The Eliyahu Family

Yedidya Eliyahu (הי"ד)

Yedidya was born in Jerusalem in December 1997 (ג’ בכסלו תשנ”ח) as one of
eleven children to proud parents Rabbi Yoram and Ziva Eliyahu. He studied at the
Morasha Talmud Torah, continuing on to Naveh yeshiva high school and then a
full time yeshiva in Tzfat.

Yedidya combined his army service with Yeshiva studies via the Hesder program and joined the Combat Engineering corps. Shortly after completing his army service and rejoining his yeshiva, he married Meitar and moved to Ramat Gilad in the Samaria region.

Yedidya’s dream was to combine his love of Torah with his desire to live
life to its fullest. Thus, he’d study Torah while working in construction – building the
country physically and spiritually.

The Ultimate Warrior

On October 7th just after Simchat Torah, Yedidya deployed with his unit to
the Gaza border. He was adamant about taking part in the war as he saw it as
restoring Israel’s lost honor. Once ground operations commenced, Yedidya
insisted that he be given a frontline role and joined the combat engineering
forces as they cleared the way for the rest of the army.

On November 3rd after six days of heavy ﬁghting during which he fought with
singular bravery, Yedidya was killed by a piece of shrapnel that entered his
armored personnel carrier. He was twenty-ﬁve years old.

He leaves behind his pregnant wife, Meitar and three children: Maor Ziva, Avigail and Porat Avia, who was born four months after Yedidya’s death.

Life after Yedidya

Yedidya left behind his pregnant wife, Meitar and three children:
Maor Ziva, now 4, a sweet young boy
Avigail, is 2, cute and playful in her own special way
Porat Avia, who was born four months after Yedidya’s death.

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