Shpakerman, Yitzhak

Yitzhak, son of Rachel and Moshe, was born on May 5, 1950 in Kiev, Russia. In his hometown he had gone through his childhood and he was a cheerful and playful boy like all the children. In 1957 he immigrated to Israel with his family and began studying at the Pinsker Elementary School in Kiryat Ata. He was a good student, diligent and industrious. The principal of the school, remembers him especially well because of his Yaffa notebooks, which are typical of him, with the letters painted aesthetically and in perfect order, as soldiers in the order. One of his outstanding characteristics was his love for order. His room, belongings, and routines were always wonderfully arranged for display. He went on to study at the School of Practical Engineers in the “Samit” school, where he was a good and diligent student, and he sat at the drawing table and continued to study until the wee hours of the evening. He was a handsome, tall, broad-shouldered man, and his pleasant manner was a blend of European education and good manners with the apparent hardness and hardness of the Sabra character. His seat on the bus to older people, and when he saw a wife carrying heavy baskets he would immediately feel her help He spent most of the free time he had left from school, divided between his friends and his hobbies, and on weekends he went out to spend time with his friends, while he devoted his evenings to his hobbies. He also liked to read, ran a list of the books he had read, and collected a large collection of books, and from his youth he was a sports fan, enjoying watching football games and for The years used to record the results of the games he saw. He loved his family and was a devoted son to his parents and a wonderful companion to his three sisters. He respected his parents very much and behaved with respect to them. Most modestly, he never asked his parents to buy him luxuries or give him pocket money, and with the little money his parents gave him, he would buy them small gifts or buy things missing at home. Yitzhak was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early February 1971. After completing basic training, he completed a course in the Engineering Corps, where he was assigned to a combat unit and was a good soldier and devoted friend. When he came home on vacation, tired and exhausted, he tried not to bother his mother, and even prepared and served coffee and sandwiches to the other members of the family, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out he and his unit were sent to the Suez Canal front And participated in the construction of bridges and combat engineering operations, and in his capacity as an operations sergeant did his duty with courage On the 19th of Tishrei 5734 (19.10.1973), as usual, he passed between the positions and assisted the soldiers in their work, and the enemy planes suddenly attacked the area and was hit and killed in the bombing He was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa, leaving behind his parents and sisters, and was raised to the rank of First Sergeant.