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Komi Menashe (Manny)

Komi Menashe (Manny)


The fourth son of Aviva and Rahamim. He was born on September 18, 1985 in Moshav Aminadav, near Jerusalem. Brother to Einav, Hagit, Liron, Haim, Chen, Or and Yaakov. Manasseh – Manny in everyone’s mouth – was born in Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, the son of a male after three daughters and the joy was great. At the age of 18 months, Manny began to visit the Naamat residence in Moshav Aminadav, and at the age of three he moved to a kindergarten in the moshav. At the age of six he went to first grade at the Maimon religious public school in Jerusalem and studied there until the eighth grade. Manny was a quiet, gentle boy, relaxed and relaxed. He magnetized everyone around him with his conquering smile and was friendly and loved by everyone. A caring child who respects others, especially older people. Even in adulthood he looked down at a conversation with his elders. Giving and helping were part of it. He was very fond of soccer, played in the moshav with the children and the adults, and from the age of eight he left the team because of the father’s kidney disease, and from the age of eight he was supposed to take a three-day trip to Eilat on 11.11. Before he left, he asked his father to lend him a mobile phone for a walk, so that he could keep him in contact with the family all the time.I offered him my personal phone, Manny insisted not to take my device and said, “Dad, you need more mobile than me.” About an hour and a half after Manny left for a walk, they called me from the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital and informed me that I had a kidney for a transplant. He had a special relationship with his parents, and he had a special relationship with his father, and since childhood Manny was careful to visit his father’s grandparents who lived in the moshav and to greet them with a good morning greeting. “Ort Yami” in Ashdod, where Meni was a modest, shy, quiet and understated man who loved to sing Mediterranean music, Jewish music and sacred music, and his impressive appearance reflected his delicate and rare personality. He had a sense of humor and a charming smile. At the age of seventeen he began to correspond with Vicky Azualus, a student at the school where he studied. Their relationship slowly developed and developed into a great love and courageous friendship. Vicki wrote: “We knew that our love was so strong and that distance was the last thing that would separate us, we were so together that sometimes it was strange for us too … We worked together, slept together, got up, drank, ate together. A love that you do not see every day, a love that is not dependent on anything – true love … I remember the Sabbath walks, the trips to Eden, Avivit or Yoni, where we were not even when we were just going to the grocery store to buy chocolate at 2 AM I try to remember Something bad but I do not have … kindness and innocence were so deep in you that you could not change it. ” In his school yearbook he wrote: “A scarf in the winter always wears the name Vicki and his heart is captivating / Beitar Jerusalem in his water and in the fire / when he is with the ball it is an exciting sight.” And more: “Maybe he looks innocent and quiet. Only a chatter / ‘Zanga’ is his second name, and the special / apparently Zion will call him that forever. A nice and charming boy and all the time with a smile on his face. “When he completed his studies, Menashe decided to work until his army service and to help his parents economically, as he did during the summer vacations, To the extent that he was given a vehicle to market and distribute caterers, despite his young age.Mani joined the IDF on March 31, 2004, wanted to be a combat soldier and be accepted to the Border Police. Manny aspired to be an officer. After aEli Chakul, a member of the military service, said that Shamni tried to complete his basic training with honors and dreamed of being accepted to a course for commanders and detective officers. . On September 21, 2004, in a phone conversation with his father, his father warned him of an Arab woman wearing a veil, and the next day Meni and his friend, A police officer from Moya (Yonatan) Tehiu, both Border Policemen, at the inspection post of the fenced-off station at the French Hill intersection in Jerusalem. At approximately 15:40, when the station compound was crowded with dozens of civilians and soldiers, they noticed a Palestinian girl dressed in black, wearing a veil and carrying a bag, trying to pass through the inspection post. She aroused their suspicion, they told her to stop and left the post. The young woman refused to open the file, which turned out later, carried five kilograms of explosives, which she intended to blow up in the crowd. A delay by Mani and his friend caused the terrorist to detonate the explosive device earlier than planned. Thus, the two policemen prevented their bodies from being attacked more severely and the lives of many civilians were saved. Large forces of Magen David Adom evacuated some thirty wounded from the scene of the attack to the hospitals. Mani, who was critically wounded, was rushed to the nearby Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus, but died of his wounds. A police officer from Moya (Yonatan) Tehiu was also killed in the attack. The commander of the Jerusalem District, Major General Ilan Franco, who arrived at the scene of the incident, praised the policemen and said: “The activity of the border police at the junction prevented a very heavy attack in the area of ​​stations Bus with dozens of people. ” Menashe Komami was killed on September 22, 2004. He was laid to rest at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, close to his cousin and friend Raanan Kumami, who was killed in the Shayetet operation in Nablus a year earlier. Menashe Komami left behind his parents, four sisters and three brothers, and was raised to the rank of lieutenant (second sergeant). Manny and Rani (Raanan) lived close together in the moshav and were close friends. Heavy mourning descended on Moshav Aminadav When the terrible disaster became known, dozens of friends and family members visited the Komami family home. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra, Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi, Jerusalem District Commander Ilan Franco and Border Police Commander Major General Hussein Fares, whose family and acquaintances were not surprised to discover such heroism. “He never feared anything, This mission is certain he carried out without fear, “they said, and Manny’s father wrote:” You are up there in heaven and we are down here missing. / The parents, brothers and friends. We remember your image. / With your charming smile and your life sacrificing others / And for a moment you did not think about the parents, brothers and beautiful life. / We left the stunned and painful soul up there in heaven. “Ovadia Yaakov, Menashe’s uncle, said with tears:” I asked him, ‘Do not go to the Border Police, go to another soldier. He did not hear from me and told me that he loved this corps. ” Shlomi Morad, Mani’s cousin, eulogized him: “When you told me that you were going to the Border Police, I did not understand why, today I know. As someone who knew you closely, I know you could be trusted with your eyes closed. You always gave yourself for others. This time you went all the way with your credo and gave yourself. “Shlomi signed the eulogySea “flower”, “smile” and “hero”. His commander, Superintendent Rabah Jamal, spoke of Manny’s laughter, his embarrassed smile, and his deep gaze. “In your heroism,” he eulogized him, “you made us proud that we were in uniform.” “A tall and humble fellow,” described Eli Hakmon, the secretary of Moshav Aminadav and a friend of the family. From the words of Roi, a member of the army, who met Manny in the last two months of his life: “Two months in which I got to know a wonderful person – you Manny – with the constant smile that will never be erased from your face. I remember how on the day of your birthday, on Friday night, we were on duty in the city and served and danced like crazy, and how we called each other ‘a rookie rookie,’ and how on the day of the attack you received the abbreviated M-16 and said To me that you are not as enthusiastic about the shortener as I am and like the friends who received it long ago … “In Aminadav a monument was erected in memory of the two cousins ​​- Nani and Mani Kommi – who fell by a gap of about a year. A Torah scroll donated by philanthropists in memory of Manny was placed in the “Ohel Mo’ed” synagogue in Aminadav. Every year on Sukkot a tournament is held in memory of Manny, and the family awards trophies to the winners. Also, for his commemoration organizer of the Border Guard annual bicycle journey. In addition, his father developed a patent for lockers MENI MAGIK LOCK.

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