These are the 45 who died in Meron

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[Eleutheria5]

Forensic institute completes identification of the 45 who died in Meron disaster.....

[Eleutheria5]

ברוך דיין אמת

[FreedomPoster]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Meron_stampede

[gcparent]

Why would a sane person go into a crowd like that. It’s been known as a death trap for years.

[mad_as_he$$]

Exactly! I used to have a 40ish, overweight, out of shape employee that loved to wade into that kind of insanity. HE invariably got damaged almost every time.

[Deaf Smith]

"Meron Stampede"

We have many country music events in Texas called Stampedes.

They are not known for fatalities.

[FreedomPoster]

Trampling might be a better term.

The notable one in the rock’n’roll music world was at The Who concert in Cincinnati many years ago.

[Eleutheria5]

They go every year. This time people died. Usually they don’t.

[gcparent]

I’m not Jewish but I know that. Seems to me the govt afraid to piss off the ultra orthodox with controls since they obviously can’t control themselves.

[corkoman]

I watched a few videos of this and past festivals and those guys (they separate sexes) get very worked-up. Like the World Cup Final worked-up.

Its not hard for me to recognize the challenge for any govt trying to placate a group that gets so...agitated.

[gcparent]

Agitated like fanatical.

[jjotto]

More non-religious Israelis attending every year, and more alcohol consumption every year. Note to mention things like lumber theft around the country.

[gcparent]

Lumber has gotten very expensive. But what’s that have to do with this thread?

[jjotto]

LaG B’Omer celebrants have been known to steal building site lumber to make bonfires.

[Eleutheria5]

It’s religious fervor. Perhaps you’ve seen something similar at tent meetings? The police made a major mistake in crowd direction, and it resulted in a stampede of people in a state of religious fervor. Very unfortunate.

[wardaddy]

It doesn’t happen in Monsey or Monroe.....just saying

[Eleutheria5]

No tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar (basic text of mysticism) in Monsey or Monroe. It does happen at times in Walmarts on Black Friday.

[gcparent]

Nope never been to a tent meeting. I avoid crowds. Claustrophobia.

[Eleutheria5]

So do I, mostly, and I also don’t like traveling far from home, so I didn’t go.. But this is like a tent meeting, and normally reticent people dance and sing wildly around a bonfire on this holiday, the anniversary of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s death, which is festive, like St. Patrick’s Day is festive to the Irish.

[gcparent]

Well now 45 families can sit Shiva.

[wardaddy]

Man does it ever.... And I remember The Who in Cincinnati