Prayers have been taking place at the Western Wall during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Tens of thousands of Jews gathered at Jerusalem’s Western Wall for a special blessing that takes place twice a year at one of Judaism’s holiest sites.
The “priestly blessing” was part of the weeklong holiday of Sukkot, or Feast of the Tabernacles, which in antiquity was a time of pilgrimage.
Thousands of male priests raised their hands and chanted the words of the blessing in the ceremony attended by those from the Cohanim priestly caste.
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