Langsam, Chaim

Haim, the eldest son of Yenta and Yehoshua, was born in Tel Aviv on October 5, 1948. He completed his elementary studies at the “Nezer Etzion” school in Petah Tikva, and as part of the school he won a scholarship to study Torah , In the name of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchak Stampfer z “l. He completed his high school studies at Yeshivat Nahal Yitzhak in Moshav Nehalim, near Petah Tikva, where he studied in the real track. During his studies he was an active member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. In the months that remained until he enlisted in the IDF, he studied bookkeeping and even gave him a certificate of completion, and Haim was drafted into the IDF in mid-February 1967 and assigned to the Medical Corps. During his service he underwent a paramedics course and a combat paramedics course. In the Six Day War he served in the Golani Brigade, which fought in the Golan Heights. In mid-February 1970, when Haim completed compulsory military service, he went to Tel Aviv University to study mathematics and physics. Along with his academic studies, he studied computer programming and worked in the field of computers. In 1972 he married and moved to Rehovot. On the eve of the Yom Kippur War, on October 5, 1973 – Haim’s birthday, he had a daughter. On Yom Kippur he went to the Torah on the birth of his daughter, whose name was Revital, and on the evening of that day he joined his unit, which was evacuated to the Sinai front. In his position as a combat medic he was stationed in an armored unit and participated in the bitter battles against the Egyptians. On October 14, 1973, while treating the injured under fire, he was hit by a shell explosion and fell. He was brought to eternal rest in the Petach Tikva cemetery. Survived by a wife and daughter, parents and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Rabbi Baruch Shimon, Rosh Yeshivah Nachlat David, wrote: “Life merged with him the attributes of the Lev with the vessels of wisdom, for he loved school and study and had a good Lev and good nature. In the weekly shiur of the Gemara, Chaim would ask and answer as a matter of course, in a deep understanding, but he would not be arrogant, modest and humble, And the honor of your friend is as good as yours, and many will tell how the good of his friend has favored his own. In a condolence letter written by his family commander, it was said: “Life’s actions and perseverance served as a source of strength for his comrades, and Haim was loved and accepted by his comrades and commanders.” In memory of the yeshiva students who fell in the war, among them Chaim, a Torah scroll was written, which was placed in the synagogue at the Nahal Yitzhak yeshiva in Moshav Nehalim and a Torah library was opened. Every year, Tel Aviv University grants a student scholarship in the name of Chaim z “l.