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Levi, Emanuel (Ami)

Levi, Emanuel (Ami)


Ben Shoshana and Yosef. Born on 7 July 1957 in Rehovot, he was the fourth son of five children, brother to Miriam, Nitzana, Zohar and Noga Ami began his elementary studies at the Ben Tzvi School in Rehovot and completed his high school studies at the ” Yohanna Jabotinsky was born in Beer Yaakov, where he successfully completed a pre-military training course for refrigeration technicians, and at the end of April 1975, Emanuel joined the IDF and became a paratrooper fighter. His commanders saw him as a responsible and quiet soldier who carried out his missions to the fullest and to their satisfaction, and was admired and accepted by his commanders and friends alike. At the end of September 1978, Emanuel married his son, Nelly, and two years after their marriage, their eldest daughter was born in Thal. In 1982 their son Ahavniel was born, and four years later Ural was born. The family lived in Moshav Massuah in the Jordan Valley, and Ami found his livelihood in his agricultural work by growing flowers, vegetables and a vineyard for edible grapes. Ami was a calm, sensitive man, a family man and an exemplary society with broad horizons and broad interests, including philosophy, religion and mystical faith. At the beginning of May 1995, Ami was called to reserve duty as a medic at the Gadi camp clinic in the Valley Brigade of the Central Command. During the reserve duty, on 28.5.1995, Ami fell in the line of duty. He was thirty-eight years old when he fell. Ami was laid to rest in the military section of the Jordan Valley cemetery. Survived by his parents, Raya, daughter, two sons, three sisters and a brother. Six months after the fall of Ami, his father died. In a condolence letter to the family, the unit commander wrote: “Ami served in the jobs he was summoned to very well and was an exemplary, quiet and disciplined soldier who always knew how to help others and had good relations with his commanders and friends.” His family immortalized his name with a donation he raised for the synagogue in Masua, where he lived.

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