Snir, Shaul (“Shauli”)

Son of Yerachmiel and Shoshana. He was born on Rosh Chodesh Adar, 5702 (February 2, 1946) in Afula, was a twin to his brother Israel, his father was a member of the Neveh Eitan group and a teacher, and Shaul grew up with the kibbutz members under conditions of freedom and closeness to nature. He completed his elementary studies in Neve Eitan and continued in the schools of the members of the groups there until the eleventh grade. As a student he excelled mainly in the real professions. He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed movement and as a member of Hapo’el, he excelled in swimming and running. He excelled in his love of music and played clarinet and guitar; From the age of 12 he began to study clarinet, and when he connected with music, he continued to study at the Beit Shean Valley music studio and also participated in the Kibbutz Orchestra and performed in several musical performances in the kibbutz and afterwards in the army. Berl in Zofit where he graduated high school while his parents were abroad on a mission. When he visited his parents in Sweden during their mission, he was very impressed by the sights he saw from the beauty that was revealed to him. After graduating he left for a year of service as the emissary of Hanoar Haoved and devoted all his energy to youth education. His apprentices admired and admired him, for his personality was full of energy, joy, and love of man. When he reached the army, he volunteered for the Armored Corps and then was sent to an officers’ course, where he served as an officer in the Armored Corps. He passed safely and died when he felt the need to rescue teams of tanks that had been stranded in the Sinai desert during the war. On June 15, 1967, he fell in his role in the Sinai. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in the Neve Eitan group. After his death he was promoted to lieutenant. In “Thirty” to his death, the Neve-Eitan group published a booklet in his memory entitled “Between Neveh and Noa” and on the first anniversary of his death, a second booklet called “Shauli”. His brother Israel published a booklet of poems in his memory called “Neder Achim”. “A Song to Ask,” written by Sara Shoval and composed by Nissim Shoval, was recorded and is frequently sung by Kol Yisrael by Ilan and Ilanit. In the book “Bimkomim”, which was published by the Union of Kibbutzim and Kibbutzim in memory of the members of the Union who fell in the battle, things were said about him. In the anthology of the sons of the fallen soldiers in the Israeli army – “Goily Ash”, Volume IV – was brought from his estate.