Levi, Joseph (“Yossi”)

An only son of his parents, Nissim and Esther, both of whom were born in Old Jerusalem. The father is a veteran lawyer in Jerusalem and a well-known rabbi. The mother also came from a well-known family whose grandfather was the head of the rabbinical court of the Sephardi community in Jerusalem and a member of the Chief Rabbinate. He was born on July 16, 1934, in Jerusalem, and after graduating from high school in Rehavia, Jerusalem, he studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and before graduating he began his studies in economics. He worked in the foreign currency department of the Ministry of Finance and was then awarded the degree of Doctor of Business Administration at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA. After completing his studies abroad, he began lecturing at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Business Administration, and his qualities were: love, modesty, thoroughness and dedication, he was sensitive and closed, his lessons were extremely interesting and ready, and his willingness to help his students succeed was unqualified. He devoted himself to sports, mainly to playing tennis, swimming, and hiking in Israel, where he loved and knew every trail. And Pekedu destroyed its sites The IDF was recruited in August 1952 and reached the rank of lieutenant in 1956 and completed his army service as an officer in the Armored Corps, but for health reasons he was forced to move to a staff unit. In peace he agreed to serve in the headquarters, especially as it was related to the exploitation of his scientific ability. But when the Six-Day War broke out he did not rest until he was accepted into a combat unit and his friends admired his great enthusiasm until one of them said that “Yossi saw the war as if it were his own war.” When he appeared in the company and announced that he had been apprehended as another officer, he immediately drew attention to the soldiers and the staff as well, because of his modesty and volunteerism. Most of his devotion was expressed by the company’s first mission to fortify targets around the Mevo’ot Betar and throughout the day he moved with his private vehicle in search of additional equipment and means to improve the fortifications. Saw a sacred work in the fortifications and made sure that the force that came to replace the people knew how to operate the vessels. Stayed at the outskirts of Beitar to instruct, guide, and guide – and on the first day of the war he joined the company. While she was organizing at Armon Hanatziv, he noticed that the equipment had not yet arrived and took it upon himself to bring him from the Allenby camp under fire and bullets. He also provided the soldiers with warm clothes that he could find in the UN warehouses in Armon Hanatziv, for the sake of food, and also food rations so that they would not starve on the day of the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967) The tanks shelled the palace, penetrating one shell and causing the injury of several soldiers, and even dropping it, placing a wife in her pregnancy, and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. After all the members had despaired of performing a specific role, Yossi would appear and outline a course of action that no one had imagined. “In his book” Nizkor, “published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the student union,