Dzikowski, Baruch

Son of Sophia and Meir. He was born on February 11, 1952, in the city of Orsk in the Soviet Union. A third child of the five children of the family, a brother to Raya, Fima, Michael and Tzipi. When he was seven, his family moved to Poland and Baruch attended a Jewish school. As a child, he read books and collected stamps. At the age of fourteen he immigrated with his family to Israel and they settled in Ashdod. He completed his high school studies at the “Nitzanim” youth village, where he was considered a diligent student. His hobbies were listening to records and watching movies. On April 14, 1970, Baruch joined the IDF, was assigned to the Armored Corps and underwent a senior combat paramedics course, and joined the ranks of the career army on April 14, 1973. That year he fought with the 188th Brigade in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, In 1982 he took an active role in the Peace for the Galilee, and was a graduate of the IDF’s first course for technical paramedics and operating room technicians. In 1977 he married Pnina and the couple had two daughters: Chani and I. Baruch, whose main hobby was the construction of M & M models Was a man with a sense of humor and was the mainstay of his family, he initiated family gatherings and gave his family the best he could, and loved to travel around the world with his family. Baruch served as the head of a clinic at the Oved Ovda base in the south of the country and helped to establish an expert clinic in Israel and in two delegations of aid sent by Israel in 1988 to the relief delegation to the survivors of the earthquake in Armenia in the Soviet Union and in 1994 – The Israeli hospital in Goma Zaire, assisting in the rescue of refugees from the war in Rwanda. During his military service, Baruch received many certificates of appreciation, attesting to his professionalism, dedication and personal model. However, he usually denounced and concealed them. On Independence Day 5752 (1992), he received a certificate of excellence from the President of the State and the Chief of Staff for being an outstanding soldier. He also received a certificate of recognition for his last position against a senior official in charge of the Tel Nof base clinic. As part of his job as a clinic supervisor, Baruch nurtured many soldiers and maintained close contact with them even after their release. The soldiers found a supportive commander and a sympathetic ear to solve their problems. On the 14th of Tishrei 5759 (October 14, 1998), Rabbi Baruch Dzikovsky fell in the line of duty at the age of forty-six and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Ashdod, leaving behind a wife and two daughters, A few years after his death, on 7 May 2003, his family received the War of Attrition award for his participation in the war.