Rabbi Yechiel Yaish of the Netzer Hazani community of Kibbutz Yesod remembered soldier Shlomo Ridenow, Monday, by saying, that if a he would choose a phrase, it would be words from Deuteronomy: "Choose life." He noted that Shlomo was born in Israel and chose to return and volunteer to serve in the Israel Defense Forces.
Speaking after Rabbi Yaish at Shlomo's funeral, Shlomo's brother Avraham described him as full of life.