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Tzukis, Yehuda

Tzukis, Yehuda


The only son of Reuven and Ruth. He was born on May 18, 1953 in Haifa. Yehuda was a kind, active, and partisan boy. He began studying at Carmel Elementary School and was particularly interested in nature. He participated in a biological course and performed, among other things, a mouse surgery. When he was 12 years old, he went abroad with his parents to travel abroad, and the plane crashed, but they were almost undamaged, and Judah wrote a rich diary of experiences and a very Yaffa language. The haftara, but also the sermon, which was spiced with quotations from the Mishnah and the Talmud, was prepared by himself, after he received instructions from some sources to draw the material, Yehuda continued to study at the Yavneh religious high school and was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. He had a lot of hobbies: he worked in sports, he was a lot of swimmer and he even acquired a lifeguard’s certificate, and he worked in handicrafts and in assembling electronic devices, such as radio receivers and stereo systems. He studied classical Jewish literature and philosophy, studied chess and made many trips around the country and participated actively in the program “Searchers” The treasure of the treasure. “On his desk, next to the phone, the books were piled up in dozens, and from them he was able to quickly and clearly pick out the right answer to lead the treasure hunter. Good luck. Although he was an only child and despite the defect in his right eye, he made great efforts to enlist. Yehuda was drafted into the IDF in early October 1971. He refused to serve in the vicinity of the house, preferring to be sent to the Negev, where he served in secret positions, while his condition worsened and he was admitted to Tel Hashomer Hospital for an extended period of time. He received an invitation to the hospital for an inspection on October 7, 1973. When he arrived and found out that the hospital was evacuated from ordinary patients and was preparing to absorb the wounded of the Yom Kippur War, he managed to reach his unit. From the unit he managed to reach Sinai and joined the Sadeh Hospital and spent days and nights evacuating casualties under a barrage of fire On July 17, 1974, Yehuda fell to the military cemetery in Haifa, leaving behind his parents, and his family commemorated the establishment of a Torah library in his name in the ” Fathers and sons’ in Haifa.

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