A look at them can evoke blissful emotions, but names of over 500 newborns worldwide will bring back memories of Rivka and Gavriel; the Jewish couple, who fell to the bullets of terrorists at Nariman House during 26/11 attacks an year ago.
More than 500 children across the globe born after the terror strike have been named after Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, who became symbol of Jewish solidarity against terrorism, according to estimates of an Israeli magazine Chabad.
Soon after the news of their gruesome death spread on various channels and newspapers, a wave of support for the slain couple and their orphaned child Moshe spread globally.
The magazine has a regularly updated special column dedicated to Rabbi and his wife, which invites details of the toddlers, who have been named after the couple along with their stories, photographs and videos.
The section has details of about 64 toddlers displayed on it, but it claims to have details of more than 500 toddlers the numbers which are still counting.
"The above list is incomplete. For example, we know that on that same Tuesday when the funeral was held, two circumcisions were celebrated in Kiev, Ukraine, with both boys given the name Gavriel Noach. We don't however have their full names or pictures," the magazine wrote in an article.
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