Hirsch, Mordechai

Mordechai, son of Lea and Menachem Hirsch, was born in 1913 in Budos, Transylvania, Romania, to a religiously observant family. In 1939, he immigrated to Israel and joined Kibbutz Kfar Szold. Mordechai died on 10 Adar II, 21 March 1948, when an electric mine exploded as he was riding in a armored vehicle near Mount Canaan. He was brought to eternal rest in Kfar Szold, leaving behind his wife, Naomi, and two daughters.