Raffman, Ehud

Son of Yaakov and Yonah, one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir David. He was born on December 15, 1946 in the kibbutz. Was a successful student in elementary school and his special inclination to painting and his talent for this art and even the work of thought were discovered at an early age. Over time, art became Ehud’s hobby. He belonged to the Omer group, the group of his group’s children. After graduating from elementary school, he continued his high school studies at the “Hashomer Hatzair” educational school in the name of the ghetto rebels – “Gilboa”, where he also worked in his hobby of painting, and was part of the painting department at the institution. He also helped to fulfill key roles among his classmates and in his school, and during the last years of his studies he worked in the cattle meat industry, which he saw as his branch for the future in the kibbutz. And in November 1965 he volunteered to volunteer for the Israel Air Force And a naval commando. But some details lacked his physical fitness – and he was not accepted. But Ehud did not despair and was attached to an excellent unit – the Golani reconnaissance unit. When he completed a course for squad commanders, he was sent to an officers’ course and when he passed that, he was appointed as a guide in the school for squad commanders. He did not complete his compulsory service when the Six-Day War broke out, and on the third day of the battles, on the 7th of Iyar 5727 (7.6.1967), he and his apprentices went to battle in Nablus and during his command of his platoon, , One of his bullets hit him and knocked him on the spot. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Nahariya and was later transferred to his kibbutz in Nir David. The commander of his unit wrote to his parents in his condolence letter that he served as “a model for his soldiers in his conduct and dedication to carrying out a mission.” In recognition of his service he was promoted to lieutenant after they fell. On the first anniversary of his death, the kibbutz published a booklet in his memory bearing his name. The booklet, 53 of them, was published by the Kibbutz Artzi in memory of its fallen comrades. In the Yalkut of the sons of the fallen soldiers in the Israeli army – “Goily Ash”, Volume IV – was brought from his estate.