Sorek (Zabiv), Adi

Adi, son of Chaya and Shalom, was born on July 7, 1944 in Tel Aviv. He attended the Kalisher Elementary School, the Ironi H High School and the Geula High School in Tel Aviv. Afterward he continued his studies at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan. Adi was an outstanding student, disciplined and orderly. The headmaster of the school wrote: “His diligence was for example, he was never idle and was always busy and busy, whether in the preparation of lessons or in any other useful occupation. Adi was drafted into the IDF in late August 1962 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, and after completing basic training, he was trained as a tank commander and was an instructor in the Armored Corps School. He was a loyal son of his parents and helped them a lot, a devoted husband to his wife and a father who loved his sons Zvi and Eyal, who read many books in many fields, studied computer programming and worked in the computer unit of the Ministry of Defense His superiors loved and praised him for his dedication, diligence, and meticulous work. He was very sociable and kind, generous and kind, and his friend told him that he was “a good friend, interesting and devoted, a pleasant person to be with.” He was a social man, pleasant talker and exemplary host, and his house was open to all. He was calm, gentle and pleasant, Simcha and always Simcha with his spirit, and he was humble, not arrogant, and far from jealousy. Where strong willpower, and stubbornness stuck to fulfill any task and challenge set for himself. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Adi was recruited and sent with his unit to the front in Sinai. On October 18, 1973, near the missile base in the Abu Sultan camps north of the bitter lake west of the Suez Canal, his tank was hit by two direct hits, and he was killed on the spot. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He left behind a wife and two sons, parents, three brothers and five sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Adi, a man of excellent armor, was a courageous fighter and showed exemplary leadership skills, and he led his department with courage and carried out the tasks entrusted to him with devotion and self-sacrifice. The fall is a heavy loss for us. ” His parents established in his memory a large Torah library in the yeshiva and the Mishkan of Shimon in Bnei Brak; The Geula high school published a pamphlet in memory of its graduates who fell in the war, including Adi.