Ben Esther and Alfred, Holocaust survivors. He was born on July 31, 1961 in Rehovot, the brother of Yehudit and Marom. Oded began his studies at the Weizmann elementary school, continuing at the Katzir junior high school and finishing at the ORT Rehovot vocational high school, where he was a member of the student council. He was very interested in everything around him, was very involved and always tried to influence and help others. As a child, Oded participated in the school plays, and he loved it very much. Afterward, during his adolescence and until his induction into the IDF, he was a member of the dance company of the Rehovot Municipality, and his love of dancing and acting were an inseparable part of him. And he was gifted with the ability to organize the people around him and to lead them In 1983, Oded married Ziva, and they established their home in Ra’anana, where their three children were born: Maya, Noa and Eran. In October 1979, Oded joined the IDF and was assigned to the Artillery Corps. Despite the long recovery process that separated him from his classmates, he insisted on returning to military service and completed a three-officer course in August 1981. Oded served as an officer in Sharm el-Sheikh and was an active partner in the evacuation of Sinai. Oded completed his compulsory service and began his regular service in October 1982. During his career, he served in various positions in the Israel Defense Forces, and in 1985 he was discharged from the IDF with the rank of captain. . He completed his course in hotel management at the Tadmor School in Herzliya, but his love for the army returned him in 1992 to serve in uniform as a deputy officer in the Sinai formation. In August 1996, Oded was assigned to the position of Personnel Coordinator at the Transportation Center of the Technology and Logistics Division. On Wednesday, November 4, 1998, Major Oded Weispeiler fell in the line of duty at the age of thirty-seven and was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Ra’anana, leaving behind a wife, three children, parents, sister and brother. From a letter of condolence from the Chief of the General Staff, Shaul Mofaz, to the family: “Oded – Ya’akov, blessed memory, was described by his commanders as a responsible officer who stood out for his sensitivity and determination while carrying out his duties. At any time and aspired to the perfection of performance. ” “Oded was a devoted and dedicated officer who believed in the justice of the road and showed sensitivity to the needs of his soldiers, similar to the sensitivity he discovered,” says Oded, who was above all a loving and devoted husband who cared for his children at all times. “Oded loved to help and help as much as he could, contributed to others from his experience and professionalism, and for this we owe him the appreciation of the military system.” A farewell passage written by his eleven-year-old daughter, Noa: “My father is a hero, Abba Abir, a good father and a wonderful father. / I put your name on limestone, and it did not remain / I put your name on my heart, and it will remain forever. ” His family writes: “It is impossible to summarize in a few words a person, who was part of our flesh and our being, and was a whole world for us, and we will only mention the elements that are central to Oded’s personality: sensitivity, smiling, love,Help in relationships with people, and a desire to be perfect. “
