Olha, Meir (Monosh)

Meir (Monosh), son of Zehava and Yosef, was born on 25.7.1948 in Rehovot. He attended elementary school and the Remez High School in Rishon Letzion. Meir was a good student, diligent and disciplined, very clean and tidy, keeping his clothes clean and cleaning his notebooks. By nature he was energetic and active, worked a lot in the yard of the house, built a pool for swans, raised flowers and built the house and expanded with his own hands. At the same time he had a sensitive soul, wrote poems, played the guitar and loved to sing. Meir was very friendly and easy to make friends. His friends loved him very much for his dedication and his willingness to help anyone who turned to him. His hand was broad and he never returned a man’s face empty. Kindness was good for all. He had a sense of humor and was a lot of joking and joking and he liked to make pranks. Everyone remembers him as an optimistic, cheerful and Simcha person, above all honest and honest and true to his word. He was courteous and polite, gentle and pleasant. He always aspired to perfection, insisted on matters of principle and knew how to stand his ground. Every task and challenge he set for himself was as good as he could and tried to succeed in them. Meir was drafted into the IDF in early May 1966 and assigned to the infantry. He was a good soldier, responsible and dedicated to his job. His commanders wrote about him in his opinion, who was “a good professional, performed his job to the satisfaction of his superiors, efficiently and with dedication.” He was exemplary disciplined, quiet, obedient and accepting authority. For his participation in the war in 1967 he was awarded the “Six-Day War”. For a while he was one of those serving in the career army. After he was released from regular service he was assigned to the Armored Corps and later to the Ordnance Corps and became a metal deaf in a recruiting workshop. In 1972 he married his girlfriend Miriam, and just as he was always loyal to his parents, he was a devoted husband to his wife and a father very fond of his daughter. When the Yom Kippur War broke out Meir was sent with his unit to Sinai. On the first day of Sukkot, on the 11th of Tishrei 5734 (October 11, 1973), he fell in a battle that took place in the northern sector, on the “Mars” axis. The enemy planes attacked a convoy of vehicles, hit his car, and Meir was killed on the spot. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Rishon Letzion. He left behind a wife and daughter, father, mother and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Meir served in an armored unit and fulfilled all his duties with honors and honors. During his service, he held responsible positions in his profession. He liked his commanders and friends and served as an example of his dedication and behavior. “