Ben Pnina and Hananel. He was born on the 4th of Cheshvan 5748 (November 4, 1987) in Chispin in the Golan Heights. The fifth child of seven – brother Yossi, Yael, David, Avigayil, Bina and Tamar, and the first in the family born in Haspin. His birth pains were difficult, and he finally emerged from his mother’s womb by Caesarean section. Jonathan spent the first two years of his life with his mother at home, and in the third year joined the home. In his third year in the kindergarten he taught himself to read, and this amazing fact was discovered by the teacher when he heard him reading books for children. Thus, from the age of four, Yonatan had a private teacher – Rabbi Feletti Granot – who studied Bible with him, and in a short time Jonathan knew the names of all the kings and the times of their reign, and from his last day he continued to read books. The “state” religious school “Golan” in Shispin where there was always a book next to it – sometimes on the table and sometimes below it – in high school and high school, he also took a high school yeshiva in Hyspin, where he studied genetics. The entire Bible, and at the bar mitzvah party he spoke to the audience as an old speaker – without reading from the writing. In the eighth grade, he took part in a quiz on the subject of the Mishna and the Talmud and won second place. Jonathan was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and was active among Haspin youth in writing and expressing opinions. He represented the Haspin youth in the “Golan Quiz” held for all Golan youth, and won first place. In the 12th grade he participated in a history quiz, and won second place in the yeshiva high school library, where he read eagerly almost every text written until he exhausted the reading material in the library and asked the sellers at the bookstore in Katzrin to sit down and read, Yehonatan sat in the store and read for hours on end, and Jonathan especially liked fantasy literature, and even wrote in this style, writing a two-hundred and sixty-page book (as part of a planned three-volume trilogy), but his attempts to publish it were unsuccessful. Jonathan’s friends asked to test his reading ability, found a book he had not yet read, and measured his time Jonathan managed to read two pages in thirteen seconds, and the members did not give up and asked to examine him on the contents of the text, and Jonathan did not disappoint … Not until the tenth grade did he know English beyond the ABC letters, but Mora In a short time Jonathan acquired the knowledge of English and was “swallowing” eight-hundred-and-a-thousand-page pages within two days, not only reading and even translating books published on websites, About the correct translation of these and other words, and defended passionately for the English translation, which he thought was preferable to the American translation. Jonathan had tremendous and wonderful knowledge on a very wide range of subjects, and he had something to say about almost every subject discussed. Rabbi Eisenthal, who teaches the Hispin boys a weekly lesson, noted that Yonatan’s level of knowledge was particularly high, and that he could answer any question easily and casually. When the spirit was upon him, Yehonatan would return accurately and fully to the lesson he had heard at the yeshiva, all without preparing or reading written matters. Jonathan’s expression was very high – in writing and orally – and he was a magnet and an advisory figure and mentor on the website he was active in. Yehonatan was a model son and the mitzvah of honoring father and mother was a guiding light. He was always quick to fulfill every request, and did not let his parents do things he thought was their own duty. Upon completion of the matriculation exams with full success, Jonathan moved to Yeshivat HaKibbutzReligious Yeshiva in Upper Gilboa – Hesder Yeshiva where they serve full-time in a special track: they study for a year, enlist for a year and a half, return to another year of studies and finish the military course. Rabbi Bigman, the Rosh Yeshiva, said that he “feared” Jonathan in the general lesson, and if he did not prepare the lesson well, Jonathan would not let him and ask him again and again until he received an answer that satisfied him. Jonathan joined the IDF on the 5th of Elul 5765, 5/9/2005. He was assigned to the Nahal Brigade and served in the Infantry Battalion 932. During the basic training period, he served as a religious address in the company and lectured them all on holidays and on general matters. Kibbutz Lavi, who teaches at a Yeshiva in Upper Gilboa, consulted with him on Halakhic questions, but he smiled a lot and did his best, and his commanders recognized his skills and knowledge, and occasionally asked him to speak with the soldiers and share them with them. Jonathan’s friends – both in the yeshiva and in the army – noted that he was in the army When he came home for vacations, he rarely shared his feelings with his parents, made sure to say that everything was all right, and his difficulties he kept to himself.It seemed that the contrast between military life and his inner life created a deep gap in his mind, Jonathan was killed in the course of his duty on August 7, 2007, when he was 20. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Hyspin, leaving his parents, three brothers and three sisters. The difficulty of his life, but noted in a special paragraph that his beloved family had kept him alive. His death was a mystery and wonder not only to his family but also to everyone he knew. During the shiva, youth from all over the country came to his parents’ house to tell about their special relationship with Jonathan via the Internet. Later, the members of the virtual community even gave him a memorial service.
