Burg, Ariel-Zvi

Ben Rosita-Shoshana and Eliezer. He was born on April 15, 1976, at the Kirya Hospital in Tel Aviv, brother to Adi and Nathaniel, and spent his years in the “Moreshet Moshe” elementary school in Ramat Gan with a light walk and even high school studies In the third grade, he completed five mathematics units as part of a special program and in the 11th grade he studied several first year courses in mathematics at Bar-Ilan University . It was known that Ariel had no notebooks and yet his grades were impeccable. Each year he had one notebook, in which he recorded homework in several subjects. He was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and dedicated his leisure time. From childhood, he devoted himself to Jewish studies, which increased during his high school studies and intensified during his military service. In December 1994, Ariel enlisted in the IDF and at the end of basic training he was sent to a course for computer programmers at Mamram. He completed the course as one of the three outstanding students, and as a result he was given the right to choose a unit to continue his service. Ariel joined as a programmer in a special unit in the Signal Corps and was a member of the development team of a unique device that is still in use by those whose development was intended for them. “On three things the world stands: the Torah and the work and the Gemilut Chassadim,” says Pirkei Avot. Rabbi Akiva also said that “loving your neighbor as yourself is a great rule in the Torah.” These pillars were the cornerstones of Ariel’s life. The love of others was rooted in Ariel for many years, from helping close and distant friends, through regular volunteer service to MDA in the Ramat Gan branch, where he worked many times and saved lives several times. His wallet contained notes detailing donations and even loans he had given at various times to the needy and which he had never demanded to be returned. His love and concern for his friends knew no time and boundaries. On one of the days of Purim during his military service, Ariel wore civilian clothes and went to Hebron to visit his friend who served there at one of the outposts. The friend said that he could not believe his eyes when he saw someone in the distance and when the figure approached he found out that Ariel had brought him a mishloach manot for Purim and wanted to make him happy. At the base, Doug Ariel emphasized the importance of Shabbat and holidays. In those days he wore festive clothes. The peak was when he was once asked why he was wearing white clothes and replied that today is Jerusalem Day and the questioners remembered this thanks to Ariel. Ariel used to do the same for a few days. He spent hours working hours beyond regular hours and sometimes said that some of the hours were hours he returned to the army, because he could not take hours if he had no reason on the day. When he asked to extricate money from the charity fund that was in the synagogue at the base, he would do so in the presence of another soldier, who would not raise any suspicion. In the past few months, he has been very much discharged from the army and gone to a yeshiva in Gush Etzion, where he studied during some of his leisure hours on nights of the week and on Saturdays. To his regret, this was not possible following his signing into the career service, which began about six months before he returned his soul to his Creator on December 23, 1998. He was laid to rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery, A sister and brother who are fond of Ben’s passing and a beloved and dedicated brother, whose family members commemorated Ariel in various ways: by writing a Torah scroll in his name in the “Lecho Neranana” Synagogue in Givat Shmuel, in the establishment of Tiferet Ariel – a group of dozens of children of different ages Who recite Psalms every Shabbat in the central synagogue in Givat Shmuel, by donating my filesFirst aid for paramedics who volunteer for activities in Magen David Adom in Ramat Gan. His soul will be bound with the bundle of life and will soon come to us with all the nations of Israel in the coming of the redeemer of our righteous Messiah.