Son of David and Sarah. Was born on January 31, 1950 in Magdiel, to parents who survived the Holocaust, and who lost their entire family. Studied at the elementary school in Magdiel and taught there that his shyness, when he was a boy, did not stem from mental restraints or dilemmas, but was the result of a devoted and consistent education that he received at his parents’ home. Another of his teachers, that Tzvi-Menachem was polite and pleasant with his teachers and friends alike. He always did his job quietly, out of moderation and consideration for others. He could settle any complicated matter with respect. His moderation and modesty never prevented him from forging fraternal relations with his friends. He always kept the boundaries of the accepted and allowed and never reached the point of unloading his games, because his judgment and sense of proportion knew how to choose the right one. The teacher added that his studies would have been taken seriously and meticulously. Humble and noble soul, and in all that is found he knew how to illuminate his surroundings and radiate from his personality. “There is no doubt,” the educator writes among other things, “that these virtues prepared him for his destiny in life and made him a commander and example in the IDF.” When he finished elementary school, the question of continuing his studies arose, and his father wanted to learn a profession, Which he wanted, the boy chose the printing profession and was sent to the printing school in Kfar Chabad. This pleased the father, because in addition to acquiring the profession, the boy chose a religious school and village. From his childhood, he was active in Bnei Akiva and volunteered for every mission of the “Bnei Akiva” branch in Kfar Chabad, and after he fell, his teacher and teacher wrote a list of Zvi-Menachem in which he noted the innocence and kindness of the boy. Among the things that were gathered in the pamphlet that appeared after they fell, one of the educators mentions his devotion to studies, his diligence in his lessons and his efforts to improve and always advance, and the author notes that he had an inner fear of God, which was expressed in prayers and observance of religious observance. Of Zvi-Menachem, who often helped members with modesty and taste As he behaved in the synagogue and in the classroom, his behavior was in the room and on the lawn, and he volunteered to help each of the shlichim with meticulous devotion and meticulousness, without complaint, and was satisfied with his life in the village. When he completed his studies in Kfar Chabad, he spent six months until his enlistment, and he used them to work in the HaPoel HaTza’ir printing press in Tel Aviv, so as not to be dependent on his parents financially. He was drafted into the IDF in February 1968. After completing basic training he came on vacation and told him that he had to go to the squad commanders’ course. A year later he announced that he had been sent to a certain course. But after a few days his father learned that he was taking a sabotage course. During his service he excelled as an excellent commander and a brave and beloved fighter for everything. After a certain period, Zvi-Menachem moved to the north and announced that he would not come home for two months, because he would have difficulty leaving them. From there he moved to the south and was responsible for the sector in the Jericho area. From there he would sometimes come to visit friends or a family in Jerusalem, and the parents received greetings from these visits. Finally, before he finished the job as the man in charge, he came home for a few days and said that the guys and he had to get down to the ditch. He then returned to the north and from there to the Jordan Valley. In the middle of Adar 2, 5729, he came home on vacation, but the next day he had to return to the camp, because once again he had to go back down to the ditch before he left early to pray in the first minyan,As soon as possible. On the 28th of Adar II 5704 (August 4, 1970), a sniper’s bullet fell in the area of the Suez Canal. He was laid to rest in the Magdiel cemetery. The commander of the unit wrote in a letter of condolence to his family, among other things: “Tzvi – a commander, an outstanding soldier, honest and fearful, loved by his soldiers and commanders, devoted to the people under his command. He was the driving force in his company, and was recently appointed as the sergeant’s sergeant in the company, a position that made him the father of many soldiers, all of whom did not stop praising him for the good and devoted care he dealt with. “As a person who believes that he has fulfilled the commandments as lightly as always, he has found the time and the way to combine the faith with the mitzva and the work. Gene words to comfort bereaved parents, but I want you to know that we, all of us, lost a brother and a friend, courageous and dedicated fighter, who fell while defending our dear least – the homeland “. After his fall, his family published a pamphlet in his memory, “Menahem HYD”, containing a biography of his teachers and educators, his neighbors and relatives.
