Yair Levy, an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas from 1988 to 1992, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 73.
Born in Tiberias in 1952, he attended a rabbinical seminary and was certified as a rabbi. During his national service in the IDF, he served as a camp commander in the Oded Brigade and was injured during the Yom Kippur War.
Levy joined Shas in the 1980s and later served as the party’s secretary and as secretary of its schooling system. He lost his seat in the 1992 elections.
Yair Levy (Hebrew: יאיר לוי; 11 October 1952 – 20 March 2026) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1988 and 1992.