Reinitz, Avraham-Zvi (“Avi”)

Son of Shmuel and Chaya (Hela). He was born on the 15th of Av, 5708 (August 15, 1948) in Tel Aviv and started studying at the elementary school in Ahad Ha’am, where he had a strong desire to learn and add knowledge, But he loved all of his classmates and helped them, especially those who needed help in his studies, he was shy, modest and did not go great, he excelled in sports and especially in basketball, and he loved music and liked American Negro religious songs. And since then he has become independent and tried to be independent of others, so as not to fall into a burden – especially his mother. When Avraham-Tzvi graduated from elementary school, he went to the Ort Singalovski vocational high school in Yad Eliyahu, where he was friendly, sociable, and willing to help others as he did in elementary school. He had an extraordinary talent for drawing and graduated with honors as an electrical technician, but he would say, “I will not be a simple laborer.” He always wanted to get something big and real, and he was sure he could do it. My father was drafted into the IDF in early August 1967. He completed his basic training and was trained to be a tank electrician, and he was always the first to do everything, and was the first to trust him and send him to work abroad. He wanted to be near his home, because he wanted to be near his mother, whom she loved very much, and his work was difficult and arduous, and despite his back pains, he did not ask to avoid it or complain of pain or discomfort. His health went down to Sinai to fulfill his duties there, although he did not have to go down there He was seriously injured but asked not to inform his mother of his difficult condition so as not to worry about his well-being, although he recovered from his wounds but remained weak and vulnerable, but nevertheless agreed to return to Sinai “I saw death,” he once said, after he was wounded on February 22, 1970. He was buried in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul and was commemorated on memorial tablets The Ahad Ha’am school and the ORT school.