Son of Menashe and Miriam. Born in 1936 in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, he graduated from elementary school there and immigrated to Israel in 1950. He completed his studies in a public school for working boys, and worked in a factory. 1954. He passed away on the 25th of Mershvan, 5710 (October 29, 1956) and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.