Hirschberg, Yitzhak

Son of Yehudit and Yechiel, he was born on 28.6.1963 in Tel Aviv, where he studied at the Moriah Elementary School, continued in junior high school in Givat Shmuel, and completed his high school studies at the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva “Nativ Meir” in Jerusalem. He was active in the Bnei Akiva movement and lectured in national values ​​and spoke to his comrades, “We must work hard, adhere to values, suck from the deep roots of Judaism. It was not yet time to accept, to sue the state. We have to give, and only give it to her.” After completing his studies, Yitzhak preferred not to join the hesder yeshiva, but to enlist in an elite combat unit in February 1982. He enlisted in the Golani Brigade. During the period of his basic training, Yitzhak tried to excel in training, and he continued to fulfill his religious duties, and he took care of the others, helping a friend who did not meet basic training. Yitzhak completed his training in basic training, and Yitzhak was awarded a certificate of excellence. He received the medal of distinction he received, because he believed that the IDF should be given everything possible, without consideration and without distinction. Modesty was an inherent trait. After basic training, Yitzhak was about to join a paramedics course, but managed to avoid the course and join the fighting force in Lebanon. “Now is the time to fight, I will take the courses later,” he said. On 15 Av, August 4, 1982, when he was with the fighting force near the airport in Beirut, Yitzhak advanced in an armored personnel carrier when an enemy shell hit him and killed him. With him were his tefillin, prayer books, Chumash and Gemara Yevamot. He learned at every opportunity that came to him. “Yitzhak was an excellent soldier, disciplined, with aspirations to advance in the army, an idealist with a belief that difficulties did not deter him. He managed to stand out in his human uniqueness and his strong desire to fulfill his role as a fighter.” The commander of his unit wrote to his parents: “He excelled in basic training, and he wished to reach the commando unit. His qualities, his modesty, and his devotion to the cause can be learned from by his friends, who admired and admired him.” Yitzhak was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak,. He was promoted to Corporal. He left behind his parents, four brothers and two sisters.