Aaron Hershler

Aaron Hershler (1850 – 5 January 1873) was a Hungarian-born Jew considered the first national Jewish martyr in the Jewish–Arab conflict. While attempting to intervene in a robbery at his family's home in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, the first Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, Hershler was shot 12 times, dying 5 days later.

Biography Hershler was a Haredi Orthodox Jew By 1873, he was a 23-year-old student at the Kollel Shomrei HaChomos and had a wife and a daughter.

Ahead of Israel's memorial day, the company that manages the Montefiore Windmill placed its sails in the mourning position, with the bottom sail pointing down and angled to the right.