Levi, Dov
Was born on the 30th of Tammuz 1917 in the Old City of Jerusalem and grew up in his parents’ home in an atmosphere of devotion and Zionist and national aspirations, to protect the Yishuv and to provide generous assistance to the downtrodden. After graduating from elementary school, he studied regrets at a high school and when he began to work, he gave most of his salary to his parents. And in classical music, during World War II he worked as a mechanic in a mechanical workshop for the production of important weapons He was active in the Haganah during the War of Independence and participated in combat and defense activities, and in the installation and upgrading of weapons, despite the fact that his family, which had important roles in the city and had sufficient rights to refrain from immigrating to Mount Scopus, volunteered for this role, Where treasures are more precious than all that is precious, and perhaps I will once again be able to study there. “The British soldiers ordered them to leave the bus for inspection, and he gave a counter-command not to get up or leave. During the period of his stay on the mountain he filled the positions of warehouseman and warrior alike. On the night of the 13th of Iyar 5708 (22.5.1948) late at night, he ordered the tired gymnast at Hadassah Hospital to go with him at once and showed her a sack of rice he had discovered in the cellar. He explained to her why he saw the need to bother now: the food is scarce and the siege ring is tight, and in the contents of this sack depends the lives of people and he is about to leave for a little while and if something happens he will not go down with him. The enemy’s armor in an attempt to conquer the place. He crawled out of his position and threw a Molotov cocktail at a tanker and paralyzed it and the rest of the cruisers retreated. In this operation he was seriously wounded by the enemy’s cannon-shell. Despite his call to friends who would leave him alone and not endanger themselves, they picked him up and took care of him, and while he was taking care of them he tried to encourage them and gave them the keys and instructions to work in his place until he recovered from his injuries. He was buried on Mount Scopus. On the 18th of Shevat 5711 (18.1.1951) he was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
