Shauman, Haim-Yosef (Sefi)
Son of Adina and Israel was born in Tel Aviv on November 21, 1952. His religious education at his parents’ home led him to the Etzion religious elementary school in Tel Aviv, A member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and was active in its ranks, first as an apprentice and later on as a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. As a guide, he has been active in various sports related to football: basketball, basketball and table tennis. In February 1971 he joined the IDF and began his career as a rookie in the Armored Corps, where he served until he fell. Sefi successfully completed a course for tank commanders and an officers’ course, and during the Yom Kippur War he fought as a junior officer. He participated in battles on the Egyptian front, was injured and hospitalized. Despite his injuries and injuries, Sefi rushed back to the front, to his fellow fighters. In August 1975 he married his girlfriend for years, founded a house with her and his two children were born. Sefi continued to serve in the career army, and quickly climbed the ranks of the Armored Corps. He was assigned many different positions, and at the age of 27 he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel, commander of an armored battalion. Along with his efforts and progress in military service, Sefi studied at Bar-Ilan University, and within two years completed his academic studies as a graduate of economics and business administration. Sefi was not only a commander, but a guide and friend of his soldiers. He saw the soldier first of all as a person, with his weaknesses and his advantages. The families of the fighters, who fell under his command, became part of his large family, and he maintained his ties with the bereaved families many years after their loved ones fell. He made sure to visit them, took care of them, and listened to their distress. In the regimental competitions, his soldiers won first places, and his platoon or battalion was always the best. When he spoke to his apprentices, he explained to them: “Commanding people means that the commander bears responsibility, his conscience and his honor, and that he must make sure that the soldier is good, that he must develop relations of esteem, trust, security and interdependence in conditions of deprivation, fatigue, Carrying out routine tasks and special missions. ” In his last position, which was to end several days after the outbreak of the Peace for Galilee War, Sefi served as the unit commander. In this position, he headed his soldiers and led them in the difficult battles against the terrorists and the Syrians. In the battle for the breakthrough of the western axis of the Bekaa Valley, in the village of Ein Atina, Sefi fell on the ninth of Sivan 5762 (9.6.1982). He was 29 years old when he fell. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Holon. Sefi left behind Raya, son of – Ofir Daughter of – Ayelet, parents and sister. In his memory, the books appeared: “Parshat Tmeres and Ma’asrot in the Light of the Sources”, tractate Avot, punctuated and explicit, and the order of prayers for Yom HaZikaron, Independence Day and the day of the liberation of Jerusalem.
