Shemen, Moshe

Son of Esther and Sa’adia, was born in 1918 in Mahane Yehuda, the Yemenite neighborhood in Petah Tikva. He studied at the Netzach Yisrael elementary school and excelled at his studies, but was unable to finish school. Because of the poor economic situation in his parents’ home, he was forced at a young age to go out to work and help with the household agriculture. From his youth he was a member of Betar, joined the Irgun underground against the British and took part in operations without fear or fear of danger. Moshe married a wife and the couple had a son. During the War of Independence he served in the Givati ​​Brigade. Though he despised death he loved life. He was very attached to his family. “The house – what a wonderful meaning these four letters have, what a great joy they are in.” But now it is a crime for a person who can have a weapon to be at home, and I feel that I am good because I am the one who seeks to expel them – He wrote to his wife. Moshe happily recounted the preparations for the breakthrough to the Negev. He looked forward to it. Moshe participated in the “Yoav” operation to break through the Negev. His company attacked the “junction outposts” that control the junction of the road to the Negev. In battle for an outpost, fell on October 17, 1948. He was laid to rest at the Warburg military cemetery. He left a wife, Tzipora, and son.