Haim Rusak
Son of Avraham and Devorah. He was born in Rosh Hashana in the city of Slutsk in Russia, and his father, who was a tank soldier in the Red Army, fell in 1941 during the first days of the war and his mother wandered with her son to seek shelter and food for her and her daughter, He moved to Munich, where he found his relatives and immigrated to Israel in 1949. Haim studied at the Ponevich Yeshiva in Bnei Brak and later moved to the religious youth village in Kfar Hasidim. After completing his studies, The agricultural school “Aynot” had a tendency to painting and sculpture, and Haim used tractors in heavy mechanical equipment at “Mekorot” and while working on the tractor he painted and He searched for the possibility of expression and his rich imagination in painting and sculpture, and he did well to sing and accompany himself on the guitar, and among his hobbies was the collection of stones, which reminded him of figures of animals, humans and trees in different situations. In August 1955 he was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces and assigned to the Artillery Corps, where he served as a member of the Artillery Corps. Although he wanted to join the paratroopers, he was not accepted because of various restrictions. Only after his direct appeal to the chief of staff was he transferred to the unit where he desired, he took part in many reprisals, and in one of his wounds he was wounded in the thigh and during his recovery he participated in operations in Qalqiliya. To weave the mask of his dreams into a peaceful life after a wandering life. From time to time he went to reserve duty and even during the Six Day War called to reserve duty and on the second day of the battles he was on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (6.6.1967). Haim was praised by the Chief of Staff for his “courage and spirit of volunteerism” – and the action was described as follows: “On June 6, 1967, in the battle for the liberation of Jerusalem, Chaim fought in a paratroopers’ unit. In the course of the fighting, three buses carrying soldiers drove into an area under heavy fire from more nearby positions. The soldiers jumped out of the buses and took cover. When one of the soldiers was worried that one of the soldiers had been wounded and remained on a bus, Haim volunteered and broke into the vehicle to rescue him. He was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and the company commander wrote in a letter of condolence to his family: “Chaim was a dedicated soldier and was always willing to volunteer for any mission. In the last battle, too, he ran to save an injured friend’s life and then he was hurt himself. “The book” The Aryeh of a Man “by the paratroopers’ headquarters was dedicated to his history and the description of the last battle In the regional news published by the regional council of Emek Hefer, his name was commemorated, as well as in the booklet “Talmim”, the monthly magazine of the Moshavim Movement, in a pamphlet devoted to the sons and members of the moshavim who fell for the defense of the homeland during the Six-Day War. In the investigation conducted in 2017 it was emphasized that the Chief of Staff’s Citation awarded to Private Haim (Haim) YMCA) Rusk was converted to the decoration of courage
