Eliyahu, Yehuda

Ben Sarah and Abraham. Yehuda was born on the 5th of Sivan 5709 (1949) in Bombay, India, where he had four children, a brother to Yosef, Shimon and Tamar, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1951. Yehuda was educated and educated in the elementary school in the Yishuv, and continued to be a high school student at the Einot Boarding School, where he was a prominent member of the youth movement, full of youthful joy, leadership, kindness and love for others. Six days in a Suez Canal After the war he was wounded in an operational accident, but insisted on returning to his unit after service During the Yom Kippur War Yehuda fought with his unit as a reservist in the Golan Heights and was in reserve duty for eight months, and returned to work in the agricultural sector after the war, He worked in the poultry industry and in the avocado and apple orchards, and since he was a child, Yehuda dreamed of working with various types of tractors. Yehuda was a favorite of all the staff and enjoyed a challenging and interesting position. In 1990 he was fired from work due to a reduction in manpower and returned to work in the economy. For years, Yehuda volunteered for the moshav’s youth, who were fascinated by his ability to express and his sense of humor, and together they brought sketches and performances that would have pleased the members of the community. As a hobby Yehuda played various musical instruments with great knowledge and natural talent. In 1990, Yehuda enlisted in the Border Police, serving as the town’s security coordinator, fulfilling his duties to the satisfaction of his commanders with great love and dedication until his illness overwhelmed him. In 2003, Judah contracted the disease. He fought illness for about a year but was finally defeated and died on February 17, 2004. Advanced sergeant Yehuda was fifty-five years old when he fell. He was buried in the Kfar Yuval cemetery. He left a wife and three children. Judah married his three children, and he was privileged to see five grandchildren whose love was endless. The family wrote: “Yehuda Eliyahu was a brother, a husband, a father and an exemplary grandfather, young in spirit and soul, a caring man, pleasant with a constant smile on his face, always in our hearts.