Ron (Wasserman), Pinchas

Pinchas (Pini), son of Ita and Jacob, was born on the 24th of Elul 5711 (25.9.1951) in Ashkelon. He attended the Remez Elementary School and the Ashkelon Municipal High School. Pinchas was a good and diligent student and loved by his teachers and friends. His teacher told him: “He was one of the quartet of students who led the class, he loved to work and study, and was diligent in his studies when he broke his leg in the soccer game, and was all in plaster. And was associated with them even after he graduated from school. ” Pinchas loved to work and devoted many hours to his work. His friend testified that he dealt with “everything that has creativity.” He loved the work of the land, loved to dismantle instruments and assemble them, to create wooden tools and metal tools and to build electronic devices. He painted, sketched, sculpted, photographed, and developed his photographs. Yes, he read a lot, wrote prose and poetry. He liked animals, and especially his dog, who took care of her and made thousands of her. He also liked to fish and raise fish in the great aquarium he cultivated. Pinchas was kind and good-tempered, and could smile and not fall into the spirit even in very difficult situations. He was a good friend and was always willing to help a friend as much as he could. He had a sense of humor, imaginative imagination and adventurousness, and was generally enthusiastic about all adventures and “crazy” trips. He was a loyal son and devoted to his parents and respected them greatly. Pinchas was drafted into the IDF in late October 1969 and volunteered for Nahal, as part of the “Tel-Rom” nucleus in the Yiron farm. After completing basic training, he took a parachuting course and was later sent to train youth in Haifa. But after finishing his job he asked to complete his military service in Moshav Pecael, because – he said – he could invest there and contribute more than the kibbutz. He was a good and responsible soldier, and loved his commanders. His friend told him that “he would encourage his friends, he would try to help the weak in his body, and he would help the weak in his spirit.” About a month before he fell, he married his girlfriend Roni. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Pinchas was stationed in a transit unit and was not drafted. He arrived at one of the army camps near his home and was sent to the front in Sinai. On the 22nd of Tishrei 5740 (22.10.1973), on the night of the first cease-fire, Pinchas fell in battle near the fortified Lucca target in the agricultural buffer zone on the West Bank of the Suez Canal. He was brought to eternal rest in the Ashkelon cemetery. Survived by a wife, parents, brother and sister. His daughter, Gilat, was born after he was killed. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. Moshav Pecasel published a pamphlet in memory of the moshav members who fell in the war, and Pinhas among them. The booklet includes things about his character, memoirs and photographs. A poem written by his sister ends with the words: “Do not ask and do not inquire that there is no objection to such a thing, because one knows one thing and it is important that the son does not return.”