Tuli (Naftali) Sheinfeld, one of the founders of the settlement of Kfar Etzion, passed away on Saturday.
Sheinfeld was born in Kfar Etzion in 1947, but as an infant was forced to flee the kibbutz with his mother, father and other members of the kibbutz. The Hagana fought to defend it, but the kibbutz fell the day before the Israel declared independence. Sheinfeld’s father was among those who died in the battle.
After the Six Day War in 1967, Sheinfeld and a number of others who had been forced to flee in 1948 returned to reestablish it. Sheinfeld then worked as a farmer, managed the gas plant there, and was chairman of the kibbutz’s financial management.
Sheinfeld’s funeral was held on Sunday at the Kfar Etzion cemetery.