,אֵ-ל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, שׁוכֵן בַּמְּרומִים, הַמְצֵא מְנוּחָה נְכונָה
,עַל כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה בְּמַעֲלות קְדושִׁים, טְהורִים וְגִבּורִים
כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ מַזְהִירִים, לְנִשְׁמות חַיָּלֵי צְבָא הֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Shai Hadad, Ben (Ben Zion)
The eldest son of Yaffa and Moshe. He was born on April 23, 1987 in Tel Aviv. Brother to emigrate and Uri. Ben was born in the Bavli neighborhood of Tel Aviv, to a mixed religious-secular home, where he instilled in him the values of giving and devotion to the state. His name Ben-Zion was given to him in the name of his grandfather, and his family names were Ben and Banchuk. He was a devoted son who loved the family. His sister Hagar loved him very much and was a role model for her. Uri, his younger brother, adored him, and during his army service, he was spoiled when he returned home and served him the food. Ben grew up in Tel Aviv and was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. He studied at Meron State Religious School until the sixth grade; And at the AMIT school in Gush Dan, also known as MIT Bar-Ilan, where he finished 12th grade in the Biotechnology track, Ben chose the real path in his studies. He was very talented in mathematics and studied mathematics. For ten years Ben played the piano, and because of his good qualities, he could set a goal without looking back, and with determination and perseverance to make his way in. Ben was constantly surrounded by friends and societies as a social focus, and not only because of his beauty. Adam, always saw the other before his eyes, loved to help and give to others, he had generosity, devotion to another. If Ben was so “poisoned” about his military service, which his mother says was ripe for enlistment in the 11th grade, Ben was so much stuck in the night. Before his induction, he traveled with his friends in the Napa and Kos islands. He has always been an excellent athlete, especially in basketball, and has maintained high fitness. But before the induction, he prepared himself and reached great physical fitness because he wanted to join the naval commando unit. In November 2005, Ben joined the elite Magellan unit as a fighter. Nathaniel Shimon knew Ben from the pre-basic training stage in the paratroopers a few days before the formation, and testified that Ben had conquered him with his wonderful smile and his friendliness, simplicity and optimism. One night Ben avoided keeping Nathaniel awake and keeping his place, out of friendship. “You go to a different place,” Nathaniel explained, “you do not know anything and you do not owe anything to those who are with you, and during that time he gave up his sleep for someone he did not know, which even good friends on a solid organic team do not do! ” Ben, or Bentzi, as his teammates called him, completed a course for combat medics (as a continuation of the MDA course he had attended in high school) and returned to his unit as a medic. The knowledge that someone like Benzi is the one who has the strength to protect us and treat us if we were wounded was more reassuring than anything else … He was perfect for the job and already on the track he managed to take care of our part and we say thank you today. “Ben was sensitive and assertive, determined to succeed, “Bentzi was one of those who lead and change the direction of the current, and not another one who flows with it. One of the few. Bentzi for us was Bentzi the Spitz, or Bentzi the animal, the locked Bentzi. Getting him out of the stretcher on the trek was impossible, both because he was too strong to be moved, and because he was not willing to give himself up and rest even for a moment. Our attempts and the requests of the commanders to rest a bit and not exaggerate did not help … Our stretcher had three rounds of exchange and Bentzi. In the strength training on a rope or on the tension Bentzi would come with the shirt of the preparation for the squadron, with the sleeves cut. Of course, the gymnasiums (sports instructors) would give him compliments … we will not forget youThe humanity and the caring that even in the most exhausting moments did not fade … we will always have an example, you will not stop pulling us forward and remind us not to give up ourselves, to give ourselves a little more, to be a little more positive leaders and a little more friends … ” “A soldier full of self-confidence, with aspirations and dreams in the sky, is certain that he is about to change the world, or at least his environment, with the willpower and faith alone … Tanned skin and blue eyes, strong, ready. Eyes that look at you commander and give you the reminder that a novice is not in front of you, but a person understands that his eyes know what is expected and are waiting for any unplanned or challenging … His eyes were always looking to learn … His straight, , They asked, and perhaps even wanted to know more, we found in Benzi a strong desire to excel, to prove to others, and even more to test himself, to measure his abilities, and he saw every test in every test, every tenth of the time. He gave the hundred percent, he was included in that small group of soldiers that the commanders admired … His desire to excel did not allow him to give up any island John, he would come to me and ask permission to take the equipment home to the bubbler … There is no task too small for him … Try to do every task in the best and quickest way and always woke up when it was not done in the best possible way. Is always doing the right thing … One of the reasons Lanbenzie had no difficulty expressing his position, to criticize when he arrived, was that he always backed his opinion in a personal example … Leadership must be taken, and Bentzi took it to lead its members forward. ” Ben loved life and exhausted it. When he came home he did not waste his time at rest, but spent time with his friends in pubs and parties. His friends from the unit told him about the trip with him and on his initiative to Eilat during the “routine”: “… the most fun and crystallized vacation we could have as a team … We also got to know the civilian side of Benzi, the Tel Aviv hunk who turns out to be a cannon and is no less successful in civilian life than in uniform” . Bentzi was one of the team leaders and led him to norms of hard work and professionalism. According to his commanders and friends, he was dominant, self-confident, a true and generous friend, and stood out as a team sergeant. They said that “even when Benzi’s decision was met with disagreement, he was not afraid to go with what he believed in with confidence and with a whole heart, how much he loved the team, everything that happened on the team – Bentzi felt full responsibility for him as a natural leader.” Siggy, the commander of the team, testified: “Not so long ago, I took command of the team, they told me that they left me a strong soldier from the team, to be a team sergeant, and I found out that this was the truth and in the short time I got to know you for the same job and our close work. I am proud of you Bentzi The strength – both physically and mentally – has turned you, Bentzi, into a man of strength, the same quality of a soldier with high strengths, Intensive, exhaustive and self-fulfilling, I was convinced that you were going to excel in life. In a brigade (brigade training base), you came to close the Shabbat with the crew. The team was above all, loved it, and we return love to you. Bentzi, we love you and we miss you. Your perfect smile, your beauty, your strength, and your inner self … you have delivered a lot of quality, in your short time, never forgotten by us. “Siggy also wrote:” I remember you as an aggressive soldier in body and soul. Very strong and terrifying when required. PalA, because in the very same breath – you are sensitive and gentle. Excellent warrior, excellent medic. Very demanding, of yourself and your friends. I admit, the commanders were very comfortable when you were in positions of responsibility and command. Good Head. Friend, pursuing fun and pushing boundaries. During this time the team was all for you. You have found your death on the road, on the mission I sent you to perform, a task you proposed, a task that would benefit the team. “After eight months on the route, Ben was forced to stay home and get a gymnasium because he was shot at close range by pinball bullets. Ben refused to stay at home and stayed at the base and looked for a way to please his friends and urged his commander to go to Ezer Mizion, whose family ran and bring his staff treats. On Friday he loaded the family jeep with all the best and on his way to the unit, his vehicle was hit by a truck on the Ayalon Highway. Ben was killed in the fatal car accident. Corporal Shai Hadad fell in the line of duty on 24 August 2006, and he is nineteen years old when he died. He was laid to rest at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv. He was followed by parents, brother and sister. Lior, a childhood friend, wrote to Ben a farewell letter: “Ben, how can you ever write to a person like you, to a person who is all the joy of life, and that any association associated with his name is related to a smile, to laughter, to parties, , The beloved of the girls in high school, and the poisoned soldier who loved his unit so much that when he did not close the Shabbat, he was on his way to the base on Friday with treats for all those who stayed. To me she was afraid of the war in the north, and that this was the only month she was a little less afraid to give you the keys to the car, and now it happened, who would have believed that after countless interruptions Of those who pass a test and when the license was inhaling our lives would become something so horrible? ” Dudu Yitzhak-Zilber Hadad dedicated his book of poems to his father and his nephew Ben-Zion. He wrote in his memory a poem called “Prince of his parents and a knight for his wives”: “A prince to his parents and a knight to his wife / to the girls who bathed in green His eyes / Friends who embraced in a brave friendship / Only to never come to an end. The same son, of all or nothing, who fought and increased in the touch battles, treated and humiliated every friend who was hurt, and smiled dismissively, stroked and calmed / that’s nothing, let’s get together, yes, this is our Benzion who gave a handful to his friends He also knew best to tear the city / to take the night train to Cairo / Do not ask that the fire was burned / Why did the car ride / After all, in our hearts we always knew / A beautiful son is born / will remain a prince forever! The Gemasut Chasadim (charity) organization named after Ben works to distribute food to needy families in the Krayot, and in order to channel the great pain for the sake of doing good, the idea of establishing the pre-military preparatory program for the leadership, mixed with the religious And the secular, so that the Israeli Midrasha for Leadership in Tel Aviv, Bnei Zion, was established in Ben’s memory in the first year of his fall, commemorating him, the complexities of his personality, his diversity, the holy and the profane, As his commander, Siggy, said: “At the Midrasha – at the very heart of the Tel Aviv bubble – there is a pre-army preparatory program that is leading Country, mixed preparatory program: Boys and girls, secular and religious, who study Jewish identity, lead themselves through ten months of preparation for the army and the life of a mission, through the creation of groups of Machal members, And acquaintance with orDifferent populations in different places throughout Israel to deepen the connection and love to Israel. In a connection to the city of Tel Aviv, members of the Mechina meet a child at risk on a bi-weekly basis and accompany the elderly in the city through the social organization they established in the second year of the preparatory program, Dor Dor LeDor. Ben, the mother of Ben, eulogized him: “Son, amid all the pain and the endless and growing longing, you have succeeded in being a teacher of life, penetrating the hearts of so many young people in recent years who got to know you through me and the family and fall in love with your character … You are in this world, and now in the heavenly world, when we are down here lifting the Mechina project and it looks like the miracle of the oil pot … You have been loved, just as few people win and today we embrace you, love you and miss you. ” “I remember the melting pot in your company,” said Yakir Or, a friend of a high-school boy, “You have won friends of all kinds, and we have won a friend like you … We were a kind of bridge between the two worlds – secular and religious – We are blessed with the joy of life, the joy of life that gives people the power to rise in difficult moments, to advance and to look at things in a positive light, and you have all this, along with your great desire to serve your country and give it your life … How symbolic, in your life you were a bridge between the types of people, you had the special ability to get along with any person, and a bridge was erected for your memory, a great bridge – It is a group that devotes a year of its life to finding the roots and past of our people … To do a more useful service to the state … Each of us has a part of you that we took from you, If this is the joy of life, whether it is the value of friendship or giving to the state, not something that can fill the deep void but at least leave us, your friends, your mark forever! … My hope is that we will know to adopt these values, , As I think, if it has the depth that I believe there is, then it will continue to play. “