Weizmann, Yehiel-Mordechai

Son of Frida and Moshe David was born in Tel Aviv on May 20, 1958. His parents, from Poland, are survivors of the Holocaust, a fact that greatly influenced Yehiel Mordechai’s lifestyle and aspirations. And at the age of nine, the Six-Day War broke out and he was interested during the war, and when he heard that on the first day of the fighting the battle was decided by IAF pilots decided that one day, when he joined the IDF, he would serve in the IAF. He had read books about aviation, and there was a collection of airplane models on shelves and hanging from the ceiling of his room. He studied at the Segula elementary school in Bnei Brak and continued his studies at the Nativ Meir High School in Jerusalem. He stood out as an outstanding student, diligent and disciplined. In “Path Meir” Yehiel absorbed values ​​that were close to his Lev. He fulfilled the commandments of religion with deep conviction and conviction. When he reached the army, Yechiel hoped to be accepted into the Israel Air Force, and on July 21, 1976, he enlisted in the pilots’ course, but due to limitations in vision he was disqualified. Yechiel had a course in tank tanks, advanced in the army, and in May 1978 he was promoted to the rank of tank commander. symbol. He was sent to the officers’ course, to the displeasure of his rabbi at the yeshiva, who told him that his presence in the yeshiva was very important. Yehiel Mordechai replied: “I do not leave the yeshiva, I take her with me.” He successfully completed an officer’s course, and in November 1978 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and he was proud of the rank and file, and as commander he saw himself as an educator.In November 1979, he took an advanced officers’ course and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Yehiel returned to a civilian life course, taught mathematics at the Torah V’Avodah yeshiva in Tel Aviv, and excelled as a teacher and educator, while at the same time he began studying at mechanical engineering at Tel Aviv University. When he prayed he taught “Parashat HaShavua”, lessons that remained in the scriptures after his death And on its battalion was assigned to help the paratroopers advance in the area south of Lake Karun On the afternoon of June 10, 1982, at noon, when the unit of Deputy Commander Moshe Levkowitz, under the command of Yossi under the command of Brigadier General Yossi Peled attacked the column of tanks under Yehiel’s command from the west, the first two tanks were hit and five soldiers were killed, including Yechiel, who was 24 years old when he fell in. The defense minister wrote to his parents: “He was an excellent fighter and a capable officer. He was loved by everyone he knew. “The commander of his unit wrote:” Yechiel was an excellent officer and quickly integrated into the unit. He demanded of his subordinates high operational discipline and perfect execution. He was attentive to the soldiers’ problems and treated them with warmth and friendship. “At the civilian cemetery in Kiryat Shaul in Tel Aviv, Yechiel Mordechai was laid to rest by his parents, parents whose fate was tragic: their family was annihilated in the Holocaust and now, Their son. He also left behind two sisters and a wife in her fourth month of pregnancy. Five months after his son’s death, his son Yehiel Mordechai Chai was born.