Sharon (Sharabi), Yosef

Yosef, son of Shoshana and Yefet, was born in Petah Tikva on August 26, 1944. He studied at the Netzach Yisrael elementary school in Petach Tikvah, and later passed the matriculation exams, as a son of a Yemenite family. The Yemenite Machaneh Yehuda in Petah Tikva, and was a diligent and responsible student who aspired to learn and acquire knowledge and education, and his teachers said that he was a mixture of discipline and modesty to teachers and adults, gentle and assertive. He had already done so to improve the lives of the students in his school, and was drafted into the IDF in early November 1961 and assigned to the Artillery Corps. He was trained as a soldier and later as commander of a team with artillery batteries, and after his discharge from the regular service he worked in print and post- He also studied diamond sawing and was very successful in his work, in the evenings he completed his matriculation exams and participated in the Six-Day War in the Sinai during his service in the reserves. In his neighborhood and among his many friends and friends, Joseph will be remembered as a person who devoted all his energy and blessed talents to the advancement of social life there. He established an organized society for the cultural activities of young men and women in the neighborhoods of Sha’ariya and the Yehuda camp, and persuaded the Petah Tikva municipality to allocate a building for this purpose. He was astonished at the desolation and cultural desolation among the youth in his neighborhood and in the vicinity, and he was blessed to do so. He initiated lectures for teenagers, organized exhibitions and displays of paintings and sculptures, set up a reading room and worked tirelessly to consolidate the youth. Out of concern for the Second Israel, he and two other friends initiated the establishment of a printing press in a development town. In the implementation of this plan, he spent days and nights of work, efforts and overcoming the obstacles of bureaucracy. It was his desire to help absorb new immigrants and provide opportunities for work and a decent living for young people, who had difficulty in absorbing them in society and work. Concern for others and others was at the center of Joseph’s life. At the same time, he found time to help his parents, take care of his four brothers and sisters, and establish a home in Israel. He was a loyal husband to his wife and an exemplary father to his son. In the Yom Kippur War, Yosef was a senior commander of a moving artillery team in a battalion that fought in Sinai. With his battalion he went through all the battles, from the beginning of the war to the containment of the Egyptian forces. On October 21, 1973, he was killed and killed in an enemy attack on his land west of the bitter lake. He was laid to rest in the Petah Tikva cemetery. Survived by a wife, son and daughter, parents, two sisters and two brothers. His daughter was born after his death and was named after him – Josepha. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote that Yosef was one of the commanders of the senior teams in the battalion, a soldier who loved soldiers and commanders alike.