Yehuda, Isaac

Ben Tziona and Yosef. He was born in Ofakim on July 16, 1986. His fourth brother, Nir, Roi, Ran, and the twins Tamar and Daniel, grew up in Ofakim and began his studies at the Morasha elementary school, At the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva Afikei Eretz, and like many of his friends, he continued his high school studies at the Technical School in Be’er Sheva, where he studied electronics. He recognized that the continuation of his studies in the “technical” would tie him to military service in the air force, while all his interest was in combat service. He therefore wanted to move to the Merhavim Regional School, and even though it is not customary to take in new students in grades 11-12, the principal agreed to “take risks” and accept them. Thus, at the end of the holiday season, after he had already begun 12th grade, he joined the Raelit track in the “Merhavim” educational campus. I had a bright future for him, an electrical engineer perhaps. He took 100 out of everything. He did not make an effort and did not sit and grove. “The level of studies in Merchavim was higher than that of the Technion, but Yitzhak was not intimidated, but he treated it as a challenge: he used to stay in school until late afternoon and complete material, Gifted, humble, and loving others were part of Yitzhak’s character, a cute boy with a constant laugh: “As he always does, he is always laughing, modest and humbled. He does not talk much, and mostly not about himself. He does not complain, does not complain, does not raise his voice, sometimes looks quietly from side to side, listens and smiles, tries not to bother anyone, “describes Uncle Michael, who was a supreme value for Yitzchak and treated everyone with compassion. In every situation, he found beauty and uniqueness, and he was careful to say that a person’s praise was in his face and to emphasize his virtues: “You behaved like a good grandfather.” When you met someone right away, you told him how good he was, you entered his soul and it was important for you to say to him, ‘Go on, look at the forces in you …’ “Uncle Michael added:” Yitzhak was able to appreciate everything that came his way and to judge every person and situation. He always looked at what was going on from the good, forgiving, dispassionate gaze, and in each he saw the good and the beautiful. I did not hear criticism, contempt, or a hint of condescension: “Yitzhak had many friends, different in character and customs, and with everyone he found a common language, loved and loved, and even at first he did not know the” quiet boy. “Slowly, “When he was a peace seeker and aspired to permanent harmony, Yitzhak could not bear conflicts of any kind, and if there was a quarrel, he quickly reconciled the parties and restored order. , Even at the expense of spending time. “Ben:” Yitzhak thought more about friends than about himself. Gave money to his friends, always lent them. Number one in terms of friends. He would always call friends and they would call him for help, questions, and consultation. Every time I called him, Yitzhak had the reassuring voice and he was always attentive. “He also cared for the family, with whom he had a special relationship, that he never cared about, and always helped, respected and lavished infinite love. He was an attentive, caring and attentive brother, and was especially a loving and dedicated brother, and on the trips he shared with the extended family, Yitzhak was “the adult, the person responsible, the one who makes sure that no one will do anything stupid. On the walking paths, as if you wanted to keep everyone, so that no one would do anything … “says the cousinIsaac was widely known. He showed concern for his older neighbors, made sure to demand their money and helped them at every opportunity. On the eve of the Sabbath, the kiddush was held in the pavilion so that they too would feel the sanctity of Shabbat. During his high school studies, a school trip was conducted to the north of the country. Yitzhak witnessed an unpleasant incident: a group of boys quarreled, and the teacher tried to separate them. Yitzhak quickly intervened, wanting to protect the teacher. Unfortunately, he tripped, fell, and unclenched his hand. He was evacuated to a hospital in Kiryat Shmona and after a day of hospitalization returned home with his hand bandaged. Modestly, told his parents that he was injured when he fell in the stream. To rehabilitate his hand, he had to undergo physiotherapy, but every time he stretched out his hand a little too much he would unbuckle his shoulder. Over time he learned to deal with the phenomenon and put his shoulder back in place. In his home, Yitzhak was educated for idealism, for the love of the homeland and for the duty to enlist to defend the land, and these values ​​were well assimilated. He was naturally involved and involved in what was going on and loved the country with all his might. He looked forward to his military service, so that he could contribute and practice what he believed in. “To enlist in the army is a right and not a duty, especially when the Jewish people have been in exile for two thousand years. There were no soldiers,” he would say. His ambition and dream were to serve in a combat unit, and his eyes were on the “Raven” unit of Golani, the brigade where his older brothers Nir and Ran served. In his decision, Yitzhak began training and working to improve his physical fitness, but at the end of the medical examinations at the induction center his profile was set to only 45 – a profile that did not allow him to serve combat service. His disappointment was great. He urged volunteers to join combat units: “You are healthy and you have no problems, go to combat,” he preached. When he joined the IDF on November 23, 2004, Yitzhak was offered several positions, but he was not interested in any of them, and finally, by default and reluctantly, Naval commando unit. Hodaya, the cousin: “He did not accept that he was a clerk, he wanted more and was not willing to give in. He did not feel that he belonged to the ‘squadron’ and to the job. Yitzhak found it difficult to accept reality and was frustrated. Gradually he realized that the way to realize his dream of serving as a warrior was to have an operation that would cure the defect in his shoulder. “When we were in Gaza, we would always sit after meals and call Yitzhak and talk to him when he was in the unit in Atlit,” he said, “we were with action around us, operations and operations, and he always said, ‘Wait until I get through the operation. Friend. And so, while fulfilling his role in the navy, Yitzhak worked with persistence and stubbornness to advance the analysis program. David says, “If Yitzhak decided that he was doing something, then he would not budge, he was very stubborn, his decision was a decision, as if there was no tomorrow.” Israel adds: “A strong person does not give up and does not give in to things, does not let things break him, he does everything to achieve his goal.” After a long struggle in the system and its programs, Yitzhak Perry’s efforts were carried out and the desired operation was approved. When the date for the operation was set, Yitzhak was happy. His dream of serving as a warrior was coming true. On May 11, 2005, Yitzhak underwent surgery, and his father recalls: “We were in the north of the entire extended family. We wanted to collect him on the way from Atlit, but he said there was no need for us to be aware that this was a day of hospitalization. On the day of the operation we are in Tiberias. I called him and he was unavailable. Around 10 PM I called the hospital and told him he was asleep. “The operation on the shoulder ended successfully, but the next day, on May 12, 2005, Israel’s Independence Day,His soul to the Creator. His father: “In the morning I called the hospital again and the nurse asked me to come in. I did not think for a minute that something had happened to him, and I and Tziona went to the hospital, and my brother-in-law, with his connections, had already learned that a disaster had happened. “Yitzhak, nineteen years old in his fall, was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Moshav Betachah. Survived by parents, four brothers and a sister. After his fall he was promoted to corporal. On his grave, his family eulogized him: “Our Yitzchak – we are standing here – next to your grave, and we do not believe … We are all grieved and grieved because you left us and you are not yet 20. Yitzhaki always say that God takes the best for us, How much you were good-hearted, responsible, sociable, and able to give and love to those around you, how important the truth was to you, how uncompromising you could be to go all the way with the things you believed in. To give everything for the family you so loved, and how willing you would be to give everything – with your modesty, your devotion and your kindness, for our country – and die for it … Fiddler The stay is too big for this world. Probably you belong to God – like angels. ” In his letter of consolation to the bereaved family, Major General David Ben-Bashat, commander of the navy, wrote: “He served in the Shayetet 13 with great devotion, with a strong desire to recover and to turn his service to combat service in order to contribute and defend the homeland. In the name of the navy, its commanders and soldiers, I express our participation in your great mourning and strengthen your hands. “Brig. Gen. Erez Nevo, commander of the unit, wrote:” Yitzhak served in the naval commando unit as a combat supporter. He contributed his part in assisting the ongoing tasks of the unit and engaged in activities of great importance – dealing with the individual. Yitzhak was willing to carry out any mission – calmly, modestly, and calmly that characterized him so much. He was a dedicated soldier and a good friend. The story of Yitzhak’s tragic death was published in the press and aroused many echoes: After his death, the Health Ministry established a committee of inquiry that found that a chain of mishaps caused disaster. It is so right for you to suddenly die in the middle of life and to make us wonder and answer. To stop living only here and now, as if there were no hidden or additional meanings to life. … And your death involves your desire to live, uncompromisingly, with a piercing truth, with a law that the will will exist without compromises, closest to the Divine escort. … joined the chain of generations and won Israel. … You were so modest and you were like you, even when you were with us, and there was something of the secret in you, as if we would not regret it when you left. … Isaac, you were to us to win, to great love and infinite happiness. … and I hope that every memory of you will bring a smile of love. “The eulogy of the family on the second anniversary of his death:” … we do not understand the concepts that accompany you now, your time is different. We imagine that your thoughts and desires are all pure and true and we console ourselves with the knowledge and regret that you never asked for anything for yourself. … And yet we are trying to make the knowledge that is one of the greatest gifts you have given us in your existence and in your walk, and that you want for us as your will, to continue to fulfill and to rejoice, to see the good, not to be angry with ourselves. … love you, miss you, admire you and our child. Forever. “The words of remembrance on the third anniversary:” … in your short life we ​​learned a lot from you – the love, the friendship, the determination, the joy of life, the laughter, the care, the modesty and the simplicity, the self-confidence. … Only sometimes, Yitzhak, does the will creep up, if ever a brotherSee, talk, embrace, feel and hear you as you could be today. It is our Isaac, the heart refuses to part but you already know that Frida has no meaning, at least not for us, because you, a beloved child, always resides in our hearts … “Hodaya’s eulogy:” You were amazing, You have no substitute. … God really takes him from the finest to his cruiser up there, the Patrol of the Angels. … What is special but painful alike is the knowledge and memory that will always remain a boy-boy, an angel boy, an eternal boy, a special boy. … You are missing every second, every minute, every hour and all – all the time. “Yitzhak is our love, death is not something we can digest, it makes us remember the finality of our physical existence, so he necessarily connects us to The Infinity, the Spirit, the Divinity. And since your name is Isaac, and there it is, as a preface to the book that was written by us and for us, in which we will have some memory of the appearance of your soul in the world, see the sources and see, even chillingly, the continued revelation of our soul. Devotion, activism and hidden righteousness will be expressed in everything that will be written on this page onward. Isaac, according to Chazal, symbolizes the degree of heroism in the world, and in your life and death you fell upon the sanctification of God, for devotion and supreme courage in order to be a fighter in the army of the Jewish people. His correction in the world, while we are still standing, working and swimming with the strong, long, and longings, to you. “