Littman, Pinchas

Son of Gitel and Rabbi Yaakov-Ze’ev (Avtalion), was born on the 8th of Cheshvan 5626 (November 8, 1925) in the city of Kalish, Poland, and immigrated to Israel in 1936. Here he received a high school education and aspired to study agricultural sciences. He grew up in a religious atmosphere and was truthful from his childhood. During World War II, at the age of 17, he accepted the order “Economy and Arms” and went to serve in the Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in the Beit She’an Valley. Where he specialized in agriculture, practiced and was recruited as a police officer in the Jewish settlements. In a quarrel with Arabs, who raised their cattle on the fields of the valley, he was seriously wounded by these and lay in a hospital. After serving for about two and a half years at Sde Eliyahu, he prepared for the exams and was admitted to the university, to the Agriculture Institute, but his studies did not last long. A few weeks later, in December 1947, he and his fellow students joined the War of Independence. During his service he moved from position to position, guarding the buildings of the national institutions in Jerusalem and training new recruits in Beit Hakerem. He also participated in the battles in Tzuba and Neve Ya’akov as a “Baran” machine gunner and excelled in his courage even during the most difficult moments of battle. Before he left for a training course in Na’an, he participated in escorting a convoy to Hartuv, and on the eve of Pesach 5708 he participated in the conquest of Sheikh ‘-Jerah. Was in a group that managed to break through the Arab and British ring of fire and reach Mount Scopus, when the second part of the convoy was forced to return to the city after heavy losses. He remained on Mount Scopus, which was completely cut off. He did not like this meeting and demanded that he be removed at the first opportunity to join the ranks of the fighters, although he was required to remain in the place as one responsible for his safety and protection. Pinchas returned to the city and worked in Katamon, Talpiot, during the capture of Allenby and Deir Abu Tur. On May 13, 1948, the Hisham was stationed in the city and Pinchas was sent along with his friends to Ramat Gan for the defense of southern Jerusalem, where he fought in difficult battles, when the agriculture was passed from hand to hand, (24.5.1948), the day of his death in the battle, he fought at a position on the western border of the agriculture, and Pinchas was wounded by shrapnel and stone thrown by a cannon shell fired from the surroundings of the monastery. They were: “I am the son of Rabbi Litman of the inheritance of Judah. He was buried in Sheikh Bader A. On September 10, 1950, he was transferred to the eternal military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.