Tzidi, Meir

Son of David and Yona. He was born in 1942. He immigrated to Israel with his parents while he was still a baby, and he studied at the Moriya religious elementary school in Sha’arayim (a neighborhood in Rehovot) and was educated to fulfill the commandments of God and the love of the Land of Israel. He went to synagogue every Shabbat on the Sabbath and loved to read the Torah as the rabbi of the Yemenite community attests to him in Rehovot. He spent time in sports and especially in the soccer game at Shaariyot, then coach the participants in the game and even played for Maccabi Kiryat Gat S. IDF mid-May 1962, volunteered for the paratroopers corps. He served with devotion and loyalty and took pride in his unit. When he passed with his wife near the memorial to the paratroopers, he seemed to be proud of being a soldier in the paratroopers. He loved army life and was willing to do whatever was required of him and willingly volunteered for any mission. After he was discharged from regular service, he would go to reserve duty. He was a devoted husband, loved the house and made sure it was clean and orderly. He would welcome guests with kindness and courtesy. When he was born a son nurtured him with love and endless care. He had no great ambitions in his life and spent all day working to support his parents, his wife and his little child. At the beginning of May 1970 he was called up for active reserve duty for about twenty days. Before he left, he danced in the house with his young son in joy, but when he lay down to sleep he said to his wife, as if his Lev had predicted to him the following: “If I get a bullet in my head,” and after a few moments he continued: “If Sophie comes in the army, I will have a military funeral, and if I die, my name will be engraved on the memorial of the paratroopers. ” On May 8, 1970, Meir fell to the bereaved family in the Jordan Valley, and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Rehovot, where the battalion commander wrote to the bereaved family in a letter of condolence: “Meir was one of the veterans The battalion and its members fulfilled its duty throughout the years as a reserve soldier. On his last day he also took part in one of those operations that promised the well-being of the State of Israel and paid the price of our freedom in his life. The unit will keep in touch with you and we will see ourselves together with you as part of a large family of the brigade and the battalion. “In his memory, a pamphlet bearing his name was published, and contains letters of condolence to people, institutions and family and friends. The monument was erected in memory of the fallen in the Jordan Valley.