Wall rabbi thanks Pence, Trump for supporting ‘light’ of Jerusalem

Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch told Mike Pence of a visit to the Wall 147 years ago by Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state William H. Seward, who praised the “exalted” prayer he witnessed at the site.

US Vice President Mike Pence (C) recites a Psalm at the Western Wall, with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch (L) at his side, January 23, 2018 (screen capture: YouTube)

Rabinovitch thanked Pence and President Donald Trump “in the name of the Jewish people” to support the “light” of Jerusalem, in the face of darkness.

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