Son of Yehoshua and Sarah. He was born on March 12, 1937, in Iraq, and immigrated to Israel in 1951. From 1953 until the day he enlisted in the IDF he devoted himself to studying and living in Kibbutz Ein Harod. He passed away on the 2nd of Shvat 5718 (23.1.1958) and was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.