Son of Hai and Salima. Born in 1939 in the city of Mosul in Iraq, the family immigrated to Israel in 1951. He began his studies in Beit Lid and then attended evening classes in Afula. On the 29th of Kislev 5718 (22 December 1957), Menashe was wounded and died of his wounds. He was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Afula.