Lifshitz, Yedidya
Yedidya, son of-Ruth and Aryeh-Zvi, was born on July 29, 1937 in Jerusalem. He completed his elementary and high school studies at the Horev religious school in Jerusalem. He later became a member of the religious movement “Ezra” and served as a guide. He was also a member of the “Elitzur” sports organization and was mainly involved in the swimming industry with great honors, and in the long jump branch. He also studied at the Kol Torah Yeshiva in order to deepen his knowledge of Judaism, and devoted much of his spare time to trips and tours around the country. He liked to explore new places and landscapes and thus to learn more about the country and its sites. Didi, as everyone called him, was a pleasant, humble boy, loved by people and simple in his ways, always able to conquer his temper and rule in every situation, and even when he was insulted and insulted, he could restrain himself and not degrade his insult. He was welcoming to others and always willing to help a friend who needed help. He was naturally honest and honest, never evaded responsibility for his actions, always said what was in his Lev, and everyone knew that everything he said and every opinion he expressed was correct and true. Even his name attests to his character: Yedidya – the friend of God, and indeed he was; Her friends fear Gd and observe His commandments. Yedidya was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1956. After completing a series of courses, he became a combat soldier in the paratrooper Nahal Brigade. In 1959, Yedidya was released from regular service and began working as a cafe manager in Jerusalem. At the same time, he began studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jewish History and Political Science. In the course of time he married a wife and established a family and a home in Jerusalem. He had sons and he taught them to the commandments and faith in God the God of Israel. He was an exemplary father and husband, loved his family, devoted and loyal to her. From time to time he would go on reserve duty and during the Six-Day War he participated with his brigade – the Jerusalem Brigade – in battle over the Mount of Olives and Hebron. On September 23, 1973, her friends were drafted into reserve duty and sent to a “petting” post on the banks of the Suez Canal. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, the outpost was attacked by Egyptian forces, and the men of the outpost were deployed to defend their stronghold. They fought as lions, few against many, but their strength did not stand and when the outpost was forced to surrender and to be captured by the Egyptians. On the 7th of Tishrei 5740 (October 7, 1973), in captivity, the soldiers noticed that some of their friends were missing and their friends were among them. On October 20, 1973, her friends were declared missing and at the end of January 1974 he was declared a disappeared. In August 1974 he was found dead and brought to rest in the Mount of Olives cemetery. He left behind a wife and three sons, a parents, a brother and a sister. After being shot down, he was given the rank of corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the unit wrote: “Yedidya was among our ranks and fought valiantly in the” caress “stronghold on the Suez Canal. Always with us. ” His family donated a sum of money to build a doctor’s room at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, which was dedicated to the memory and commemoration of Yedidya’s name.
