Sagi (Kaplan), Yeruham

Ben Shmuel and Naomi. He was born in Petah Tikva on May 3, 1971, to a family of seven. Yeruham graduated from the Talmud Torah elementary school and the Or Yisrael Yeshiva in Petach Tikvah and continued his high studies at the Ponevezh Yeshiva, Bnei Brak and Yeshivat “Od Yosef Chai” in Nablus When he began his studies at Yeshivat Shekhem, he settled in Yitzhar, a modest and humble young man who performed many rare and miraculous acts of kindness: Yeruham felt the distress of others and offered his help without being asked. He helped the family of a disabled IDF veteran for two years and prepared their home for Passover. Thus, for a long time, he adopted a childless woman who treated the tender children of a soldier who had served as a family man for three long years, and for three years nursed a baby born while her father was in prison until his release. Yeruham was careful about a light commandment. In the study of the Torah, in the observance of its commandments, and in the settlement of the land, he saw the highest goals. Yeruham was friendly, loving and devoted to his family. At the beginning of July 1991, Yerucham was recruited to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) He was surrounded by friends and friends, and Yeruham was a brilliant, witty, stubborn young man who always stood up for his principles, but at the same time was full of humor and gentleness. “Yeruham was a law, justice, and integrity.” His commanders saw him as a soldier who fulfilled his duties efficiently and with great faith, on the 11th of Adar 5754 (February 22, 1994). 1994), Yeruham was killed while serving in the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and was survived by his parents, five sisters: Fadutia, Sara, Moriah, Hannah and Gila, and brother Shlomo. The Torah library donated to his memory, the Beit Avraham synagogue in Petah Tikva, and donated furniture, a holy ark and a parochet, to the synagogue in Yitzhar.