,אֵ-ל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, שׁוכֵן בַּמְּרומִים, הַמְצֵא מְנוּחָה נְכונָה
,עַל כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה בְּמַעֲלות קְדושִׁים, טְהורִים וְגִבּורִים
כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ מַזְהִירִים, לְנִשְׁמות חַיָּלֵי צְבָא הֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Luke, Jonathan Asher
Ben Gail (Gittel Shulamit) and Dennis (Yohanan). He was born on August 18, 1978 in New York, United States. The second child in the family, a brother to Tirza, Bracha, Tzela and Ruth. In the first four years of his life he grew up in the United States, and in 1982 immigrated with his family to Israel. After two months at an absorption center in Ashkelon, the family moved to Rehovot, where Jonathan studied Hebrew and became an Israeli child. When Jonathan was six years old, his family moved to Nir Galim, where he grew up. He was shy, quiet and polite, playful, smart and kind. Yonatan learned his basic education at the Yavneh State Religious School and his special character as a student from his Israeli educator, Yefet: “I remember how you examine with eyes what I teach, without words, but with looks that say everything. In these conversations, I discovered that you are learning a lot, and especially at home with your father, whether it is reading, Mishnah, and Talmud … In the knowledge, you were among the leaders in the class, although never I can even say that you tried to think that you did not know enough, always with humility and shyness. ” Yonatan continued his studies at the junior high school on Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim, from where he moved to the Sha’alvim high school yeshiva, and later to the settlement yeshiva in Kiryat Shmona. In his youth, he belonged to the Bnei Akiva youth movement. By nature, Jonathan would challenge himself, and he would love to deal with them. Thus, when he was seven, even though there were no low baskets for the children on the basketball court in the moshav, he would practice long hours trying to throw the ball high enough to make a shot … It took a long time to get results, but he insisted, and finally managed to score. Over the years, Yonatan’s love for sport has also been manifested in soccer games, ping-pong, flying saucer, chess and karate studies. Jonathan enjoyed playing against good competitors, but also played against lesser competitors and invested in helping them move forward. Apart from all these pursuits, he even played an alto flute. The family was a very important factor in Jonathan’s life. He often voiced his regret that he had only four sisters, but was very attached to them. He was a very good friend with Tirza, almost two years older than him, and with Bracha, almost two years younger than him. He tried to teach Tirza how to play basketball by making sure she gave her an advantage. Later, he helped her very much as a new driver – she gave her advice and increased her confidence in driving. Lila and Ruth, a few years younger than him, had a great “big brother” with whom he played and raged, and with whom he went to get a haircut, buy shoes, movies or the zoo, and added them to his errands. Studies were important to Jonathan, but they were not everything. In junior high he excelled in the Gemara and Mishnayot. When he moved to the Sha’alvim high school yeshiva, he began to worry about whether he had grown up in a religious incubator and had decided to switch between a hesder yeshiva course and regular enlistment for three years, of course for a combat unit. He decided in favor of the hesder yeshiva in Kiryat Shmona, still in serious trouble. Rabbi Zephaniah Drori, the head of the hesder yeshiva, said: “Yonatan came to us and stood out with gentleness and natural modesty, the same treatment he had for his parents, who knew how to honor them and always made an effort not to harm them and to do what they wanted. In the room, where he was told, he would open up and express his opinion on many subjects, with a deep and deep understanding he had. ” In mid-June 1998, four months before his lay-outs were supposed to enlist, Jonathan left the yeshiva and enlisted alone. He entered the Haruv Battalion in order to serve the country in the best possible way, religious and secularThe two. “Yonatan grew up in a national religious environment and was important to the Land of Israel and the Torah of Israel, but no less than to Israel,” says Yonatan’s parents, “although he attended a religious elementary school and moved to a yeshiva He went to the hesder yeshivah in Kiryat Shmona, but like many of his friends at the yeshiva, he decided to sign a form 55 and volunteer for the infantry. He filed an appeal to raise his profile, and when he managed to improve his profile for 1997, he was accepted to the Haruv. Jonathan underwent basic training with great satisfaction and became a combat soldier in the battalion. The terrible tragedy of the advanced training, with the death of his company commander Captain Kobi Moati and Sergeant Eli Primovitz, was a great pain for him, and although he was among the few religious in the department, he never regretted his decision to leave the settlement. The state within the people of Israel. ” Yonatan fell in the course of his duties on the 5th of Elon 5759 (5.9.1999) and he is twenty-one. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in his moshav, Nir Galim. Survived by parents and four sisters. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz, wrote: “Jonathan served as a combat soldier in the Kfir Battalion of the Central Command, and was described by his commanders as a serious soldier who showed great motivation for his job and demonstrated peace of mind while carrying out his missions. Yonatan was always willing to help and help those around him at all times. “The commander of the brigade, Sammy Turgeman, eulogized him:” … as a fighter in the second platoon, you enjoy training, navigating, attacking and conquering. Look at your growing up as a warrior in the course of your journey and your adolescence as a human being, and be proud of you … You have come with us a long way in hard and arduous daily activity with the physical effort that you could … “Rabbi Zvi Arnon, Rabbi Nir Galim, eulogized him: The beautiful face is in front of our eyes, and we find it difficult to believe that we will not see you again … You were always happy to help, you had patience, modesty, the exact opposite of a proud husband. You are a member of a loving family, who loved you and you restored love to them … You dealt with mitzvot, prayers, respect for parents and all that entails … We will continue to speak to you, maybe only in a different language. Values you believed in. ” “We were sorry for you, Yonatan, our brother, and our son, you grew up in the company of our children, you were not like everyone else, because there are no two children of a similar nature, in their personalities. , In conversation, in studies and in prayer, followed by the parents, and the observance of the mitzva was as simple as … Yonatan’s parents took out a book bearing his name in his book, photos of his various stations, eulogies, memoirs and farewells. Wrote Daniel Jacob, a member of the yeshiva: “Silence is the greatest cry. You, Jonathan, have been especially characterized by your peace of mind. A gentle soul, withdrawn, not pushed, not erupting, sitting in the back. Silence has great value and special nobility. On the few walks we did together, you had your own secret language with your favorite views and unique to you. … You had a language that was beyond words. You talked a little, you did a lot. … I am proud to have been recognized and taught by a man like you. I am proud that I continue through the particular you label. I am proud that I am walking in your path, because life does not end with death. “Danny Setter, a member of Moshav Nir Galim, wrote:” Jonathan was a smart guy.He knew that he was, and yet he was humble, for this was the true greatness. I never heard him boast about his Torah knowledge. Yonatan was a guy with many great ideas and yet he was modest to publicize them. Jonathan was a pleasant guy, only a few could see in his manner of speaking in a quiet voice … I loved to hear his sincerity. … Especially my appreciation and devotion to his devotion to the mitzvah of tzitzit: even during the game he would not take off the tzitzit over his undershirt and under his shirt, despite the great experience. His friend, Amichai Shimoni, wrote: “… Jonathan always took care of his friends and seemed to feel a certain amount of responsibility towards them. “We did everything together: games, trips to the wadi, karate, and all of Yonatan was always in the front row. Because when Yonatan aspired to something, he did not rest for a moment, until he reached it … thanks to his investment, he forced us to improve, and thus made us better … “Four years after his fall, his friend Roi Yehezkeli wrote: You taught us Zionism, a smile, a good heart, tenacity. But your death taught us an important lesson. Your death taught us to listen, to be open, to be aware of the environment, to be attentive to the distress of the other. If you need to hug, throw a good word here and there. … May we get out of here and apply this lesson. “At the memorial ceremony held for Yonatan in the beginning of the year 5764, Raphael and Sartil spoke:” … from the shofar blasts you hear your silent blasphemy asking people to understand and listen. Which paved the way of your life and these are the qualities that we are required to stand here in front of your grave … “On the seventh anniversary of his downfall he eulogized Yonatan Ze’ev David:” … for me you were a symbol of Jewish firmness and uprightness, You … You have never compromised, you have to do and that’s it, and so, Jonathan, you would be modest in Pasht And we are not wise to understand this. ” “As a little boy who puts every finger in a small doll and talks to each other, and also as a boy who invests two hours in order, meticulously, hundreds of dominoes around the living room. … as a little naughty who teaches his sisters to climb … and a bigger mischievous man who goes wild in a pool without water and comes home with a big tooth in his hand and a big smile on his face … As a kind and tolerant child of seven who wakes up in the middle of many nights to bring me a crying baby, A heart that initiates, a thousand times, to accompany his little sisters … as a bar mitzvah boy who practiced and succeeded in reading the Torah without losing his voice … but as an adult … it is very hard to remember. We will continue to remember how much we lack, how much his life has touched us, but how much we thank God that we have been privileged to be with him for twenty-one years. ” Many commemorative actions were taken in memory of Jonathan. On the 28th of Elul 5765, in the new library at the “Kiryat Shmona Yeshiva”, a ceremony was held in which the parents dedicated a book of books (including two thousand books) to his soul, ; A plaque commemorating him appears in the synagogue in Nir Galim and donated to the synagogue signs in his memory that are placed on the Torah scrolls, as well as cards given to immigrants to the Torah on Shabbat and on good days; Jonathan’s friend, Danny Setter, wrote a book of poems about the weekly portions that were devoted, among others, to Jonathan; A member of Mislevim, Yossi Orlin,He donated a pointer on which Jonathan’s name was engraved on the synagogue of the Haspin yeshiva. Barbara and Leonard Goodman, the uncles of Jonathan’s father, contributed to the renovation of the kitchen at the Ohev Shalom Synagogue in Washington DC. The United States, and dedicated the kitchen to Jonathan’s memory. At the dedication ceremony, Aunt Bobby said, “We wanted to remember and commemorate the quiet but vital young man who loved his life, excelled in sports, was fearful of God and was so strict in his commandments that he was happy to his parents, sisters and extended family.” In 2008, the Locke family gave a donation to Moshav Nir Galim to rebuild the children’s train on which the children of the moshav dressed in the Purim procession travel on the Nir Galim paths, and there is a colorful and joyous parade every year, The family chose to commemorate Yonatan by building a new train, “Yonatan Train” – so that the joy that Yonatan is happy with the children of the moshav will continue for many more years.