Ivgy, Reuven Shimon (“Bajo”)

Ben Rachel and Moshe. Born in Ashdod on March 22, 1975, he was the youngest son of a family of eight, and Reuven attended Meron Elementary School in Ashdod and at the Makif Aleph High School in Ashdod, specializing in automotive mechanics. He was very interested in soccer, played in the youth teams and made them strong, the studies were very important to him, and he always wanted to prove his ability and succeed, but like many of my friends His age, often tried to check the boundaries that the school places, and took part in pranks. “… His actions led to conversations with him, in which he always proved to be an open and considerate boy, His professional graduation certificate reflected his excellent achievements and the great appreciation of his teachers, which brought him pride and respect, and Reuven grew up in a religious family, and at a young age he absorbed religious education and went with his father to the synagogue. He decided to return to the traditional way, which contributed greatly to the shaping of his personality: The rabbi of the neighborhood and the rabbi of the synagogue wrote: “… everyone loved him and appreciated him for his purity of heart and cleanliness. It should be noted that the commandment of ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’ in the full sense of the word. He loved his friends, rejoiced in their joy and shared their sorrow. He was always content with little and was not jealous of others. “He had a close and warm relationship with his family, and especially his love and great concern for his mother after his father’s death in 1989. Reuven joined the IDF in September 1993 and despite his family situation, volunteered for Golani. His volunteering stemmed from the desire to participate in the security activity for the northern communities. Reuven liked his service as a Golani commander, and he devoted himself to his soldiers and taught them the love of man, the love of the land and the love of Golani – the principles he believed in. His modesty was a name and his sense of humor, high morale, and joy of life. He was a respected and meticulous soldier, and his demands were very high and his soldiers were very high, he was admired and accepted by his commanders and subordinates, and stood out in his seriousness and professionalism as a personal example of his soldiers. , After a much shorter period of time than was required for this position, and he saw it On the 12th of Tishrei 5756 (October 12, 1995), Reuben fell in battle in Lebanon, when he was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Ashdod, followed by his mother, Miriam, Bruria, Zahava And Ilana, and three brothers – Michael, Eliahu and Yitzhak – were promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, and Reuven, “Baju,” as his comrades in the army called him, “when we went on the journeys, you pushed forward and helped the hardened soldiers. In the field, you always got on first like a panther, and we’re after you, looking at you and learning a lot from you. After the exercises and the trips, you always sat with us and started to laugh, but you always knew the line between laughs and serious work … You did not close your eyes at ambushes and your level of alertness was always high … You always worried about the ward and fought for it, so that we would receive everything we needed. ” On the first anniversary of Reuben’s death, the family donated a Torah scroll to his synagogue, which was placed in the “Kiddushi Israel” synagogue in Area C in Ashdod.