Son of Leah Yente and Eliezer, was born in Jerusalem on May 5, 1957. The father, a Holocaust survivor, immigrated from the Czech Republic, and at the age of five his father, Of the Jewish Agency, and spent four years in the United States, where he began his elementary studies at the Etz Haim school and joined the Bnei Akiva movement, and when he returned to Jerusalem, he studied at the elementary school of Rabbi Uziel. He moved to the Nativ Meir high school and excelled in his secular and Torah studies at this institution His father was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement in Ramat Eshkol, and in 1974 he completed his high school studies and joined the hesder yeshiva in Kiryat Arba. In this capacity he enlisted in the IDF and served in the Armored Corps, dividing his time between basic training in the IDF, yeshiva studies and short visits to his home in Jerusalem. My father regularly corresponded with his father, and in one of his letters, in preparation for Rosh Hashana, he made a mental calculation: “As far as I remember the month I spent in the army, I did not evade any role. On July 23, 1975 he joined the hesder yeshiva. He passed a series of courses, including a tank driver course. He was promoted to the rank of corporal and after four years of service, he was discharged from the army, and his commanding officer stated: “An excellent and dedicated soldier, an excellent tank driver.” After completing his mandatory service he began studying at the Kollel Avrechim in Mevasseret Zion. When he completed his studies, he was offered an educational mission abroad, but he refused, and he saw his mission in educating the younger generation in the development towns, and together they hoped to go to work in Kiryat Shmona, Then to the repeated attacks of terrorists across the border, and Avi had a deep thought and a lot of interest in the halakhah connected with the Yishuv of Eretz Israel Year old on this topic and preached, where he discovered his eloquence. With the outbreak of the Lebanon War, on 06/06/1982, was recruited for reserve duty with his unit up front in Lebanon. He was driving a tank commander. On June 10, 1982, when his unit advanced in the area of Lake Karoun, one of the tanks was hit. My father felt relieved of injuries, but he was hurt himself and for a few days he was considered absent until his body was found. On June 21, 1982, Avi was brought to the cemetery in Givat Shaul, near his mother’s grave, where he left behind a wife, a father, an adoptive mother, two brothers and three sisters. Defense Minister Ariel Sharon wrote to his parents after his fall: “My father was a brave fighter, an excellent tank driver, a loving and devoted friend.” His commander told him: “He excelled in his job and performed his duties both professionally and professionally.” In memory of Avi, Avi Chai “, chapters on his life and his thought, chapters on Torah topics in which he was interested in his life, and lessons that were recited during the Memorial Day, The Avi-Chai Foundation, which supports the students of “Merz”, has set up a general library in his honor, and a foundation was set up in his honor, For the construction of “Nachlat Avi Chai” housing, near the yeshiva in Mevasseret Zion where he studied.
