Editing Naomi Shemer (section)

== Early life ==
Naomi Sapir ({{lang|he|נעמי ספיר}}) was born to Rivka and Meir Sapir (Sapirov), [[Litvaks|Lithuanian Jewish]] immigrants to [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], in Kvutzat Kinneret, a [[kibbutz]] in Mandatory Palestine that her parents helped to establish. In 1935, Shemer and her mother visited [[Vilnius]], where they met Meir Sapov's sister Berta and her family. Shemer's European relatives were later killed during [[The Holocaust]].

Encouraged by her mother, Naomi started playing the piano at the age of six.

After graduating from high school, Shemer postponed her [[Conscription in Israel|mandatory military service]], despite the opposition of some fellow kibbutz members, to study music. Shemer began her music studies at the Israeli Conservatory in Tel Aviv-Yafo before continuing at the [[Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance]]. She studied under notable teachers, including [[Paul Ben-Haim]], [[Frank Pelleg]], [[Abel Ehrlich]], [[Ilona Vincze-Kraus]], and [[Josef Tal]].{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} 

After Shemer completed her music studies, she returned to Kvutzah Kinneret and worked as a children's music teacher. Shemer created some of her earliest works during this period, such as "The Mail Arrived Today" and "Our Little Brother" ([[Yafa Yarkoni]] recorded them years later on her album "Songs from the Sea of Galilee" about her brother Yankale<ref>{{Cite web |title="אחינו הקטן" של נעמי שמר נחבא אל הכלים – ופורח על הבמה |url=http://xnet.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5342436,00.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=xnet |language=he}}</ref>).
[[File:Naomi Shemer (997009452362705171).jpg|thumb|Naomi Shemer]]
In 1951, after a deferment of about 4 years, she enlisted in the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]], where she served as a pianist in [[The Nahal Singers]], a secondary troupe to the Nahal Band.