Tzadok, Yoram

Yoram, son of Naomi and Azriel, was born on December 9, 1952, in Jerusalem, where his observant family sent him to study at Yeshivat Yavneh, where he acquired the foundation for religious studies. And when he was eight years old he was accepted as a member of the Bnei Akiva movement, where he acquired many friends, and after graduating from elementary school he moved to the “Kiryat Youth” vocational high school in Jerusalem, where he wanted to specialize in photography. He was a good student, diligent in his studies and tried to succeed, but a serious family tragedy broke his Lev and he stopped his yeshiva studies, and his family thought that a new children’s company could help Yure He was sent to study at the “Kfar Batya” boarding school in Ra’anana, where his older sisters married, his brother went abroad to study, and his mother remained alone and alone, and could not accept his mother’s loneliness and returned home. He studied at the Geva School in Jerusalem, where he organized a club for young people so that they would have a place to spend and not wander about in. Yoram loved to travel and whenever he had a chance he would tour Israel. When the Six-Day War broke out, he was another boy and volunteered to help Shaare Zedek Hospital. After that, he even took a first-aid course. He also volunteered to help Magen David Adom and the fire department. He loved people and always tried to help others as best he could. His best friend wrote about him: “Yoram was always the best, always a cheerful atmosphere among friends, he liked to help, to encourage and to organize things, he was the energizing force, he was always full of joy.” Yoram was drafted into the IDF in early February 1971. Although he was ill, he decided not to tell anyone about this, because he wanted to serve in the combat unit and was assigned to the Armored Corps, and after completing several courses he was appointed a tank gunner. But when the Yom Kippur War broke out, he abandoned his new position and went to Sinai to join a fighting force, after which he managed to persuade the battalion commander, who was attached to the tank To fight the Egyptian forces. On the 8th of Tishrei 5734 (8.10.1973), during a bitter battle under fire in the area of ​​”Hamutal Hill” his tank was hit and he was killed. Yoram had long been absent. In mid-February 1974 his body was found and he was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. He was survived by his mother, brother, and two sisters. After his fall, he was given the rank of sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of his unit wrote: “Yoram served in an armored unit which he joined during the war. In order to commemorate Yoram’s name, his family built the Tzur Yoram synagogue in Moshav Yishai, near Jerusalem, and donated a Torah scroll to the family. This Knesset.