The winner of the Israel Prize, Aharon Yadlin, is now (Sunday) being laid to rest in the cemetery in Kibbutz Hatzerim.
The funeral is attended by hundreds of relatives and family members.
His wife Adina Handler Lindberg, his son former head of Aman Amos Yadlin and the country's president Yitzhak Herzog paid tribute to him.
"After all, in so many ways - we were all your students Aharon!" said President Herzog.
"We are all your students, because you always loved peace and pursued peace, you loved mankind with all your heart, and you brought them closer to the Torah, to education, to learning, to heritage. You were a man of the labor movement with every fiber of your soul, you were a man of vision and action, who knew how to dream and see from afar, and at the same time really Also toil and fulfill with your own two hands.
"For many years I have had the privilege of working with you and learning from you. And I have always seen you as a public leader who holds to iron principles, a true democrat, whose worldview is solid and well-founded. A man of compromise and dialogue, of human love, understanding and listening to others and others. Always so modest and humble, without a hint of manners Sharara, who travels all over the country by bus, in sandals and a silly hat, and always arrives at every site and site in the country, retire from your sleep and do more action for the noble cause," added the president of the country.
The late Aharon Yadlin. Archive, photo: Efrat Eshel
"In the name of the State of Israel, in the name of generations of citizens of Israel, I thank you today. Thank you Aharon for your tremendous contribution to the country and society: to the empowerment of the education system and building its future, to the strengthening of the working settlement, and for being a beacon of love for the land and love for people," concluded the President .
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Yadlin was a public activist, member of Knesset and Minister of Education in the first Rabin government.
Yedlin was married to Ada HaCohen, who died in 1998. He later remarried Adina Handler Lindberg.
He was the father of three and the grandfather of ten grandchildren.
Yadlin was born in Tel Aviv, was active in the scout movement and served as the movement's national coordinator.
In the War of Independence, he fought in the Palmach. He was part of the nucleus of Kibbutz Bari and even participated in the ascent of the Kibbutz to its permanent location in the Negev in 1946. Later he moved and lived in Kibbutz Hatzeris in the Negev.
Yadlin studied general history, economics and sociology at the Hebrew University and was one of the founders of Beit Berel College, where he taught sociology and was even the director of the college.
As part of his political activity, he was placed 48th on the Mapai list for the Fourth Knesset and was a member of the Education Committee and the Economy Committee. Towards the end of the term of the Fifth Knesset, in May 1964, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education. In June 1972, he was unanimously elected Secretary General of the Labor Party and held the position for two years .
In the 17th Israeli government, formed by Yitzhak Rabin, he was appointed Minister of Education.
After retiring from the Knesset in early 1979, he served in many public positions, including chairman of the World Zionist Labor Movement, chairman of Mossad Bialik, chairman of the trustees of the Prime Minister's Fund for Writers and chairman of the jury of the World Bible Quiz for Jewish Youth.
In 2010 it was decided to award him the Israel Prize for a special contribution to society and the country.
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