Lichtman, Shlomo (Shlomi)
Son of Shoshana and Israel. He was born on January 6, 1969 in Ra’anana. Shlomi attended the religious elementary school in Emunim in Kiryat Sharet and completed his studies in the Kfar Batya brigade. Then he decided to try kibbutz life. For about a year he lived on the religious kibbutz Sa’ad, left and continued to search for his way in a yeshiva in Jerusalem, but after a short period returned to his city, to Raanana. During this period he began volunteering, focused on it, and in doing so found his happiness. He was recognized by many in his city, by anyone involved in volunteering and anyone involved in one or another of the volunteers. Shlomi has become a symbol and example of doing for others. Shlomi the boy, and later the boy, was very active in the Civil Guard, which became his second home. He volunteered to help the immigrants at the absorption center and helped adults and children. Shlomi was a very religious fellow. In his civilian life, as well as in the army, his fringes appeared under the wing of his garment. An outsider did not like to sit at home, always hurrying, always running somewhere, rushing out among the people, and everyone was willing to help. He was an active member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and accompanied trips that needed security. All this did not prevent him from being active in the movement for the Russian immigrants, and he arranged for minyanim for prayer, ran prayer books that were missing in the synagogue, and distributed his own objects without any expense. Such was his young life, a special and different child. Like a hidden tzaddik. He taught the immigrant children Hebrew, and the children adored him and looked for his closeness. He was quiet, modest and introverted, but since volunteering and helping, he has become a central institution in his city. At the end of October 1987, he was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces and was transferred to the Armored Corps School, where he took a truck driver’s course, on the 14th of Adar 5738 (March 3, 1988), during his service and was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Ra’anana. Father, two sisters and brother – Avigail, Nava and Ofer In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander expressed his condolences to the family, his name and the soldiers’ name.
