Stein, Avshalom-Moshe (“Avi”)

Son of-Avraham-Shmuel and Ruth-Rachel. He was born on February 23, 1949 in Holon. His childhood and youth were spent in Holon, his hometown. When he was ten years old, he was married to his father. He attended the Gordon School and the Kugel High School in Holon, where he was awarded a matriculation certificate. He was a quiet, sensitive boy, whose true nature was revealed in his warm, compassionate, humorous approach to his relationship with others. He would do what he was told with good spirit, knowing the value of the deed and not in order to receive a reward. He loved books and immersed himself in reading, out of the addiction of a cultured, sensitive and sensitive scholar who could derive spiritual pleasure from reading. This trait inherited from his father, the writer and the journalist. He had never hurt anyone and would have promoted every person in a warm and cordial peace; So people loved him and respected him. That was the way he was in his youth and in his youth at home, and he was also in the army. My father was drafted into the IDF in early August 1967 and assigned to the Signal Corps, and his unit was loved by his commanders and friends, who appreciated his virtues, and his notes were published in the unit’s newsletter On February 10, 1970, , In the area of ​​Amatzia, fell in the line of duty. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. The commander of the unit wrote to his mother on behalf of the unit’s officers and soldiers: “Avshalom was one of the most prominent soldiers in the unit’s life, quiet, calm and smiling, and he did everything he was asked to do with peace and good spirit and was willing to lend a helping hand to any task or function related to the unit’s work or social life. “Avshalom was gifted with inner intelligence and had broad horizons, and he was the driving force in every conversation and political, social, or professional debate and was a clear example of all.” His name was immortalized in a memory booklet published by the Kugel High School in memory of his fallen graduates.