Tzur, David

Son of Jacob and Esther. He was born on the 25th of Adar 5702 (25.2.1950) in Kibbutz Ein Hanatziv in the Beit She’an Valley. His first years of childhood were spent on the kibbutz. When he was five and a half, he traveled with his parents, who were on a mission to Uruguay. Where he attended a Jewish school in the morning and afternoon and attended the State School. David quickly adapted to the place. He loved watching football games and liked to watch ships anchored in the harbor and identify them according to their flags. After three years abroad, the family returned to Israel and David returned to the kibbutz and soon became an integral part of the kibbutz, where he studied at the joint school and at the joint high school, both at Sde Eliyahu and at Yeshivat Or Etzion and Merkaz Harav, He also excelled in sports, especially in long runs, and won medals and diplomas, and David completed his matriculation exams and before he was drafted into the IDF, he went on a trip abroad to add to his personal experience in life. David was involved in kibbutz life. He worked in the vegetable industry and devoted a great deal of time to the Bnei Akiva youth movement and to youthful youth. The army’s induction into the IDF at the beginning of January 1969 opened up a new world for him. After basic training, he successfully completed a course for squad commanders and was sent to guide a new generation of soldiers. From there, the course was open to officers, who completed it successfully and without much difficulty. In his backpack, for example, there was a shiur in this week’s parsha, which he asked to give his subordinates, this coming Saturday, to take part in the yeshiva, On the 17th of Nissan 5741 (12.4.1971), at the end of the parachuting course, Lieutenant-Colonel David fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest in the Ein Hanatziv cemetery. The commander of the unit wrote to the bereaved parents: “My acquaintance with David began when he was the commander of a class in my unit, and I closely followed his actions and behavior, which I perceived as a person who aspires to learn and progress. I learned that he could count on him to do everything he had to do with great success, and indeed he did, and David took upon himself an operational role that he so desperately wanted and after a short period of time, being the most prominent among his friends, First to another position that he also fulfilled responsibly and effectively It was possible to sense that the values ​​of the movement were absorbed within him and he tried to transfer them to his subordinates, and he saw himself not only as a commander, but as a mentor and educator – thus gaining the appreciation of his subordinates and commanders. His greatest ambition was to participate in a jump course and meet new challenges. ” After he fell, Kibbutz Ein-Netziv published a booklet entitled “David” in his memory.