Levi, Moshe

Moshe (Jimmy), son of Flora and Shalom, was born on 16.3.1942 in Tangier, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1962. He studied in an elementary school in Morocco and later studied for two years In high school and completed his studies at a vocational high school in Rabat, Morocco, with the aim of building a drawing. After completing his studies, he worked for two years as a construction engineer. After immigrating to Israel with his family, who settled in Jerusalem, worked in his profession with various architects and in the Department of Jerusalem City Engineer. In addition, he worked in planning the Knesset building and the Hebrew University. In 1965, Moshe began to work as a teacher of building drawing at the vocational high school at Beit Elisheva, and was the first to develop the building design trend in the school and contributed greatly to its advancement. He helped the students even after they completed their studies, and through his connections with the professionals found them jobs. He also represented the school at the annual conference held in Kfar Vitkin. Moshe loved painting and playing harmonica. He was a sports fan and was swimming, especially rowing. Although he did not study architecture and was not an architect by his title, he planned several Yaffa villas in Mevasseret Zion, a ten-story school in Castel, a villa for the former deputy mayor, and more. He loved trips and trips very much, and every day on vacation he would go out with his wife and sons for walks and nature walks. He loved life, and had a wonderful sense of humor and a talent for telling jokes. He was always willing to help others and never expected anything. He was very active, full of energy and intelligence, tried to exploit every moment, knew how to work hard and was persistent in everything he did. When he was living in a housing project for young couples in Talpiot, he was a member of the neighborhood committee, and when his family moved to Neve Ya’akov, he was elected chairman of the building committee. Moshe was a son, a husband and an exemplary father. He was very concerned about his parents, devoted to his wife, and although he was very busy, he always found time to devote to his sons. Moshe was drafted into the IDF at the end of November 1967. Due to his age and marital status, he was discharged from regular service after three months of basic training and was assigned to reserve duty as a platoon commander in an infantry battalion. In the course of the retreat, on October 6, 1973, Moshe went on a tour of the half-track on the “Asher” axis, between “Oracle” and the “extrovert.” In the midst of an ambush by Egyptian soldiers, Moshe was killed and killed. He was identified only three months later and was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl. He left behind a wife and two sons, a mother, two brothers and a sister. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the unit wrote: “Moshe fought with great courage, and we found in him qualities of a man and a model warrior.” The library at the Beit Elisheva High School in Jerusalem is named after him.