Ben Weitza and Levi. He was born on March 12, 1952, in the small town of Tarasbo in the Soviet Union, the eldest son of a family of three. At the age of four, Shmulik discovered curiosity about his studies; He tried to study the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, when his father taught Jewish children in secret, studying Hebrew, Torah and preparing for a bar mitzvah, and Shmulik grew up and was a smart child. He grew up and grew up and was recruited to the Komsomol youth movement when he completed his studies and passed the matriculation exams in August 1969. In early 1969, Shmulik was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces. He studied at the Bar-Ilan University of Political Science in the Department of Public Administration and History. In his spare time he taught immigrant youth from Russia, Hebrew and Jewish studies. In 1973 he received a BA in Political Science. The unit where he served was his home. Shmulik worked for hours without calculation, and gave himself as much as he could. He was always one of the first volunteers. He came to the office among the first to be among the last to leave. He was an officer with a high work ethic, diligent and unrelenting, with initiatives and ideas, high self-discipline, diligence and responsibility. His way was an example of his friends and employees. He was a friend and a close friend of his commanders and soldiers, loved and admired by all of them, commanders and soldiers from all strata and units, also because he is a person of personal integrity who understands the needs of others. Shmulik was a religious person who liked to admire the values and culture of the world of tradition. In his behavior, he combined religion and a way of life with an army and security, with a pleasant and resolute involvement. “My acquaintance with Shmulik began seven years ago, when I went to reserve duty in the industry in which he worked,” wrote one of his many friends, “a relatively short period in Adam’s life, but it was enough for me to know Shmulik, to appreciate his kindness and gentleness. To navigate to the heart of man, to convince him to do his duties and what is required of him … Shmulik was full of joie de vivre, taking into account the needs of reservists and caring very much … his wisdom of life, experience, pleasantness and kindness went before him. ” Shmulik married Sarah, and over the years their children Michal and Shlomi were born. He was a dedicated family man and cared very much for his older parents. From the time he enlisted, he served in the regular army, including compulsory service of three years. During his service in the Intelligence Corps, Shmulik filled a wide range of intelligence positions and staff positions. Shmulik was a graduate of various senior civil and military courses, and had full command of Hebrew, English and Russian, and partial control of several Slavic languages. His areas of expertise dealt with collection, research in information and data systems, including computerized systems and organizational systems, planning work plans, budget planning, budgetary management and more. Shmulik edited raw and processed information publications in Hebrew and English, and published works and publications on various subjects (some classified as unpublishable). His professionalism, acquired during his service and extensive experience, combined with a broad theoretical background and dedication to work, contributed greatly to his personal success. He significantly advanced the issue of budgetary control in the Intelligence Corps, and even significantly changed the implementation of the budget management concept in the IDF. During his career in the permanent army, Lieutenant Colonel Shmulik Yankelevich suffered a severe illness, which revealed another facet of his personality: naive faith and courage. He had undergone the most difficult treatments, and all along he had stood firm in his faith, as one who had delivered his fate by heaven and by what he thought of as divine messengers-the doctors. When he was confined to his sickbedShmulik won the support, warmth and love, from his family and his numerous and high-ranking visitors who visited his bed every day. On September 23, 1994, the illness gave him up. He was forty-two when he died. Lieutenant Colonel Shmulik was laid to rest at the Segula civilian cemetery in Petah Tikva. Survived by Raya, daughter, son, mother, brother, uncle and sister – Zipora. In a condolence letter to the family, the unit commander wrote: “His burial was on Friday before the reading of Parshat Va’es haBracha, in which the death of Moses, the man of God, is noted. Throughout his service in the Israel Defense Forces, Shmulik was shown to be a highly committed officer, with great professionalism, skill and caring. In his last position he was one of the pillars of the Intelligence Corps in the fields of budget, economy, planning and control. He always made sure to train a future generation in the areas he was in charge of. “The Intelligence Corps published a pamphlet in his memory.
