Levi, Abraham (“Abramico”)

Son of Shlomo and Sarah. He was born on May 21, 1921 in Salonika, Greece. All the hardships of the Nazi occupation were spent in Greece and as a child he “dealt” with selling cigarettes. He attended elementary school and high school in his hometown and in 1945 immigrated to Israel as part of the Youth Aliya. He spent two years at Ayelet Hashachar and as a member of a group agriculture he obeyed the Hagana’s orders. Together with many members of the kibbutz and friends in the surrounding areas, Avraham went up to Neot Mordechai and Biriya. He also participated in lifting the siege on the Kfar Giladi farm, which the British imposed in their war against illegal immigration. Avraham was drafted into the IDF in March 1948. He fought in the War of Independence and was a member of the Palmach in the “Yiftah” Brigade. After a while, he took a course in the military school for hygiene and was appointed to be responsible for sanitation in the brigade with which he went down to the Negev. Where he was injured in the bombing of the convoy he was traveling in. About three months after the end of the War of Independence he joined the permanent army. In 1955-1956 he underwent courses in the Ministry of Health and was ordained as an anti-malarial supervisor and a brother in industrial medicine. His close friend said that it was not difficult for Avraham to make friends with each and every one of his friends. The member also states that with each person he would find a common language. He was sensitive to aesthetics and cleanliness. He loved nature and devoted much of his time to music and guitar. He was acceptable and acceptable to all his friends, yet humble and modest. He was kind and Simcha. He was a loyal husband to his wife and a devoted father to his daughters. On Tu B’Shvat, February 10, 1971, Rabbi Avraham died during his service and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.