Orbuch, Shraga

Son of Tovah and Eliyahu. He was born in 1905 in the town of Szubacz, Lithuania, and was a member of the Hechalutz movement in 1923. His parents established their home in Ramatayim, where his father served as a shochet, While he lived for a while in Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha and then in the settlement of Magdiel, and in 1933 he was one of the first immigrants to the land of Moshav Ein Vered in the Sharon and was one of its founders, where Neta Pardes worked diligently and among his friends he was also known for his modesty and his constant willingness to help On 5.7.1938, on his way with three of his colleagues in the orchard Yachin, Arabs opened fire on them from the ambush Shraga turned to the well building in the orchard and there, sensing that his end was near, he wrote with trembling hands and blood on a piece of paper he had found on the spot, the words “It’s good to die for our country.” Shraga and Mordechai Licht were killed on the spot. “He spent twenty-two hours fighting for his life in a hospital, and on the following morning, on 7 July 1938, died of his wounds. He was brought to rest with his three friends in a mass grave in the mass grave in Tel Mond. He left a wife, a two-year-old boy and an eight-month-old baby.