Reshef, Shlomo

Shlomo, son of Hannah-Rachel and Elkana, was born on May 1, 1950 in Tel Aviv. He studied at the Bialik School in Holon and at the Ort Yad-Singalovski High School in Tel Aviv. Shlomo was an outstanding student and a talented young man. He was very sociable and stood out for his natural leadership. In the lower grades of the school, he was chosen as the “king of the class” and in his youth and adolescence he was an apprentice and counselor in a youth movement. He was naturally curious and ambitious, and he always wanted to learn and absorb, to read and to listen. Shlomo, who was nicknamed “Blanco” by his family and friends, was a gifted athlete, the first in every sports competition at the school and the star of the local basketball team. He had self-confidence and a developed sense of justice. He has always been entrepreneurial and energetic and eager to help anyone. In the class and youth movement, he organized trips and trips to familiarize himself with the country’s landscape. When he was in the twelfth grade he came up with the idea of ​​establishing a cooperative moshav in the Golan Heights with his friends, and he was the initiator and catalyst in planning this idea, although the plan did not take place. Shlomo was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1969 and served in the Nahal Brigade, and later served in an armored unit, where he underwent a parachuting course and a course for the professions. He was considered an excellent soldier and received with love and desire the two service frameworks that the IDF – the Nahal Brigade and the Armored Corps. In the Yom Kippur War, Shlomo was a tank driver in the Armored Corps, which took part in the fierce battles against the Syrians in the Golan Heights on October 7, 1973. In the Yom Kippur War, Shlomo’s tank fought in the oil pipeline near the city of Nahal. Shlomo was killed on 11 Tishrei (7.10.1973), leaving behind a wife and a daughter who was born after his fall and was named after him, Shlomit. He also left parents and a sister. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. His parents published a booklet in his memory, in which his family and friends spoke of his character.