Tamir, Yitzhak

Yitzhak, son of Miriam and Mordechai Tamir-Lipsky, was born on October 12, 1952 in Kibbutz Tel Yosef. Yitzhakle’s childhood – that’s what they called him – went through him pleasantly, with a permanent smile on his face and bright, happy eyes. He was loved by everyone in the company of the children and at school, and always tried to lend a helping hand and take part in every activity. It was not easy for him to adapt to the discipline of school, and he often found signs of rebellion and disobedience with the agreed-upon accepted practice. At the same time, his friends and educators did not lose his respect and he became friends. The attempt to transfer him to another framework in the agricultural school in Hadera did not succeed. Yitzhak’s longings for home and family did not meet the conditions of distance from the economy, society and family. At the outbreak of the Six-Day War, he left the school alone and came to Tel-Yosef alone, saying that his place in the emergency was kibbutz, where he could help the economy and replace the members recruited in their vital work. His diligence at work was boundless and his devotion was extraordinary. The work industry he preferred to others, and in which he liked to invest his energy, was the cotton industry, where his father and older brother worked. Even after enlisting in the army, he would devote every day to this work. He fell on the day he was supposed to be discharged from the army. In the Yom Kippur War, Itzhakale participated in the Sinai battles, in the role of sergeant in the Hermon unit. During the three days of the war until his fall, he evacuated wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Many of the wounded soldiers were rescued from the battlefield thanks to Yitzhak and his armored personnel carrier, but when he was wounded he was left alone in the field, and Yitzhak fell on the 13th of Tishrei 5734 (October 9, 1973) He was left to rest in the cemetery in his kibbutz, leaving behind his parents, two brothers and two sisters. He was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, and his parents and friends published a pamphlet in his memory, in which family members and friends describe his character.