Tovolsky, Yitzhak

Yitzhak (Bogo), son of Hadassah and Moshe, was born on 13.12.1933 in Tel Aviv. He studied at the BILU elementary school, and later went on to study at the Ironi B High School in Tel Aviv, he was born in a house that was steeped in love for the Land of Israel, his father died In Tel Aviv during the War of Independence, when Yitzhak was 14. Yitzhak was a good student at the high school, and in those days was active in the Gadna, served during the battles of the War of Independence and took a commanding course. He was a man who was responsible and devoted to every matter. He was naturally a fighter who knew no compromise in his pursuit of the goal he had set for himself. Rush others from going beyond the requirements of himself. Isaac graced with leadership skills and was steadfast through, full of energy, vitality, and activity. Unable to harm a living creature, he was a vegetarian. He studied vegetarianism in the first place and thought it was a vegan future, because in nature he saw a path to proper nutrition, taking into account the animals. Isaac excelled in good relations with people who worked with him, and was always willing to listen to others; He never dismissed the opinions of others, even if he disagreed with them, but tried to convince him of the justness of his position. He always helped every needy person and was therefore loved and admired by everyone he knew. Yitzhak was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of September 1951, and as a member of a nucleus, he was posted to the Nahal Brigade. After basic training and after completing his military service at Sde Eliyahu, he was sent to a course for infantry officers, after which he was placed as a platoon commander in the Nahal Brigade. In his release certificate from the regular army, he was described as “talented, disciplined, entrepreneurial and willing. After completing his regular service, he spent a year at Kibbutz Ein Tzurim and worked mainly in the field. Afterward, he married and in the year 5716 he began to study agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Rehovot and specialized in field crops and plant diseases, and he was successful in his studies and gave him many learning grants. After completing his master’s degree in plant protection, he worked as a research and teaching assistant in the Department of Plant Pathology at the Faculty of Agriculture but did not settle for the theory and wanted to integrate it into action. In his doctoral studies. In 1962 he founded the agricultural department of the Agan Chemical Company and was appointed director of the department. The subject of his thesis in the Department of Pathology in the Faculty of Agriculture was the changes in the resistance of the oats plant to the malignancy of the reed, during the stages of plant development. Another work of his, related to the discovery of a new stem of the cane, was published in the scientific journal Phytopathology. He also studied other grain diseases and conducted the first controlled trials in Israel in the control of root diseases using methyl bromide. The research brought with him important scientific discoveries that also had a practical impact on the growth of tomatoes and the eradication of root diseases in Israel, and was published in professional journals abroad. The company is in Israel and abroad. Combined with his theoretical and practical knowledge, he was the expert in the field of plant diseases. Over the years he underwent various officers’ training. Later he was transferred to the position of deputy company commander in the same battalion, and after completing his course in company commanders, a rifle company commander was appointed and promoted to captain.
” When the Yom Kippur War broke out, on 11.10.1973, while pursuing the Egyptian commando units near Blues, Yitzhak was hit and killed and brought to rest in the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery. he left behind a wife ,2 boys a mother and a sister.