Benayoun, Yossi
Son of Mercedes and Avraham, who immigrated to Israel in the 1950s. Yossi was born on the 24th of Tevet 5723 (24.1.1963) in Moshav Eliflet, where he grew up and grew up in a tall, pleasant and joyful youth. He attended the state religious school in Epple. He was an intelligent student, loved all the subjects, especially Bible studies, and was a leader in his childhood, and at the end of sixth grade he planned to change his life with his friend Ilan: he decided to study in a regional school in Hatzor. After three years, at the recommendation of the teachers and the parents, he moved to a higher level school – “Madrishit Noam.” But Yossi was very attached to his family and had difficulty carrying the separation, so he returned to study in a school in the area He lived in the religious high school in Safed, and Yossi was Simcha with his parents, brothers and sisters, and was an honorary driver on all of them. Yossi was a good student, and everything related to spiritual matters attracted his Lev. “Yossi was a good student, and everything related to spiritual matters attracted him. However, he was able to combine the joy of life with the hardware involved in his studies, and his dream was to finish his army service and study Bible at Bar-Ilan University. His lifestyle was that of a boy who observes Torah and mitzvot. After his death, the local rabbi said that Yossi used to give “secret charity,” and on Saturdays, when he went up to the Torah, he volunteered for the weak. But he insisted, and made sure that his contribution would be transferred on Sunday to her destination. On weekdays vacations he would travel to the Hasidic community in Hatzor Haglilit to listen to a shiur in the Torah and demand from its rabbis. He was modest and pleasant, courteous, quiet and loved by everyone. “Going naive and doing justice,” wrote a classmate. A friend who has never done anything to harm or harm others. Honest and honest, “speaks the truth in his Lev.” Responsible, and committed to all the roles he took upon himself in social life. During the first period of his service in the IDF, Yossi wanted to be an officer in order to continue the tradition of his family (his father was an officer who served as a commander in the area where he lived, and his brother, In the course of the officers’ course, he had difficulties, but Yossi overcame them: he used to wake up early to put on tefillin and pray for Shacharit, and he continued to do so after a hard day and a short night. He was a favorite of his comrades in the unit, just as he was loved by his friends in the moshav Yossi died on 9 May 1984 during the War of Peace in the Galilee, when he was hit by a grenade of terrorists in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon. He was on his way to leave on leave from the Ansar camp. He was 21 years old. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Rosh Pina. He left behind his parents, brothers and sisters. His commander wrote to the family that Yossi was an excellent officer and that in his fall the unit lost one of its good officers. He was promoted to lieutenant after his death. Even in his last moments he had the Book of Psalms, the prayer shawl and the tefillin. The family donated a Torah scroll to the synagogue in Aliflet, naming the local Bnei Akiva club. His family and friends published a pamphlet in his memory
