As Rosh Hashanah approaches, the Western Wall was cleared this week in a semi-annual ritual of tens of thousands of prayers and notes to God written by visitors, who stuck them between the stones of the ancient edifice.
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On Wednesday, the ritual took place with precautions against coronavirus infection in place, after a relapse in the infection rate.
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Workers in protective masks held onto their sticks with gloves as they extracted the paper notes left in "God's mailbox."
Religious authorities also operate a service in which people can email their prayers for placement between the stones.
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