Rosenkiewicz, Leonid (Lion)

Ben Vera and Alexander. Born in the Soviet Union on October 13, 1980. Three years later his sister Maya was born, Leonid began his elementary school in Tashkent and at the same time studied piano at a music school, and in 1991 immigrated to Israel Leonid joined the sixth grade at the Zalman Aran school in Talpiot, and shortly after he was able to learn Hebrew and joined his class, he was accepted to the Hebrew Gymnasium in Rehavia, where he successfully completed his matriculation certificate. The teachers were impressed by Leonid and noted that he was talented and highly self-disciplined, and recommended that he continue with his studies. He was a well-educated, quiet and polite young man who was very fond of his family, and was always ready to help as much as he was asked, and he learned how to operate a computer without help, repair problems and work with many computer programs. He worked for a year in a flower shop in Talpiot, took care of the plants, designed foreigners with great success, and received great appreciation from his employers, and since he was a boy, he has written poems and stories. The short poems reflected his life and his feelings. The stories he wrote were love stories, funny stories, and science fiction stories. Teachers and journalists who read his stories were very impressed with them, and recommended that they consider publishing them. From the age of 16, Leonid prepared himself for military service, was very motivated and asked to serve in the Armored Corps. In the early months of his service, he realized that his choice was correct – Leonid was a dedicated and loyal soldier, loved his role as a tank driver, and on vacations he was able to tell entire hours about his comrades in the army He also began to think about the continuation of his service as a commander, first serving in the south of the country and then being transferred to the Jordan Valley, and Leonid fell on his way to the Jordan Valley on May 2, 1999, when he was nineteen. At the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, and left behind his parents and a sister, Leonid’s commander eulogized him: “Leonid, you are a special figure whom only a few people have known from close up. Introverted by an intelligent guy who loved the book True Love, as well as the computer world that so fascinated you. “