Son of Thina and Benjamin-Amar. He was born in Jerusalem on the afternoon of the 25th of Cheshvan 5742 (22.11.1981), the second son after the brother Chaim-Israel. Upon his birth, the Jerusalem Municipality planted a tree in his name in the Jerusalem Forest. Ofir grew up and was educated in Jerusalem. He began his elementary studies in his neighborhood of Neve Yaakov, where he attended the Brandt State Religious School. At the end of third grade, he moved to the religious elementary school named after Rabbi Pardes and was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement in his local branch, where he completed his high school studies at the Himmelfarb High School in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood, where he completed his studies When he was born, Yair was Ophir’s “Sandwich Boy.” He loved music, especially the Beatles, and everything related to them, in addition to listening to Kevin and Elton In his last years he learned to play the piano himself and played for his pleasure, but most of Ophir’s spare time was devoted to basketball, where his true talent was revealed. Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Jerusalem and Elitzur on the Rene Cassin team, and on the team of Himmelfarb, in which he was one of the most prominent players and contributed greatly to winning the Israel championship in 1999. Ophir was a smart and sharp-minded boy, He was able to get his parents out of the difficult crisis in which they were suffering from the loss of the illness of their eldest son Chaim-Israel, when Ofir was eleven years old And a half. By the time he reached the age of fifteen, Ophir began working for Adidas, and the special relationship with the company and his employers deepened and became a significant part of his life. While combining work and studies, Ophir organized the “Street Ball” competitions – a large and colorful basketball event attended by thousands of teenagers and adults, during which there are showcase games, acrobatic performances, the ring competition and a three-point shooting competition. Ophir was involved in the organization of tournaments throughout the country – from Metula in the north to Eilat in the south – which required a meeting with mayors, city sports department managers and hotel managers in various cities. All this he did with great enthusiasm and success, showing considerable initiative and organizational skills and constitutes the living spirit. From the moment he began to organize sports events, Ophir’s home became Adidas: “The walls of the house were decorated with company symbols, and all the family members were dressed in her clothes.” After the fall, Joey and Michal, the company’s marketing managers, said: To work in the Adidas’ Street-Ball tournament in Jerusalem. From that moment on, he became involved in the brand activity in Israel and became a regular employee in organizing and running the company’s sports events. Throughout the year, on weekdays and holidays, rain and hamsin days, from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, every day Ophir accompanied us. The spirit of volunteerism and responsibility that characterized Ophir was reflected in his great involvement, his caring and the time and energy he contributed to these events. His open thinking and vision, along with responsibility and performance, contributed greatly to the success of the events. His great love for Adidas and its products was also reflected in the way he dressed and the way he influenced his immediate environment to consume the brand he loved so much. This character, responsibility and devotion, and his dominant personality, diligence and joy of life, will be in our memories forever. “Ofir was a prominent and respected figure wherever he came, a born, energetic and ambitious leader. In the future, which will greatly match his talents andHis character. Shaul Vidar, who taught in the 11th and 12th grades, said: “Ophir was known throughout the school as an outstanding athlete, the coordinator of the basketball team at the school, who led the school for the first time to the national championship of the schools In the summer of 1999. Despite the fact that the subject demanded time and effort, this did not harm his aspiration to excel, to succeed in his studies, and to achieve a good matriculation certificate, Where he performed a major role that reflected his great talent in drama and acting – one of several areas in which he was talented. His social status in the class was in the position of contributing a good mood and constant optimism to all his friends and teachers. “In March 2000, Ophir joined the IDF and was assigned to the Givati Brigade’s sabotage and engineering division. . He became attached to his friends in the unit, demonstrated great abilities and was motivated to serve as a professional and valuable fighter. The commander of the team, Lieutenant Ido Barkai, knows about a warrior who “was always full of joie de vivre and humor and always smiles.” It is not inconceivable that Ophir would go to an officers’ course and advance on the ladder of command. With the outbreak of the al-Aqsa intifada, the crews stopped their course and went down to the Gaza Strip. At first, Ophir was stationed with his company in Kfar Darom-Netzarim, and later in Dugit. On the 22nd of Tammuz 5761 (22.6.2001) at 16:22, Ophir fell in an operational activity in the Gaza Strip, and on the same day he went on a tour with a team of fighters from a post near Dugit, inside the fenced area surrounding the Jewish settlements in the northern Gaza Strip, A suspicious young man with Israeli license plates, who was entrenched in the sand and his men signal for help, Ophir and his team mate, Sergeant Aviv Isaac of Kfar Saba, approached the jeep, but then the Palestinians moved away and a few seconds later the vehicle exploded. A suicide bomber was found dead in the jeep and the vehicle contained a powerful explosive device weighing 35 kilograms. Ophir and Aviv prevented the terrorist from realizing his original intention – to reach Shikma Beach and explode among the hundreds of bathers who were in it at the time, and the military wing of Hamas, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack. He left his parents and brother Yair after his fall and was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and during the shiva the family home was visited by many consolants, among them people who had been in contact with Ofir during his years as the organizer of the sports events at Adidas. They came from all over the country and told the parents about the great and blessed work of their son. Captain Dolev Kedar, commander of the unit where Ophir served, wrote to the family: “Ofir’s friends described him as a prominent figure in the team, who is interested in all the minor details and shows exceptional professionalism. “The Dolev family embraces you and embraces you in its lap and salutes Ophir … May his memory be blessed.” Ophir was immortalized on the website of the Givati Brigade, in the chapter “Cones in our Hearts”. The Jerusalem Municipality dedicates to the memory of Ofir the graduation ceremony of the annual “Tournament Ball” tournament, a tournament that Ophir was one of its organizers and which is held each year at the Municipality Square in Safra Square. The “Hod ve-Hadar” congregation of the Masorti Movement planted a tree in memory of Ophir in the Jerusalem hills.
