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Levi, Shilo

Levi, Shilo


Son of Hannah and Gad. He was born on October 3, 1975 in Jerusalem. Sheila began his studies at the Kfar Re’eh elementary school. When they finished third grade, Shilo traveled with his family to a mission in Canada, where he studied at the Etz Hayim school in Toronto. When they returned to their home in Karnei Shomron, Shilo began studying at the “Samaria Yeshiva” regional high school, in the humanitarian field. At the end of the 12th grade, he decided to continue his hesder yeshiva and went to Haspin, in the Golan Heights, where he studied for a short time at Yeshivat HaGolan, where Shilo was not sufficiently mature enough to study in the yeshiva. “In Jerusalem, where he studied for several months, Shilo matured and became stronger, and his connection to his home and family grew very strong, but his faith and ambition for spiritual advancement grew stronger:” I learned to be serious. ” He was gifted with gold and painting skills, with his own hands he built himself a bed, a chest of drawers and a chair, he loved the land and the mountain. He felt a sense of mission and believed with all his Lev that he must be willing to give up his life for the sake of his people and his country, and therefore he wanted to serve in a combat unit and worked constantly to improve his physical fitness. At the end of March 1994, Shilo enlisted in the IDF, underwent an exhausting course of basic training and training, and was trained as a combat soldier. He was assigned to the engineering division of the Nahal Brigade and went to Lebanon for operational employment, where he served for three difficult and dangerous years.shilo was considered an ardent fighter and a real patriot with a constant smile on his face, Who tried not to be with him in the same group that carried the stretcher, because of the pace Shilo dictated, he made good connections with his teammates and served a pleasant atmosphere in his surroundings. A thirst for Torah study was an internal and genuine desire, expressed in During the period of vacations from the army, during his visits to the Mechina and in conversations with rabbis, studying the books of ethics and thought and seeing the reality through the glasses of Torah.For a while he debated whether to discontinue his service and return to the preparatory program for Torah study, but after the fall of his friend in Lebanon he insisted on returning to the army, His brother-in-law told him about his way of observing the mitzvot, while ensuring that he would not be exploited or evaded fulfilling his military obligations. Love of the land and its landscapes and the closeness to God . As a loyal and supportive friend, he would visit the families of his comrades who had fallen and were buried. In a letter to the bereaved parents of his friend Yishai Schechter, who fell in Lebanon, Shilo wrote: “The lack of clarity and lack of understanding hurts and gives no rest, but they equip us to absorb the truth in all its clarity. And the reality for the real good. ” Shilo also lost his good friend Uri Biton, who was killed in Lebanon. During the shivah he spoke with his friends about devotion and its meaning. In his farewell letter to his friend, he wrote a kind of spiritual will: “A gift of hero’s death, if anyone knew that his soul would be taken while he was young, he would wish to die for the sanctity of the Lord, the people and the land.” sitA few hours after he wrote these words, Shilo fell on the defense of the people and the land. On the evening of 28 February 1997, the helicopter disaster occurred when two Yasur helicopters collided over Moshav Shear Yashuv. The seventy-three fighters, who made their way to operational activity in Lebanon, were killed, among them Shilo. He was twenty-one when Sheila fell. He was laid to rest in the military section of the cemetery in Karnei Shomron. Survived by his parents, four sisters – Sufiya, Netzahia, Tehila-Sarah and Hodaya-Esther and brother-Yitzhak-Elchanan. The commander of the unit where he served, wrote to his family: “Shilo was an exemplary example of all his teammates, a diligent, dedicated and reliable soldier who always showed great motivation.” Shilo was imbued with faith in the justice of his path. Shilo released and continued to invest above and beyond for the mission and success of the unit. ” His friends in the family eulogized him: “The show of toughness that does not succeed in covering up your infinite sensitivity, your growing seriousness, your deep interest in everything, the deep understanding of things and the need to find ideas to their roots. The press extensively covered the disaster and published articles brought the lines of Shilo. His family commemorated the introduction of a Torah scroll in his name to the southern synagogue in Karnei Shomron. His estate contained thoughts, letters and personal diary. In the words of Shilo for the first anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin, his pain at being divided and torn is clear: “We must reach a level of understanding, wisdom and compromise between the sides. We can reach these things only by the cooperation of all parties and at the same time remember who we are, where we are, where we came from and what our aspirations are. If we put all this on the weight and then listen to each other’s side, I wish we could avoid such terrible things in the future. This day is as hard for me as for everyone and maybe even more so than everyone else. On this day, the reasons for the destruction of the houses of our temples resonate in my mind. I will remember this day as the day of national destruction. “On a study evening in his memory at the Ateret Cohanim on the first anniversary of his downfall, Shilo’s father said:” I think that Shilo has to a certain extent combined the two sides of physical strength with spiritual delicacy … , And even in the past month, we have been told stories we have not known until now, which show how raised, influenced and radiated on those around him. Guys who say that his conversations with them have caused them change and made them change the way of life and settle in the way of Torah study and observance. All this was done modestly and quietly … When we look at what he wrote, we are actually revealing an explicit will and clear guidance to us as parents, how to accept God’s decree “

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