63-year-old Cooperstock was nicknamed: "Meron's father" • He left behind 11 children and dozens of grandchildren
The late Ben Zion Cooperstock // courtesy of the family
63-year-old Ben Zion Cooperstock, nicknamed "Meron's Dad," passed away Sunday after suffering from the Corona virus. Cooperstock, 46, died of background illness, lived in Jerusalem and left behind 11 children and dozens of grandchildren. In recent days he had high fever and shortness of breath. He was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where doctors fought for his life in intensive care, breathing and falling asleep, until he passed away.
Benjamin Kirshenbaum, Cooperstock's son-in-law, painfully eulogized him: "It is a great loss to the people of Israel. He was a man of mercy and a father of Miron. For most of his life he was engaged in the marking of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron and over 40 years ago he brought drinking and food to it. On Lag Ba'omer.
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"Some say that everything that goes on in Meron today is in his favor. He would paint the place, install air conditioners and replace all the bulbs and never asked for money or honor. He would distribute ten thousand rolls in Meron before Lag Omar. He was a real bulldozer. , Which Rachel's tomb was also his life's work, where he made sheds, lighting and distributed drinking. "
Kirshenboim said: "Ben-Zion said ten days ago when they closed the Rashbi compound in Meron and asked him what Lag B'Omer would be:" Either Rabbi Shimon will come to dance with the Lag B'Omer audience or I'll dance with him, and that was it. He always believed in Gd with all his might that all was well. "
