Sharabi, Barak

Son of-Batsheva and Meir, was born on July 6, 1963, in Kfar Hanagid. Barak was a handsome and captivating boy, quiet, modest and shy. He began his studies at the regional school in Gan Raveh and completed his studies in the Arab orientalism course at the regional high school in Givat Brenner. Barak’s teacher, who taught him both in elementary and high school, recalls the student: “He was so diligent, Yaffa, charming, quiet – never dragged after students, never after the boys who were his friends He’s never been dragged along. ” Barak’s greatest ambition was to join an elite unit, and to this end he was much concerned with improving his physical fitness. He would load heavy sacks of sand on his back and run with them in the sands, or he would make him weights of large olive cans, which he filled with concrete, and practiced weight lifting. Barak was drafted into the IDF in mid-October 1981. He was first assigned to the Navy’s naval commando unit, but after deciding that he and the sea “do not go together,” he volunteered for Sayeret Matkal. In his commando unit, he underwent a parachuting course, a combat paramedic course, a course for APC drivers and was certified as a combat patrolman, and he underwent long journeys, exercises and exhausting training, as his teammate said: “He was very ‘criminal’ during his military service.” Another member said, “He was short, but he was very wide. In the end, he received the title of ‘The Boxer from Akko.’ “Barak stood with dignity in all the hardships, despite the hardships he suffered: Once his hand dried up because of a heavy load that he refused to disassociate himself from, Barak was very attached to his parents and his two sisters: the older of him and the younger one, The three of them developed a unique relationship, and he had great patience, especially his younger sister At the end of three years of service, when Barak was supposed to be released, his commander asked him to sign another career year for a specific mission, and Barak responded to the request without hesitation. On Sunday, December 18, 1984, First Sergeant Barak fell in the line of duty and was put to rest in the military cemetery in Nes Tziona, leaving his parents and two sisters. In his memory is a pamphlet called “Barak”, containing the life history and valuations of his family, his comrades and commanders, and a chapter bearing the name “Zaka” Which Barak’s father wrote in memory of his son. In addition, a theoretical library was established in Kfar HaNagid bearing the name “Beit-Barak”