Levin, Arie

Son of Jacob and Zoya. He was born on September 25, 1946 in the Ural Mountains of Russia. He moved to Poland with his family and at the end of 1958 – at the beginning of 1959 he left for Israel. After a short period of time in an educational institution of the “Youth Aliyah” (Hadassah), he arrived at Kfar Ruppin. First in a youth group and then in the boys’ class. A few months after his immigration, his father also came to Israel. He was a beloved son, and the father cared for his son with all his might to be devoted and faithful to his people. Aryeh attended high school and completed his 12th grade studies at Beit Berl in Zufit, and was quick to grasp the niladim and become an Israeli boy in every respect. To forget himself in singing and acting and dancing at the many parties that took place in the place, but not only to sing and to dance, but also to express harsh and bitter words, without language or compromise, because reality taught him to be sincere. He joined the IDF in November 1965 and served as the commander of a mortar team at Golani. There were obstacles in his way but he overcame them all. Even to life-time problems in which he had undergone his upheaval, he stood bravely. In the Six-Day War he participated in and fought in the Golan Heights. We were ready and prepared to advance any attack when the enemy tried to conquer territories from our lands. The unit, among all the rest of the fighters, returned fire in quantity and intensity of its kind, and when the day came when the brigade broke into the plateau, it concluded its account with the Syrian enemy; She arrived in Kuneitra with the first fighters. Throughout the war, the unit did not have the time to replace the task force day and night with all its tasks and to respect them. Throughout the period, Aryeh fulfilled his position with honors. When the unit was required one day to set up a special team for a special exercise, the best people were chosen – among them Aryeh. Everything was done perfectly and beyond expectations. He left the war peacefully but then came the unexpected incident and overwhelmed him; He was severely wounded and for several days he was unconscious, and on the morning of the 21st of Tevet 5728 (January 21, 1968) he died of his wounds in the hospital and performed his last moments of devotion and perfection that were typical of him. Thirty years after his death, Kfar Ruppin published a booklet in his memory entitled “Aryeh.” In the book “On Their Way”, published by the Union of the Kibbutzim and Kibbutzim in memory of its fallen comrades, blood was brought about in Volume 4 of “Goily Ash” – Israel, was brought from his estate.