Levy, Boaz (‘Buzy’)

Old son of Shabtai and Tova, one of the founders of the settlement. He was born on February 25, 1959, in Jerusalem. He attended the “Argentina” elementary school in Jerusalem. Afterward he completed his studies at the vocational high school Ort Hanichim in the capital. Boaz, who was described by his friends as Buzi, was a smart boy, full of life-wisdom, alert and cheerful. Although he was dissatisfied with the profession he had attended in high school – electrician-car – he accepted his parents’ pleas, continued his studies and completed them successfully. He was an accepted boy in his neighborhood and school, and his circle of friends was wide and large. He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed youth movement for several years. Boaz loved sports, he was interested in music and dance. As a son of a large family, he was a friend and friend of his older brothers and sisters. As his brother, Doron, was a devoted son of his parents, he loved and admired them. After completing his studies, he asked to be drafted into the IDF and joined his older friends, who had enlisted in the army, and urged his parents to allow him to enlist earlier than usual. After basic training he was sent to the Armored Corps School and filled various positions. At first he worked in the carpentry shop, building the unit’s club, and later was transferred to the quartermaster company. He was not pleased with his new job and asked to move to another company, but his request was not given to him. In the unit, Boaz was known as a cheerful and Simcha soldier but withdrawn. He made sure to maintain contact with his family and took advantage of every vacation to visit the house. On the 24th of Iyar 5737 (24.4.1977) Boaz fell during his service, was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and left behind his parents, five brothers and four sisters, and his family donated to his memory a Torah scroll To the synagogue in his neighborhood in Jerusalem.