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Ultra Orthodox Jews attend the funeral of Abraham Ambon in Jerusalem on May 3, 2021. Amnon was one of the victims of the Meron disaster, where 45 people were crushed to death during a Lag b Omer celebration. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Abraham Daniel Ambon, a 21-year-old Yeshiva student from Argentina, was buried Monday morning, in the last funeral of the 45 victims of the Mount Meron disaster.
Ambon’s funeral took place at the Heichal Yitzhak Yeshiva in Jerusalem, after his parents landed in Israel early Monday morning from Argentina.
Hundreds attended the funeral and joined the procession from the Jerusalem yeshiva to the Har HaMenuhot Cemetery.
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It was eerie to study yesterday’s daf in Tractacte Yoma, 21. The Rabbis grapple with how it was that so many thousands of worshippers were able to squeeze into the area of the Beit Hamikdash – עומדין צפופין they were standing very close together, with hardly any room to breathe, let alone move. Yet, there was room for them to prostrate themselves.
Visitors at the site where 45 people were killed in a crush at Mt. Meron, May 2, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
The Knesset held a special memorial session Monday for the dozens of people who died in a crush at a religious festival last week, with the country’s leaders calling for a comprehensive probe of the incident.
Forty-five people were crushed to death and more than 150 people were hurt, including many in critical condition, in the tragedy at a mass gathering to celebrate the Lag B’Omer holiday at the Mount Meron site in the early hours of Friday morning. Among the victims were over a dozen children and teenagers.
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