Kreuzer, Shlomo

Ben Shlomit and Rabbi Yehuda. He was born in the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem, on the 12th of Shvat 5743. The first son after four daughters and the “eldest” of four sons who were born after him. The nurses at the hospital called him “the king.” Shlomo was a sweet, smiling child, full of life and a soul that he liked. Shlomo grew up in Mitzpeh Yericho, located between the city of Ma’aleh Adumim and the Dead Sea. Until the fourth grade, Shlomo studied in the educational frameworks in the community of Mitzpeh Yericho and afterward moved with his fellow students to study at the religious Ma’ale Hatorah religious school in Ma’aleh Adumim. In high school, he attended Yeshivat Netivot Yosef in Mitzpeh Yericho. After completing his high school studies, he studied for two years in the hesder yeshiva in Safed, and later joined the army for full service. Shlomo was a talented, loyal, sensitive and devoted friend, generous and generous, modest, humble, outstanding student, outstanding basketball player, charismatic leader, rappelling enthusiast, diving and hiking enthusiast. He loved the country with all his might, “plowed” its paths along its length and breadth. Volunteered for Magen David Adom and served as a dedicated and responsible paramedic. Shlomo began his military service in the summer of 2003, in the Golani Brigade of the 12th Battalion, and from there he went to the squad commanders’ course. Afterward, he spent eight months training for squad commanders and then went on to the infantry officers course. He served as an outstanding officer in the Nahal Brigade and advanced to the position of deputy company commander, serving as a company commander in the Krov Battalion of the Kvir Brigade. “On Sunday evening, on the 2nd of Kislev 5768, Shlomo returned home from the army, and on his way he gathered from the” Makor Haim “school, “His younger brother Yishai and three of his friends. The first rain fell, and despite his cautious and slow driving, the military van slid down the wet road and crashed into the Binyamin Regional Council bus. Shlomo, Yishai and two of his friends – Ahiya Huri and Eitan Ornbach – were killed on the spot. Shlomo was twenty-four years old when he fell. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Givat Shaul in Jerusalem and was buried next to his brother. Survived by parents, four sisters – Yifat, Michal, Yael and Eilat and three brothers – Yitzhak, Hagai and Ariel. After his fall he was promoted to captain. Shlomo’s lovers produced a video that describes his character and the story of his life. The video appears online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMNJCV7dxpM.