JERUSALEM (JNS) – They came from all over Israel and the world to celebrate Lag B’Omer, in the first open religious event in the country since the start of the pandemic. Forty-five would end up crushed to death, while more than 150 were injured.
Some of the people killed in the stampede at Lag B’Omer celebrations on Mount Meron were laid to rest on Saturday night, with the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine having identified the 45 bodies by Sunday.
The following is a list of those whose names were released by Sunday morning:
Menachem Zakbach (24) from Modiin Illit
Menachem Zakbach. Credit: Courtesy.
David Kraus (33) from Beit Shemesh
David Kraus. Credit: Courtesy.
Yosef Amram Tauber, an American citizen
Yosef Amram Tauber. Credit: Courtesy.
Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Goldberg (37) from Betar Illit
Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Goldberg. Credit: Courtesy.
Eliezer Tzvi Youzef (26) from the United States
Eliezer Tzvi Youzef. Credit: Courtesy.
Eliyahu Cohen (16) from Betar Illit
Eliyahu Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Simcha Bunim Diskind (23) from Beit Shemesh
Simcha Bunim Diskind. Credit: Courtesy.
Shimon Matalon (37) from Betar Illit
Shimon Matalon. Credit: Courtesy.
Rabbi Hanoch Slod (52) from Ashdod
Rabbi Hanoch Slod. Credit: Courtesy.
Moshe Ben-Shalom (20) from Bnei Brak
Moshe Ben-Shalom. Credit: Courtesy.
Yonatan Chevroni (27) from Givat Shmuel
Yonatan Chevroni. Credit: Courtesy.
Haim Rach from Beit Shemesh
Haim Rach. Credit: Courtesy.
Yishai Mualem (17)
Yishai Mualem. Credit: Courtesy.
Yedidiya Asher Fogel (22) from Jerusalem
Yedidiya Asher Fogel. Credit: Courtesy.
Elazar Yitzchak ("Azi") Koltai (13) from Jerusalem
Eliezer Yitzhok Koltai. Credit: Courtesy.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Rubin (27) from Beit Shemesh
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Rubin. Credit: Courtesy.
Moshe Levy (14) from Bnei Brak
Moshe Levy. Credit: Courtesy.
Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald (43) from Beitar Illit
Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald. Credit: Courtesy.
Yosef Mastorov (17), a yeshiva student from Ramle
Yosef Mastorov. Credit: Courtesy.
Haim Seller (24) from Jerusalem
Haim Seller. Credit: Courtesy.
Dubi Steinmetz (21) from Montreal, studying at a Jerusalem yeshiva
Dubi Steinmetz. Credit: Courtesy.
Yaakov Elchanan Strakovsky (20) from Elad
Yaakov Elchanan Strakovsky. Credit: Courtesy.
Nahman Kirshbaum (15) from Beit Shemesh
Nahman Kirshbaum. Credit: Courtesy.
Yosef Yehuda Levy (17) from Rechasim
Yosef Yehuda Levy. Credit: Courtesy.
Rabbi Ariel Tzadik (56) from Jerusalem
Rabbi Ariel Tzadik. Credit: Courtesy.
Daniel Morris (19) from New Jersey
Daniel Morris. Credit: Courtesy.
Rabbi Eliezer Gafner (52) from Jerusalem
Rabbi Eliezer Gafner. Credit: Courtesy.
Yisrael Ankawa (24) from Jerusalem
Yisrael Ankawa. Credit: Courtesy.
Avrohom Daniel Ambon (21) from Argentina
Avrohom Daniel Ambon. Credit: Courtesy.
Yosef Greenbaum (22) from Haifa
Yosef Greenbaum. Credit: Courtesy.
Pinchas Menachem Knoblowitz (21) from New York
Pinchas Menachem Knoblowitz. Credit: Courtesy.
Elkana Shiloh (28) from Jerusalem
Elkana Shiloh. Credit: Courtesy.
Yedidya Hayut (13)
Yedidya Hayut. Credit: Courtesy.
Moshe Tzarfati (65) from Jerusalem
Moshe Tzarfati. Credit: Courtesy.
Ariel Achdut (20) from Jerusalem
Ariel Achdut. Credit: Courtesy.
Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz (19) from Safed
Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz. Credit: Courtesy.
Yosef Kahan from Cleveland
Yosef Kahan. Credit: Courtesy.
Mordechai Yoel Fakata (24)
Mordechai Yoel Fakata. Credit: Courtesy.
Chen Doron (41) from Holon
Chen Doron. Credit: Courtesy.
Moshe Bergman (24) from England
Moshe Bergman. Credit: Courtesy.
Two sets of siblings were also among the victims:
Moshe Engelrad (14) and Yehoshua Engelrad (9) from Jerusalem
Moshe and Yehoshua Engelrad. Credit: Courtesy.
Yosef David Elchadad (18) and Moshe Mordechai Elchadad (12) from Jerusalem
Yosef David and Moshe Mordechai Elchadad. Credit: Courtesy.
Hassidic singer Rabbi Shraga Gestetner (35) from Montreal, who came to Israel specifically for the Lag B’Omer celebrations, was also killed in the disaster. He was buried in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon, but with no immediate family present in Israel to attend the funeral.
Hassidic singer Rabbi Shraga Gestetner. Credit: Courtesy.