Rosin, Mordechai (Gush)

Son of Gritta and Abraham (Artur) was born on 22.1.1927 in Hamburg and grew up in Northeim, Hanover, Germany. In 1936 his parents immigrated to Israel and settled in Yarkona. In the first year of his stay in Israel, he assumed control of the Hebrew language, and since then he has received praise from his teachers for his diligence and success in his studies. Poor by nature, he listened shyly to them and did not tell them about them at home. During his free time, he helped his parents with the farm work as an obvious thing and found time to read books in order to enrich his knowledge. Surprisingly, the youth in the village would go with his father to the synagogue in the nearby village every Saturday and find an interest in traditional life. When he completed elementary school, he received a scholarship for high school and he chose to go to the mikvah Israel and study in agriculture, where he saw his way of life. He returned to his home and was full of plans for the improvement and refinement of the various sectors of the agriculture, and even when he worked as an agricultural instructor in the educational institution in Magdiel, he continued to take an interest in and help the agriculture of his parents. , Received a scholarship from the Michigan State Agricultural University in the United States and already had a passport to travel there – and when the War of Independence broke out, despite his parents’ pleas, he did not ask for any way to be released, and when he enlisted he went to a combat unit in the Alexandroni Brigade. And devotedly to the job, when he came home for visits He participated in the battles of Ramat Hakovesh, Arab Kfar Saba, Bir Adas, Kakun, Tantura, and Salameh, in preparation for Operation son of-Nun A – the first attack on the Latrun Legion in order to break through the road to Jerusalem. And was forced to conquer Latrun, the battalion encountered better enemy forces and was forced to retreat.This battle fell on the 17th of Iyar 5708 (May 26, 1948.) On the 17th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949), he was brought to eternal rest In the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.