1 Dead, Dozens Injured at Levaya of R’ Wosner

At the funeral of Rav Shmuel Halevy Wosner, OBM, which took place Sunday in Bnei Brak, 113 people were injured due to a stampede – including a young father who died of the injuries he sustained after being crushed by the crowd.

From Yeshiva World News:

Some of the injured were listed in critical condition and today, Sunday, 16 Nissan, one remains in critical condition.

After some two hours of CPR and advanced life support resuscitation efforts, avreich Mordechai Gerber z”l, 27, of Elad was niftar. Moti was a talmid of Rav Wosner. He learned in Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin.

Many tens of thousands of mourners took part in the levaya, including former talmidim from around Eretz Yisrael. In recent years he worked in the Khal Chassidim Talmid Torah in Elad and was highly regarded among the young mechanchem. He is survived by his young wife and a three-year-old boy.

The person in critical condition is an 18-year-old with severe head injuries, who came to after CPR. In addition, there are two persons listed in serious condition, both suffering from head injuries – one aged 36 and the second a 14-year-old bochur.

10 Comments

  • Nu?

    Are we Jews learning crowd control from 3rd world countries? Unbelievable!

  • HOW?????!!!!

    ESPECIALLY DURING A LEVAYA THEY SHOULD BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT THIS TYPE OF THING ONLY HAPPENS BLACK FRIDAY

  • BD"E

    So tragic. To loose such a great Tzadik, and then for this to happen at his levaya.
    Refuah Shalayma to all the injured and condolences to the widow, baby orphan and family of Mordechai Gerber z”l

  • It Almost Happened in 770 Once

    Same type of thing happened in 770 when they tried once to bring the Rebbe downstairs in 770 after the Rebbe’s first stroke. There was a stampede and someone almost died. After that one time they never tried to bring the Rebbe downstairs again.

  • Training session

    Soon, when mashiach arrives, we need to be ready for no stampedes. This was a training session for the real Big Event.

  • simchas Torah

    It reminds me like Simchas Torah in 770 in the old days but BH nobody ever died ( many people were trampled)