Har-Zahav, Benjamin (“Benny”)

Son of Yitzhak and Zahava. He was born on the 22nd of Adar 5717 (22.2.1957) in Tel Aviv. He studied at the Bar-Ilan School in the city. After graduating from the 11th grade, he returned to Tel-Aviv, where he graduated from high school, where he graduated from high school. He was a member of the “Shuba” tribe of the Bnei Akiva movement in northern Tel Aviv and became more and more active in the movement, and was very enthusiastic about trips to the tribe of Yehuda, In which the geography course at Midreshet Nehalim devoted his final thesis to the subject: “Judean desert and the Dead Sea.” Benny and his friends had a distinctly military character for trips involving boys only. The nature and special qualities of my son enchanted his friends, he loved nature and life, and even when he was serious, there was a look of mischief on his face, and in cheerful circumstances he laughed in a free and infectious laugh. A few days after he entered the kalat, he returned home and declared with a smile: “I joined the paratroopers!” He was blessed with excellent physical ability, and that alone was enough to make him a good soldier. All obstacles. As for the status of my son in his unit, his company commander testified: “Within the department, because of his independent opinions, he was one of the leaders who set the social standards – what is right and what is not. He was one of those who, in a confrontation with us, the commanders, all of them looking at him, saying something, that he would be the “official hello.” At the beginning of his career in the paratroopers he was injured in a road accident. He completed his training with his friends and did not give in. The unit told tales about him, how he continued to practice, with his hand in a cast, and finally did not lag behind his friends, completed a course of officers and was decorated with the rank of Corporal, But for some reason he did not go. “He intended to take part in a new course, and in the meantime returned to his regiment, for guidance, he loved his subordinates, and they rewarded him with a great deal of esteem on the day of 23 Iyar 5737 ) N The son of a member of the Israeli army, was killed in the crash of a helicopter in the Jordan Valley, killing 54 soldiers, and was brought to eternal rest in the military section of the cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak, As well as the publication of a memorial book called Beni.