Salem, Yehuda

Yehuda ben Rachel and Victor. He was born on the 19th of Tishrai, October 1, 1977, in Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem. A brother to Nissim, Eliran, Livneh and Moran. Yehuda, who was affectionately called Udi, grew up in Beit Shemesh. Yehuda was very fond of Torah study and was an outstanding student. Yehuda was quiet, shy, modest, and he was very respectful to everyone. Yehuda enlisted in the IDF and became a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade. He did not tell his mother that he was serving in Lebanon so she would not worry. On the 3rd of Sivan, May 27, 1998, St.-Sgt. Yehuda Salam fell in combat in Lebanon at the age of twenty-one. He was laid to rest in the military section of Beit Shemesh cemetery. Survived by his parents, two brothers and two sisters. The memory of Yehuda, who was very beloved at MDA Beit Shemesh, is commemorated each year in a memorial ceremony held in MDA to commemorate the fallen.