Rami, Yechiel

Yehiel (Hilik), the eldest son of Aliza and Avraham, was born on December 10, 1951, in Tel Aviv. He was a comfortable child, a good student and attentive to his parents and teachers. After studying at the Yehuda Maccabee Elementary School, he continued his studies at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school. The combination of work and study seemed to be especially suited to the character of Hilik, and both found great satisfaction. At school he was loved by both students and teachers, for he was one of those who soon liked everything. He had a great deal of energy and willingness to take action and always took on roles that other students were reluctant to do. Despite his childhood asthma, Hilik grew up and became a tall, sturdy boy, and an excellent athlete. He loved to run, and his father, who was an old sea man, inherited the love for the sea. He had a lot of swim and was a diver, and for a while before he was drafted he even worked on a fishing boat. From his youth he loved nature and traveled extensively around the country on foot and in the car. Yechiel was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-May 1970. His great dream was to join the naval commando, but due to a lack of health, he was disqualified and assigned to the air force, and served most of his time in remote units. In the middle of May 1973, Hilik was released from his regular service and returned to his old love – and he was a very good soldier, who performed his duties responsibly and devotedly to the satisfaction of his commanders. And served as a chemist on the Dorit fishing boat during the Yom Kippur War In April 1974, he was called up for active reserve duty, and on April 19, 1974, when he returned from an operational mission in the Golan Heights, a sergeant Yehiel, who was beloved to all the soldiers of the unit, was an exemplary soldier who fulfilled faithfully and conscientiously. All his functions. ” To commemorate his memory, his family donated religious objects to the Yemenite synagogue in Ashdod; His name is mentioned in the booklet “Ella Habanim”, published in memory of the Ashdod children who fell in Israel’s wars.