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Herman, Mordechai (“Moti”)

Herman, Mordechai (“Moti”)


Son of Yeshayahu and Haviva. Born on 19 May 1948 in Tel Aviv, he studied at the Arnon School in Ramat Gan and at the Iron High School in Hadera and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. He knew the country well: he was an artistic photography enthusiast and he loved classical music, theater and opera, and his instructor at the agricultural school told him that he was “naive, enthusiastic and yet extremely mature and energetic. The courageous ties that he created with everyone who came into contact with him stemmed from his ability to sincerely express his thoughts and his words would come out of his Lev and enter into the Lev – – in society he became the champion of justice and always strongly claimed any injustice or injustice done to her. “His educator at the school, who taught him for three years, said that he remembers one of Moti’s first conversations, which he said he likes to do and create, to live in a society based on values ​​and to be active Once Moti invited his teacher to visit the field and at the time of the visit he turned to him and said: “I stole, plowed, sowed, and fertilized – and all I had to do was harvest. It’s up to you. The teacher-teacher was embarrassed at the time, because he knew how much Moti was devoted to his work, while he could not agree with his retardation in his theoretical studies, at the request of the parents, who were invited and heard from the teacher- Moti was persuaded not to neglect his theoretical studies because of his passion for practical work, and at the end of his memoirs, the teacher tells of a class reunion in which a monument to the fallen was called “Yad L’Bogar.” When Moti was given one of the memorial cards, That? “His answer was:” What question? First of all, I respect myself. “It was a week before he fell and in the morning of the funeral the mail order was received – a donation for the establishment of that monument, signed by Moti Herman, Moti was drafted into the IDF in August 1967 and during his regular service he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. He aspired to be an officer in a combat unit to lead his soldiers with courage and wisdom as Gideon led his soldiers. (The teacher-teacher wrote in a booklet that went out on the 40th anniversary of the school, because he wanted to see his students Gedonim, his students were buried, his boys were sunken, and his girls were efficient.) On Wednesday, 18.8.1969, After his death, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and the commander of his unit wrote to his parents in a condolence letter: “I met your son from close up, out of daily work and direct contact. I discovered in him the noble qualities that each of us, his comrades in arms, would be Simcha to be blessed with: courage, military discipline, a personal example of his subordinates and devotion to the mission. These were discovered in many cases in which he acted, such as the last time, when Mordekhai fell in the beginning to dismantle the explosive charges – with the intention of not hurting others or endangering others. “At the end of his letter, the commander wrote:” Your son fell for the achievement of achievements, Who fought our war. Dear parents, your son was a hero! “His parents published a book called” Moti “in memory of him, and they contributed to the establishment of a cultural room in his name in the farm of Neot HaGolan, founded by his classmates and Motti. The agriculture for the future.

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