Shapira, Eliezer

Son of Moshe and Rebecca. Born on September 5, 1948 in Kfar Yehoshua, at the height of the War of Independence, he was a descendant of the Levinson-Shapira families who perished in the Holocaust. He attended elementary school and the regional high school in Kfar Yehoshua. Most of his strength was in the real professions, but he was also interested in politics, social problems, literature and poetry. He loved to take walks and was enthusiastic about the sights of nature and Yaffa cranes. Eliezer was very fond of the town, the Hasidism and the sounds of the Yiddish language, which he had heard a lot from his parents. Eliezer was drafted into the IDF in August 1967 after the Six-Day War and was assigned to the Armored Corps, where he hated the war and wished for peace, loved life and even in the desert, and was interested in beauty and beauty. The qualities that characterized him as a child were crystallized – responsibility, thoroughness and love of man. Thanks to all these friends, he became very fond of the service, the family, and the villagers. He did not tell much about the period of his service and his life in the army, so as not to be compared to them. In fact, he was satisfied with the army’s life, even if it was fraught with difficulties and dangers, and in the constant correspondence he had with his home he did not mention his whereabouts or details of his service. Even when promoted, he continued to behave modestly and arrogantly, as he did in his youth and during his studies. He was a nice “boy”, humble, friendly and friendly. For more than a year he had worked in outposts along the Suez Canal, in many positions he had filled to the satisfaction of his commanders. His friends and commanders told him how loyally and loyally he had performed his duties. On the 24th of Marcheshvan 5711 (5.11.1969) he set out on a routine patrol along the southern Suez Canal, and when the patrol passed through an exposed area and a range north of Port Tawfiq, he was suddenly attacked by Egyptian soldiers from the ambush. Among those killed in this battle was Eliezer. He showed resourcefulness and courage and used his weapon to save his comrades from the attackers, and after forcing the Egyptians to withdraw, he was hit by a single bullet and fell. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in his village. The commander of the unit wrote to the family a letter of condolence on behalf of the soldiers of the unit and in the name of its commanders and in his letter: “Eliezer – quiet, shy, closed, not pushed – and perhaps the opposite: always gives up and is not ready to fight with a friend – “Yes,” he said, “with the fall of Eliezer was taken away from us by our younger brother” – – with the fell of Eliezer taken away from us Our younger brother – – But Eliezer in his fall saved the lives of others, who alone went out under the fire of the enemy to rescue them – left and never returned. ” His family and Kfar Yehoshua published a file in his memory, in which he praised his parents, teachers and friends, and fragments of his letters and writings.