Son of Zvi and Helena. Was born on August 9, 1940. His father Zvi fell in defense of Jerusalem during the War of Independence and a year after his father fell from his mother and his four children, he grew up in their uncle’s house at Kibbutz Tirat Zvi And beginning in 1909 in Jerusalem. Shmuel studied at the Uziel Elementary School in Jerusalem and after graduating he acquired his high school knowledge at the Lipschitz School in the capital. Even when he was a student in elementary school, his intellectual talents were conspicuous. He excelled in a quick and sharp perception, in depth analysis and witty logic. These were joined by brilliant expressive ability (written and oral) and even excellent didactic skills. But these talents, in which Shmuel was born, were accompanied by lofty personality traits that attested to a mental maturity of great seriousness, responsibility and sobriety. There was never any talk or thought before self-criticism and judgment. Therefore, in his approach to every problem or systematic and thorough task. He was an exemplary social spirit, expressed in infinite devotion to his friends as individuals and to every social framework to which he belonged. Samuel always put his talents to the public service and did not make them an ax to gain personal advantages for himself. He was a leader of his colleagues and not because he was pushed into “action,” but it was his friends and mentors, who knew his virtues, who had filled the needs of the community on his shoulders. Indeed, as a devoted member of “Bnei Akiva” (until his release from the army) he took part in the activities of the committees and the management of the branch and later also bore the burden of training. In January 1958 he was drafted into the IDF and went to Nahal as part of the “Emunim” nucleus. Throughout the period of his military service, he was the most prominent figure in the nucleus and in the role of the nuclear center, his mental maturity became apparent. They were able to deal with problems as large and small, and again with thorough and consistent dedication and responsibility. From the beginning, Shmuel intended to join the agriculture, but personal reasons brought him, after his discharge from the army, to the benches of the economics department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shmuel is attracted to this profession both because of the intellectual challenge involved and because it is an area of activity through which it is possible to contribute to the common good. Samuel worked throughout his studies to support himself and the family he established, and although he was short on time, he excelled in his studies. But prior to completing his BA studies in economics and statistics, he was appointed as a teaching assistant and before he completed his MA studies. He began lecturing at the economics department of the Tel Aviv University branch. At the end of his studies, Shmuel’s main occupation was in the Research Department of the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem. Here, he was given great responsibility as the commander of the writing of the Bank’s annual report on industrial matters. Both Adam and Jew were Samuel, exemplary as a friend and model as husband and father. He saw the events of our lives as a believing person. He was convinced, for example, of the miraculous element of Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War, and was deeply convinced that the future of the Jewish people would return to the legacy of its forefathers. But it was not only in the completeness of consciousness that Shmuel was satisfied with the fullness of the deed. All the practical conclusions he drew from his principles and beliefs would make sure to actually actualize. He was careful to keep up with the most difficult situations – in training, in war and in lines (after he was drafted into the IDF), and just as he was whole with his God, so he was whole with his people and with his state. Which seemed to him to be a failure or an omissionThe foreign policy, which was contrary to the national interest, would have stirred up his wrath no less. But his criticism was not destructive because it was accompanied by suggestions of alternative methods and methods. As a friend, Shmuel was exemplary, always willing to lend a helping hand, both to individuals and to any social framework to which he belonged. Some were willing to help a friend carry a heavy piece of furniture, and he was willing to devote a lot of time to preparing a friend for matriculation exams in a profession he would find difficult. No wonder Shmuel became a model soldier. He saw his service for many years in the Kiryat unit, in the Paratroopers Brigade, as something obvious. He did not try to move to another unit and did not ask for a release from this or any other assignment, but instead enlisted all his mental strength to study the material provided in the training and to perform it thoroughly and thoroughly. In the last February of his life, Shmuel was joined by a mortar crew; Since this was not his profession in the army, he was assigned the task of carrying and delivering bombs – and for a short time he learned all that was necessary for the operation and construction of the mortar; So fast was the concept, blessed. He distinguished between caution and responsibility, between cowardice and caution, between heroism required by duty and “socialism,” which was an adventure that caused disasters; But in his most careful and responsible actions he had died; It took place on the 24th of Av, 5728 (24.8.1968), when he fell in the Jordan Valley and was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, where his father was also buried after the Second Lebanon War, The book “Paratroopers from Sinai to Golan” is published in the book “Nizkor” published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and its student union, edited by Yehuda Ha-Ezrahi.
