Oren-Uri Biton
Son of Amram and Livneh, Oren was born on September 24, 1975 in Ramla. When he was five years old, his parents joined a group that established Yakir in Samaria, and Uri grew up and was educated in Yakir. He attended elementary school in Kedumim and continued at a high school yeshiva in Karnei Shomron. When he reached the army, Uri decided to enlist in the “best combat team there”, but before that he wanted to receive a “spiritual package” for the way he chose to join Uri’s pre-military preparatory program. Between learning Torah and serving in the army, Uri moved to the hesder yeshiva in Maalot, where he received a great deal of devotion to these children, and he thought that the children and his family should know each other. The children from time to time, to spend the Sabbath at the home of his family in Bikur, Uri loved the children and they brought him back love Uri’s most prominent feature – the giving – he always knew how to give of himself to others: After a year in Ma’alot, at the end of March 1995, Uri enlisted in the Nahal Brigade together with his friends from the yeshiva. At the end of the course, after fourteen months of service, Uri received the title of “Outstanding Soldier” and was offered to move to the brigade’s reconnaissance unit. After much hesitation between returning to the meeting with his friends and continuing to serve alone in the Sayeret, Uri decided to join the Sayeret – to give more of himself to the military framework. Uri also tried to encourage his friends in the reconnaissance unit to encourage a pat on the back or a smile. They never heard him complain. He used to say: “It’s hard to have bread.” Uri fell in combat in Lebanon on the 8th of Tevet 577 (8.1.1997) during an operational activity. A Nahal patrol unit identified a terrorist movement and Uri was brought to eternal rest in the military section of the cemetery in Kedumim, where he was survived by his parents and four brothers – Hanan, Omer, Nadav and Aliya-Yochai, Uri was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, and the unit commander wrote: “Uri stood out with a constant smile and willingness to help and help his friends. It was these qualities that made him one of the most beloved soldiers on the team. “Uri’s prayer book, which was located in the area where the battle was being fought, had a note with eight verses from” Pirkei Avot “in Uri’s handwriting. “Uri’s wallet contains a folded note containing an excerpt from remarks made by Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai after the Yom Kippur War (then, in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, Lt. Col.) when he received the Medal of Valor: “Give, give everything. The heart, the soul and life for the country. Not to take or ask for anything … “Uri’s family, friends and admirers established a fund to commemorate his memory, and the aim of the fund was to foster the love of the Torah, to encourage the help of others and to contribute to the state. A yeshiva was established in the town of Ma’alot, where Uri learned, and another Torah scroll was placed in the synagogue in the town of Yakir, where Yakir was able to engage in religious and halachic issues. In the distant places, with the help of the foundation, a booklet “Netivei Uri” was published, with shiurim on the Book of Psalms And Miriam puts Rabbi Yoel Malka in the lining. Adults and teens alike gather every week at the family home, listen to the lesson and to commemorate his memory of Uri. Park was established in his memory, “FaOnly Ori “, and a new neighborhood named” Neve Uri “, in memory of Uri, written and composed by Kfir Bar Levav, which appears on the” Triangular Wire. “The CD also includes songs in memory of Yishai Shechter and Shilo Levy – Of Yeshivat Shomron – who fell in Lebanon.
