Haim Hefer

Haim Hefer was an Israeli songwriter, poet and writer.

Haim Feiner was born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1925 to Issachar Feiner, a chocolate salesman, and Rivka Herzberg, a housewife. He had a private Hebrew tutor. His family immigrated to Palestine in 1936 and settled in Raanana. He began writing at the age of 13, as part of a national contest. He never finished high school and joined the Palmach in 1943. He took part in smuggling illegal immigrants through Syria and Lebanon. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, he was one of the founders of the Chizbatron, the Palmach army troupe, and was its chief songwriter.

Source: Wikipedia