Misgav (Hauptman), Chaim
Son of David and Mina. He was born on March 11, 1947 in Kiryat Bialik. He completed his elementary studies at the Bialik School in Kiryat Bialik and later became a guide to the “Ken” Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in Kiryat Hayim, where he studied at the “Sammat” school in Haifa. Was one of the most prominent members of the “Hashomer Hatzair” group. He settled in Kibbutz Lahav and was sent by the movement to serve as a counselor in the “Hashomer Hatzair” kibbutz in Be’er Sheva. son of Ne’eman was devoted to his parents in an unusual way. He was drafted into the IDF in July 1965. Haim was in the same regiment from the beginning of his career in the army, and his training in the sea and parachuting in the Negev made him ready for every mission, In the Six Day War, he fought with Brigadier General Mordechai Gur in the liberation of Jerusalem, and his friends knew that he was not eager for the army, and that for him the main thing was that the peace came, which he believed in so much – After the liberation of Jerusalem, his battalion was flown to the Golan where he participated in the battle On February 26, 1969, while on guard duty, he encountered a squad of terrorists and harassers and among them he found his death in an ambush in the Jordan Valley. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. His friends talked about him as someone who always ran ahead of them, who acted and acted – and without complaints and grievances, as one who says to help others and enjoys this good deed. He always thought about the other. Chaim was known as a man and as a Jew who fulfilled the hopes that his parents had attached to him: he fulfilled the commandment of honoring a father and mother and acted out of kindness and clear mind. Loved by all those who knew that the breadth of his Lev and the humor that dwelled in him – would conquer all those around him. He was both cheerful and serious. During his funeral, his commander noted that Chaim had stood out from all his friends with his modesty, his courage, and his friendship, and the entire company saw him as an example and a symbol. In the 1930s, his mother was removed by the mother from the pile erected in his memory at Kibbutz Lahav. A booklet entitled “Chaim” was published by the “Ha – Shomer ha – Tsa’ir” kibbutz (communal group). One more booklet was published in his memory on the second anniversary of his death.
