Wolfson, Yuval

Son of Zeev and Leah. He was born on the 27th of Sivan 5748 (5.7.1948) in Shdemot – Dvora in the Lower Galilee. He spent his first six years in Shdemot Deborah and later completed his elementary studies at the Kadouri agricultural school. He completed three additional years of study at the ORT school in Netanya, paying for his studies in the hotel industry, in the cookery industry. He also began to study the profession of hotel manager as part of the Technion’s external studies in Haifa. Yuval, who grew up in a moshav in the Lower Galilee, was very attached to the environment, landscape and agriculture. From childhood he liked to care for the animals in the farm, and especially loved to travel all over the country. His love of space and his desire for independence guided him in choosing high school; he wanted to go out to the sea, where he hoped to find his satisfaction. Yuval chose an original way – he went to cook studies in the hotel industry, and was invited to join the navy after his studies. In the year before his military service, Yuval worked as a hotel cook on the ship AQ. Jerusalem’. He devoted his spare time to his regular hobbies – marches and trips, reading books and especially photography. Yuval was drafted into the IDF in the middle of August 1966 and was assigned to the Supply Corps, where he served in a transport base at the beginning of his career, and a year later took part in a basic officers’ course followed by a basic supply officers course. To the permanent army and rose to the rank of Major General. At the end of 1971 Yuval also completed a parachuting course. He continued to serve as a supply officer. He was the chief of the cooking industry, in charge of training in this industry; Served as a transport officer in the Northern Command and as a supply officer in various units. Yuval was particularly proud of his work during his service as commander of the cooking school. He worked hard to promote the school and raise its level and status. At the same time, he took care of the students themselves, gave personal and devoted attention to each and every one, emphasized the soldier as an individual and even saw fit to include in his considerations the personal and professional future of his apprentice. And thus had a great influence on the nature of the school, the level of its students and their skills. At the end of his career, Yuval devoted his time to his family, serving as a talented officer with a warm relationship to his subordinates, as a loyal member of the commanders and commanders of the various units he served in. He married his daughter, Tzofia, who accompanied her during her studies at the School of Social Work, took an active part in her studies and contributed a great deal to his personal experience, and devoted his entire time to his children – Carmel and Barkai – 12.9.1975) Yuval was injured in an accident at the Chabad Junction and fell in the performance of his duties and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Shdemot Deborah. City by his wife, son and daughter, parents and three brothers. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family-commander wrote: “… We, his colleagues were impressed especially its degree of integrity, and his warm Lev and the inner truth. Others in the same role fail in abhorrence and insecurity, and Yuval did his job with identification and an inner belief that they have no example of. “