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Shabtai Ruach

Shabtai Ruach

The eldest son of Sarah and Yehuda, was born on May 18, 1922 in the city of Kavala, Greece. As the eldest son of a large family, he took upon himself the burden of his livelihood during his father’s illness and he was still a boy. Early in the morning he would leave the house and return late in the evening with food for everyone. As a teenager, he was found to be a restful, intelligent and affable fellow. In June 1944 he immigrated to Israel. At the outbreak of the War of Independence he was drafted and assigned to one of the combat battalions of the Alexandroni Brigade. Shabtai was killed in a training accident on September 27, 1948. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya.

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