoted to captain after they fell. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Yagur. In “Thirty” Yagur published his diary in memory of four of his fallen sons – and he is among them. On the first anniversary of their fall, the agriculture published a pamphlet in their memory. Hakibbutz Hameuchad’s booklet “Who Fell in the War” was mentioned.