Ben-Yehuda (Manny), Yitzchak

Son of Roza (Shoshana) and Yehuda, was born on the 19th of Heshvon, October 27, 1926 in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1945 he made Aliya by land. Yitzchak was kindhearted and willing to come to the aid of others and found this to be a spiritual satisfaction. During the War of Independence, Yitzchak was drafted and fought in the local garrison and bore with understanding all the hardships of living in trenches in a destroyed farm. Yitzhak fell on the 1st of Tishrei, 5709 (October 4, 1948), and was brought to rest in the cemetery in Be’eri.