Meir, Aaron

Son of Meir and Tova. He was born on May 17, 1957 in Be’er Sheva. He studied at the Beersheva Comprehensive High School, the mechanics track, and the Air Force Technical School in Haifa. Aaron was a favorite of all his friends and teachers in the high school. A goat was his desire to learn and progress. As his brother says: “This was the most Yaffa period of his life, he was a very popular student and admired by all the girls.” Aharon was a member of the Scouts youth movement and took part in the Negev youth march in 1968, as part of his activities in the youth movement. In the framework of the Gadna, he went on a national service at Kibbutz Ein Harod, where he worked as a sports enthusiast, and was a sports enthusiast, and he was an excellent sportsman, and was awarded numerous certificates for his athletic achievements. After a short period of time, because of the disconnection from his beloved family, he decided to stop his studies, and he became prominent in his career, and after a severe crisis he decided to stop his studies. At that time, the Yom Kippur War broke out: “During the war, we worked together in the hospital to help the wounded “Amnon says,” Aharon was a man who was not allowed to be at the front and that he was not yet serving in the IDF, and after a short period of time Aharon began to work in his brother’s grocery store and made a fortune in the business world. All of the merchants and suppliers in Be’er Sheva and in practice managed the family business … We knew that the time for enlistment in the IDF was approaching, and therefore we took advantage of our leisure time to enjoy our daily activities. “Aaron devoted all his energies to the family framework. As a son of older parents he showed deep concern for their health, and after his brothers and sisters all married, and he remained the only son in the house, devoted himself to his parents and helped them all, love He had a particular mother. Her health worried Aaron, and he tried to be beside her at any hour. Aharon was drafted into the IDF in May 1975. After completing basic training, he was sent to a unit of the Armored Corps in the Negev, and he was sent to the IAF base and was able to come to his home too In the unit, Aharon played a role of doubt, a work he had experienced in his civilian life, and the way he fulfilled his duties as the will of his commanders On March 27, 1977, Aharon fell while carrying out his duties. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Beersheba. Survived by his parents, five sisters and four brothers. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Aharon served in the unit as a food supplier, and it was a hard physical work that required a lot of responsibility, and he always knew how to smile and make everyone laugh. Justice, what he thought and his criticism of the surroundings he knew to raise without any fear or restriction. ” His family donated a Torah scroll to the Aharon-Meir Synagogue in its neighborhood.