Goldenberg, Toby-Yom-Tov

Toby-Yom-Tov, son of Suzanne and Leon, was born on 12.12.1950 in Tel Aviv, twinning with his sister Sara Toby was educated in a religious kindergarten and began elementary school at the Alliance elementary school in Jaffa , And when the family relocated to Petah Tikva, he attended the Katznelson elementary school in Kfar Sirkin Toby continued his high school studies in the vocational training program at the Amal vocational high school in Petach Tikvah. Graduation. He was a handsome and mischievous boy, and even his little friends and kindergarten teacher knew that he was not as good as the tricks. At school, he was found to be a naughty animal. He loved pranks, was the focus of joy at every party and social event, and sometimes even played around in class. More than once his parents were called to talk to his teachers and he promised to improve his behavior. On one of his class trips to the Upper Galilee, during high school days, he was the first and best of the merry group, who liked to joke and “paint” the teachers and the manager with shoe polish. Toby was punished and sentenced to go home alone; But he bore his sentence and assumed full responsibility for the actions of the group. At the same time, he always stood on all counts and won good certificates. It was a wonder in the eyes of his teachers and teachers, how the mischievous boy stood in the pressure of examinations and even achieved such good grades. He was a very talented boy and even rejected a scholarship at the School for Gifted Children in Jerusalem, for his Lev was not rigidly taught. He was a sports fan and loved football very much. In Kfar Sirkin everyone knew that Toby would not miss a football game on Friday afternoon. Even when he was sick and exhausted, he appeared in gym clothes on the soccer field. On Saturdays he went to see the football matches of the team he admired, and did not even avoid traveling to distant places to watch her games. In his spare time, Toby worked in painting. He excelled in drawing and decoration, and carefully decorated the walls of his room and the walls of his class at school. On the eve of his induction into the Israel Defense Forces, he was a thin, slender young man with a black forelock and black eyes, mischievous, and was drafted into the IDF in early November 1968. His aspiration was to be a parachutist. His mother begged him to give up, and he volunteered for the Armored Corps. After completing basic training, he took a course in tank drivers and a tank gun course, and completed his training in both of them with a high grade. After a while he served in the north and was a member of an IDF force who infiltrated a Lebanese village and cleansed him of terrorists.Topi was known as a devoted and courageous soldier who was loved by his friends and commanders alike.In November 1971 Toby was released from the regular service with the rank of sergeant, In September 1972, Toby traveled to Munich to watch the Olympic Games, and in the summer of 1973 bought a car from his savings, but enjoyed driving for only a few months, all of which were interrupted in October. The Yom Kippur War, two emissaries knocked on the door of the Goldenberg family: a soldier brought Toby joined his unit and said, “When I return from the war, I will continue to work in the industry.” He was sent to the southern front, serving as a tank gunner in the Sinai battles, with courage and devotion to his fellow fighters. (October 16, 1973), was hit by a missile during the break-in to the postman. At first he was declared missing, but later he was laid to rest at the civil cemetery in Petah Tikva. Survived by a father, a mother and a twin sister. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of his unit wrote: “In the armored unit where he served,Toby excelled in his role as a cannon in a tank, and stood out for his professionalism and responsibility. His company broke out at the head of the forces and paved the way for our next forces in a daring and cruel battle. Toby fell in this battle. “