Lavi, Jacob

Son of Meir and Ivon. He was born on October 12, 1960 in Bnei Brak. He studied at the Lapidot elementary school. He was a child with a high level of intelligence and completed his elementary studies after only seven years of study. Afterward, from 1973 to 1977, he studied at the Kfar Ganim High School in Petach Tikva, in the humanitarian track, and passed the matriculation exams with honors. Yaakov was a boy who was observant and a scholar. He had a great memory and always excelled in his studies. He was a member of the Beitar and Bnei Akiva youth movements and joined the Yamit hesder yeshiva in 1977, where he studied in the Holy Land. He was a tank driver and rifleman and was sent to the Armored Corps School for a training course as a tank fighter. Jacob was a sociable person and aware of the problems of the whole. In his attitude to the individual, he was always ready to lend a helping hand to all that was required. On Wednesday, 2 Adar 2, 5738 (March 29, 1968), he fell to the eternal resting place of the cemetery in Bnei Brak, leaving behind his parents, brothers and sisters in a letter of condolences to the bereaved family. And in his training as a soldier in the Armored Corps. In the short period of time that his commanders knew, he stood out for his positive qualities and was diligent in fulfilling his task. “His parents established his name in the Sha’arei Rachamim Synagogue in Bnei Brak.