[3] At age 22, having been ordained as a Rabbi, he left Rhodes for the Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) where a small Jewish community, composed mostly of Sephardic Jews from Rhodes, had settled in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi).
He organized prayers, rites of passage and maintained Jewish life in the area.
In the event of a dispute between members of the community, he served as a mediator and his judgements were accepted as final, thus avoiding having to involve the colonial administration.
Following the rise of Mobutu Sese Seko and the creation of Zaire in 1965, Levy continued to have good relations with the local authorities and was named to the National Order of the Leopard.
Following the collapse of Zaire in the First Congo War in 1991, Levy decided to leave the country for Belgium where he retired.