Ben Yona and Shalom. He was born on March 4, 1951 in Herzliya, to a family of Yemenite immigrants. Moshe attended the Bar-Ilan elementary school and the Or Etzion High School. Moshe was drafted into the army in early February 1969 and was assigned as a combat soldier in a paratroopers unit. In his unit he fought in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. During his service he married Ziona, the choice of his heart. Their wedding ceremony took place in the Nahalat Tzvi Synagogue in the midst of the Yom Kippur War, after which Moshe returned to the front and fought in the Suez Canal. The couple set up their home in Herzliya and the family expanded when their daughters joined – Ravit, Liron, Hadar, Sivan and Na’a. At the beginning of June 1974, Moshe joined the ranks of the career army and served in the field units, as commander of the Adoraim camp, and later as a supply officer, as maintenance officer and head of equipment. In 1988 Moshe moved to serve in the Ordnance Corps. A year later, he completed his industrial and management studies at the School of Production Engineering of the Institute of Productivity and Production. He received a qualified technician degree and was appointed Head of Training and Training Section at the Chief Maintenance Officer Headquarters. In 1994, Moshe was promoted to lieutenant colonel, after a career of twenty years. Moshe was described by his commanders as a devoted and loyal officer to the IDF, professional, pleasant, friendly and friendly to the people, and the chief maintenance officer at the time, Brigadier General Michael, wrote: “Throughout his service in the IDF, And in his last position he was one of the pillars of the Chief Maintenance Officer’s Command in the field of training and training the next generation of the corps, and was known for his great experience and meticulous attention to all the small and large details, all with great skill. He always smiled, and even in his most difficult hours he did not complain, he would be happy to help and help others in any way, himself , Good word and good works. ” Avi Zamir related: “… he was happy to be ‘old’ – with the experience, the wisdom of life (and the ability to make real coffee in every situation), and the ‘boy’ – the joy of life, motivation and physical fitness. His qualities and diligence … He managed to navigate the team and to derive from each one his advantages and knowledge … A caring person, it was very important for him to do his job in the best possible way, and especially can not tolerate making decisions that are not practical or unprofessional … “Sergeant Avraham Feithi wrote to him:” … The establishment of an industrial and management technician course at the maintenance school was successful thanks to your actions, Moshe. The positive vision and the desire to help a person were your crowning glory. You often said to me: Pass me crazy whenever you want for the apprentices. I met resistors who saw you in six weeks as an apprentice. They pointed at you and said to me: ‘I owe a lot to this young man, because of him I made progress in life.’ You were a walking school, you understood all the fields and bought others from your experience and knowledge. When I was called by officers and commanders from all the corps on the subjects of study and everything related to them, and I did not know how to answer, I turned them to you and to all of them, your ear was attentive. “Moshe was attentive and devoted to his family with devotion and love. The family life took place peacefully, with a warm atmosphere and with great warmth, and Moshe was a supportive and attentive husband and father, and he gave respect and appreciation to his parents. Relationships with the extended family were nurtured, and it was always true To reach out to the needy, whether by deed or by good word, he never asked for anythingIn return. His family was a model of unity and support, familiar and loved in her neighborhood, and her place was never absent from the synagogue on family occasions and holidays. His sister-in-law, Batsheva, wrote: “You missed us on Sabbath evenings around the table with all the jokes, and how in the evenings on the staircase with a cup of coffee and of course cigarettes, we sat together to tell stories together and talk about our daily affairs.” “Every Shabbat we memorized the mishnayot, we prayed Mincha and Arabic together at every opportunity, so you gave me the feeling of a great man, so I tried to communicate with you,” wrote the nephew, Boaz, “not only an important uncle, but a substitute for a father, a friend and a teacher. The time spent in your presence taught me a lot, and until the end you returned glances, looks of education and love … “Moshe aspired to cultivate and preserve as much as possible the customs of the Father’s house and the tradition on her knees was brought up. He was careful to pray and read the Torah and singing the Sabbath songs in his clear voice was heartwarming. On the 16th of Av 5754 (16.7.1994), Moshe died of a serious illness and died at the age of forty-three, and in his last year he suffered a great deal of suffering, Death, with the terrible disease that came upon him, and slowly destroyed his body for a long year full of suffering and terrible pain, and with all this, the self-perfection in which he accepted it and comforted all his loved ones and loved ones who saw fit and needed to be fed and encouraged … Comes from the hospital to the central synagogue at Tel Hashomer for morning prayers, after long and exhausting treatments with a smile on his face and a pleasant and soft expression. He put on tefillin and prayed … “Moshe was brought to eternal rest in the Herzliya military cemetery. Survived by Raya, five daughters, a mother, three brothers and two sisters. His widow and daughters commemorated the introduction of a Torah scroll to the Shivtei Israel synagogue in Herzliya. His friends in the unit commemorated his purchase of a parochet in the central synagogue of the Tel Hashomer camp and a memorial corner in the camp’s lab building. His daughter, Liron, wrote: “… We just started to spend time with you in the last few years, and you’ve already got the disease, you said you’d be brave and you’ll be fine, you were optimistic for us, you said you did not cry next to your mother so you would not break down. I taught me to help others at all times, you taught me to stick to the goal and taught me to be honest, and now that you are not there, I have a void in me that will never be filled unless I come back … I have a terrible void inside me for losing a father so wonderful … “His daughter Hadar wrote: The wind blew / blew as if nothing had happened / The tree rustled and sighed / My father, father of light / Oh, what a pity for a dead father / The Spirit said to me / Overcome the challenge / God sent me / Send me to bring you a word or two / Father brought from heaven, The words are: / Love you that I will remember / I will not forget / And I started crying, crying and suddenly the wind came back and sent a hot kiss … “
