Yismach, Yochanan-Menachem

Ben Pnina and Moshe. Was born on the 21st of Adar 5727 in Kfar Pines, the eldest son of his parents. On his first year and a half, the family moved to Bnei Brak, where he spent his early childhood and education. He studied in the Talmud Torah of Rabbi Akiva until he completed his nine and a half years in 1976. At the time, the family went on an educational mission to South America. Upon their return after two years of service, they spent a short period in Bnei Brak and Yohanan studied at the Tel Aviv Yeshiva. The family then settled in Jerusalem and Yohanan attended the eighth grade at Noam Elementary School. After graduating from high school, he began studying at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav. He had a strong desire to learn and had outstanding talents and wide-ranging curiosity. His regular occupation involved reading and writing. Libraries were his favorite place and he developed proficiency in many different fields. Be humble and willing to help others and contribute their knowledge. He loved the country, the city of Jerusalem and his family. His main activities revolve around study, study and spiritual practice. Served as a member of the editorial board of the Torah journal Nitzanei Eretz and published Torah publications. He was a chassid. It was pleasant and welcoming. He would settle for the least. He behaved very simply. His work on the place of the Mishkan and its vessels, which he prepared during the period of his high school studies, was published in Nitzanei Eretz. He was tolerant and sensitive to others. Possibly listening. Served as an attentive ear to friends. Alongside his study of the Torah world, he liked to read classical literature and poetry and was interested in classical music and philosophy. He decided to enlist in regular service as a student at the Seder and Hilal yeshiva in the month of Tammuz 5749 and was assigned to serve in the Golani Brigade, after completing basic training courses and meeting all the physical challenges demanded by a combat soldier in the brigade. Yochanan fell in the course of his mission on 9 Nissan 5790 (1990) when a wall collapsed at his base, and he was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, left behind his parents, three brothers and two sisters. And his friends, the lamentations of his parents about the death of the son and some of his research, and published one of his writings: Rabbi Kook and the dispute over the Western Wall.