Yahav, Rahamim (Rami)
Rahamim (Rami), son of Jonah and Nathan, was born on the 10th of Av 5710 (10.8.1950) in Even Yehuda. He studied at the Even Yehuda elementary school and later went on to study at the Eshel Hanasi School in the Negev, at the Nahalal Agricultural School and at the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School. Rami was a diligent and diligent student, had successfully passed the survey and was loved by his teachers and friends. He was one of the members of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed youth movement in Ein Yaakov, and was a very active and involved member of all the events in the Ken. He was an avid sports enthusiast, especially a soccer player. He was a member of the sports club of the local council of Even Yehuda. He was an outstanding player in the Hadera and Netanya soccer teams and played soccer for two years in the city of Liverpool, England. Rahamim was drafted into the IDF in early May 1968. After completing basic training, he was trained and dedicated to his position, and served as an example of his friends in his good temper and tolerance, and tried not to worry his parents. “Rahamim is a disciplined soldier who knows how to carry out his duties properly.” After graduating from regular army service, he prepared to study at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was an optimistic, smiling and humorous person who often joked and made jokes The Lev of his many friends, he was a peace seeker and moved away from quarrels, leniency and forgiveness He loved his family, respected his parents, and was very attached to his brothers, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out, he was drafted and sent with his unit to the front. Sinai, on the 8th of Tishrei 5734 (October 8, 1973), he fell in a battle at the “Hazion” outpost in the central sector, on the shores of the Suez Canal. At first he was considered missing and then a space was declared where his burial place was unknown. His body was later identified and he was brought to eternal rest at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem. Survived by his father, mother, three brothers and two sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Rachamim of blessed memory was a man and a model warrior.” His parents donated a Torah scroll to the synagogue in Even Yehuda, and the Jerusalem Brigade published a book called “Your Sons – Your Fighters, Jerusalem” .
