The funeral of Rav Wosner OBM. Inset: Yitzhak Sama’at, 18, OBM.

Second Victim Passes Away After Levaya Stampede

A second victim has passed away as result of injuries he sustained at the Levaya of Rav Shmuel Halevy Wosner, OBM on Motzai Shabbos in Bnei Brak. The victim was identified as 18-year-old Yitzhak Sama’at OBM.

Jerusalem Post

A second man died Wednesday morning from wounds suffered during an overly crowded funeral procession for renowned hassidic figure, Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner, late Saturday night in Bnei Brak.

Yitzhak Sama’at, 18, who was seriously injured as some 100,000 people crowded the streets for the funeral procession, died at Rabin Medical Center- Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva on Wednesday morning.

His funeral procession was scheduled to set out from Mea She’arim in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Mordechai Gerber, 27, from Elad was also killed in the incident and two others remain hospitalized.

More than 100 people were treated for injuries sustained during the funeral procession, MDA said.

3 Comments

  • BD"E

    So tragic. May haRav Wosner ZT”L be a meilitz yoshor for Yitzhak Sama’at OB”M and Mordechai Gerber OB”M and their families.
    Refuah Shalayma to the injured
    and to all who are in mourning,
    Hamakom byenachem eschem b’soch shaar avlei Tziyon v’Yerushalayim

  • Sama'at????

    I guess this is an English transliteration of an Israeli that doesn’t know how to read סאמעט

  • Yaakov Mark

    Wake up Jews. The Goyim dealt with this years ago in US. Now they have rules and laws for protection. But in US it was at Rock concerts where people were high and drunk. What is wrong with us? We go to a funeral to kill our brothers? Then stop organizing these events half baked and think about Jewish safety.