Harazi, Aviva

Daughter of Shim’a (Tziona) and Yosef, was born on July 8, 1962 in Moshav Eliachin in Emek Hefer, where her parents immigrated to Israel from Yemen in 1949. Aviva was the sixth of her eight-year-old family, And continued her studies at the Tzafrir boarding school near Lod. But Aviva chose to study near her parents’ home, so she returned to Elchin. She graduated from the Tachkemoni High School in Hadera. Aviva was a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement. During her high school years, Aviva volunteered for various activities in the local community center: folk dancing, handicrafts, sports, singing, and Aviva volunteered to serve in the Civil Guard. She was very active in managing her household, hardworking and good-hearted, and she was interested in everything that was going on around her, energetically and wisely. When she was in the twelfth grade, her parents pressed her to sign the petition She signed her declaration so that her parents would not continue to bother her about it during her studies, but when she finished school and the time for her enlistment in the army was terminated, Aviva canceled her signature on the declaration, arguing that ” In 1981, Aviva enlisted in a combat unit, but she was placed in a food base, went through a clerical course, and in February 1981 she was promoted to corporal. On the 22nd of Shevat 5742 (February 2, 1982), when she was home, Aviva was late in the morning to get up from her bed. The mother, accustomed to seeing her daughter getting up, went to wake her up. She found Aviva dead. A medical examination revealed that she died in her sleep from cardiac arrest. Aviva was 19 years old when she died. “Aviva was well known for her modesty, devotion and diligence, and was involved in her role, her friends, and showed a spirit of volunteering in areas beyond her defined role. Aviva was laid to rest in the military section of the Moshav Elihin cemetery. She left behind her parents, five sisters and two brothers.