Ozri, Shmuel

Shmuel, son of Ruma and Shalom, was born on July 12, 1953, in Jerusalem, when his family lived in Moshav Tzalfon, near Ramle. He received his elementary education at the Matityahu religious public school in Zalfon, and completed his studies until the tenth grade at the Even HaEzer school near Moshav Naham. He then moved to Ramle, where he studied and worked in carpentry. Shmuel was a quiet, pleasant boy, loved by his family and accepted by his friends. He was known as a lover of nature and man. He often walks with his younger siblings, plays with them, or helps neighbors with urgent household tasks. His parents also had great help in developing the agriculture. He had a great sense of responsibility and diligently devoted his time to streamlining and improving work methods in the agriculture. After enlisting in the army he used to come home and help work. Due to his father’s poor health, part of the burden fell on his young shoulder, and he carried it with love. During his free time, he would spend time with his friends listening to music, or in a conversation that usually focused on the question of nurturing the next generation in the moshav. “Shmulik always promised me that in my wedding he would wear a white suit, but the date of the wedding year after year, he liked to tease me and see me angry, and then he would immediately correct himself and tell me jokes. We used to wash his clothes for him, we cared for him the way we care for his beloved big brother, and Shmulik was not ungrateful, he would reply with kisses, presents and surprises. ” Shmuel was drafted into the IDF in mid-May 1971 and assigned to the Golani Brigade, where two of his brothers served there, and his colleagues said Shmulik was very proud of belonging to the Golani brigade. His uniform was ironed, yekke, we called him. He also polished the weapon to the point of lightning. “When the Yom Kippur War broke out, his unit was on the Golan Heights, and after the Hermon was conquered by a Syrian commando force, an order was given to Shmuel’s unit to reoccupy the Hermon On the 22nd of Tishrei 5734 (22.10.1973), Shmuel was hit twice by shrapnel from grenades and fell to eternal rest in the Mount Herzl cemetery, leaving behind his parents, four brothers and three sisters. “In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan wrote:” Shmuel was a devoted soldier and an excellent friend. He was fond of his commanders and comrades-in-arms, “wrote his commander.” Shmuel fought as someone who knows what he is fighting for – bravely, bravely, with dedication and sacrifice. We, his friends in the First Bounty Battalion, have the feeling of losing a fighting brother; A feeling that is accompanied by a sense of pride, that such a young man fights among our ranks, and a respect for his family who lost such a son. “The family donated a Torah scroll to his memory, which was placed in the synagogue in Moshav Zalfon.