Ben Shulamit and Zamir. Born on June 10, 1982 in Moshav Moledet, a younger brother to Limor and Yotam. Barry arrived in the world at the height of the ‘Peace for the Galilee’ war, on the day the hospital in Afula, where he was born, began to absorb the wounded, while his father fought in Lebanon. The name given to him, which means a well of living water, was a reinforcement, hope and optimism during the war. Bari spent his early years in various places throughout the Galilee: first in Moshav Moledet. At the age of two he moved with his family to Mitzpeh Katzir and a year later returned home. At the age of five they moved to the town of Kahal and two years later moved to Rosh Pina, where they established their home. Barry was educated at the Wilkomitz Community Primary School in the village and continued his studies at the ORT high school in Hazor Haglilit, which he graduated with honors in the real-world track. At an early age, Barry stood out as a sociable and accepted child who always followed his independent path with a powerful inner silence. He was endowed with independent judgment and was never dragged into action by his friends. His teacher said: “How many wells were buried in Bari, a wellspring of intelligence, sensitivity and humility, and a hand always offered for help, with a lot of warmth and love, a shy and sweet smile under the laughing eyes.” Barry was a ‘freak’ of computers. He devoted many hours to the computer and reached such a high level that his teachers at the school helped him solve problems they encountered. In addition, he was very strong in the real fields – mathematics and physics. His educator attests that he was “an outstanding student, above and above all … Barry was exceptional in his pleasantness, shyness and humility, healthy and honest mind with extraordinary excellence in his studies, all calmly, calmly, internally, not externally.” Barry had the ability to have special relationships with friends and teachers who had left their mark for many years. One of his teachers, who accompanied him from the seventh grade, said: “He always attracted my attention as a youngster with exceptional appearance and personality, mental maturity and rare wisdom that can only be found in an ordinary person after many years of maturity and experience. (Teacher-student) I always had the feeling that with Barry I could speak at eye level and on any subject in the world, even though he was shy and introverted, I felt that Barry had the ability to create an unmediated, honest and sincere connection without exaggerating words, the difference.” When Be’eri came to high school, he was part of the Young Entrepreneurs group, which developed an original product and won a prize from the Northern District for groups of young entrepreneurs. Morrow, who guided the group, said that Barry’s presence, his way of thinking and the presentations he made made the work together an unforgettable experience. Even when the group was asked to prepare a presentation and present it in English, to visitors from the United States, Barry was not moved by the size of the task and instructed his friends to make a computerized presentation, which received compliments from wall to wall. “Barry always stands before me as an extraordinary figure, mature and ripe, as a beautiful, shy boy with an overwhelming smile and abilities in heaven,” the educator said. In adolescence Barry joined the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement – initially as a trainee and later as a mentor. He was very fond of traveling in nature, volunteered at the library in Rosh Pina and helped a lot in the computer room in the school. At the end of high school he received a summons for a pilot course. He passed the tests successfully but decided not to continue to form a direction that was interested in the field of computers. At the end of November 2000 he enlisted in the IDF and since he was not given the opportunity to work in the field of computers, he insisted, and succeeded, in getting to the Artillery Corps.And he underwent basic training in Shivta, which he joined towards the end, and was therefore nicknamed the “new smurf”. At the end of basic training, he joined the “Shafifon” battalion and was sent to a commanders’ course, which he completed as commander of the R & D unit. On the 5th of Adar 5763 (5.3.2003) Bari fell in a terrorist attack in Haifa and he is twenty-one years old. Bari, who was staying at a regular party in the central region, spent the night at his brother’s home in Holon and in the morning went to Haifa to visit his grandparents who live in a parents’ home in the Carmel. He boarded the Egged bus on route 37, which left the central bus station in Haifa. Around 14:15, when the driver stopped at the bus station in the heart of the Carmel on Moriya Boulevard – one of the busiest in the route – a Hamas suicide bomber who was on the bus detonated the explosive belt he was carrying and blew himself up. Twenty people were killed in Be’eri and many others were wounded. Barry was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rosh Pina. Survived by his parents, sister and brother. His commanders and comrades-in-arms wrote: “A man, in my opinion, is doing what he is, and you, Barry, were something, a well filled with laughter and positivity, endless giving and loyalty. In your last position, you led the next generation of fighters and commanders of the battalion, the Hagad and the Force, and you did so out of personal belief in the justice of the road and an unending loyalty to the state and to the flag at a crucial time in which we live. ” The family wrote to remember: “We lost a child, beautiful, tall and Tamir / We lost a child whose speech was so quick / say ‘was’ and the meaning is not yet understood / what does it mean? “You are comfortable in peace,” and he accompanied us from above. “An angel like you – no wonder / they wanted him – up there.”
