Fifty Thousand Jewish worshippers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday to attend the special Priestly Blessing prayer during the holiday of Sukkot, the Western Wall heritage foundation said in a statement.
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Draped with prayer shawls over their heads and hands, the priests, known in Hebrew as "Cohanim", chanted the blessing, which begins with: "May the Lord bless you and keep you."
Video: Thousands attend Sukkot 'Priestly Blessings' at Jerusalem's Western Wall / Credit: Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jews waved the four species, palm frond, citron, myrtle, and willow branches between the ceremony for the blessings of the priest.
Mass Priestly Blessings at the Western Wall are held during the Jewish holidays of Passover and Sukkot.
The Western Wall abuts the sacred compound known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa compound.
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