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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Birkat Kohanim

Jewish worshipers pray at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the priestly blessing of the Sukkot festival, October 20, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 20, 2024, 2:31 pm
Relatives of hostages among thousands gathered at Western Wall for priestly blessing
Ceremony includes special prayers for those held captive in Gaza and for the welfare of Israel’s soldiers
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Birkat HaKohanim priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 2, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 8:16 pm
Worshipers hail ‘remedial’ priestly prayer in Jerusalem after Tel Aviv confrontation
Many at the vast event at the Western Wall describe it as a corrective experience
By Canaan Lidor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 11, 2023, 10:33 am
Daily Briefing Apr 11: PM passes buck on terror wave; no private militia for Ben Gvir
US correspondent Jacob Magid briefs on aftermath of sex offender Malka Leifer’s trial; Diaspora reporter Canaan Lidor on kerfuffle over Poland deal, monotheism in the Old City
By ToI Staff
Edna and Yitzhak Hananyah after attending Birkat Kohanim in Jerusalem, Israel, on April 9, 2023. (Canaan Lidor)
April 9, 2023, 5:00 pm
Wary amid terror fears, thousands of Jews receive priestly blessing at Western Wall
In a monotheistic trifecta, a stream of Jews, Muslims and Christians celebrate their different holidays in an ultra-tense Old City
By Canaan Lidor
Security forces guard Jewish visitors at the Temple Mount during Passover, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 9, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
April 9, 2023, 3:27 pm
Hundreds of Jews tour tense Temple Mt.; Jordan warns against violations of status quo
842 non-Muslims visit site; Palestinians barricade inside Al-Aqsa Mosque overnight, but police don’t enter; unlike last week, says Dermer, those inside were not planning violence
By ToI Staff
Palestinian rioters throw a Molotov cocktail from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, April 20, 2022 (MFA Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2022, 11:51 am
Palestinans inside Al-Aqsa Mosque throw Molotov cocktails; right-wingers plan march
Palestinian rioters hurling petrol bombs spark small fires at mosque, amid minor clashes; Israeli parade organizers say it will go ahead, despite police ban on current route
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshippers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they take part in the priestly blessing for Passover at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 20, 2022, 9:27 am
Thousands attend Passover priestly blessing at Western Wall in tense Jerusalem
Event ends peacefully as large numbers of police officers help secure prayer ceremony in wake of recent violence in capital
By ToI Staff
Israelis hold a "Flag March" near Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 20, 2022, 6:30 am
Hamas says ‘finger on the trigger’ ahead of planned right-wing Jerusalem march
Nationalists push for event at Old City against police orders; priestly blessing ceremony to draw thousands to Western Wall; Gaza terror groups say they’re readying for conflict
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshippers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they pray in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2022, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 18: Ra’am plays freeze tag in coalition amid Temple Mount unrest
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren talks politics; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David discusses our new real estate section and sheds light on Tel Aviv’s new solar-fabric umbrellas
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshipers participate in prayers for Passover at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
April 18, 2022, 6:42 am
Western Wall Passover prayer event ends peacefully, with relatively low turnout
Semi-annual priestly blessing event draws only a few thousand Jewish worshipers to Old City, as police face ongoing threat of Palestinian violence in capital
By ToI Staff
Worshippers pray in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the priestly blessing for the festival of Sukkot, on September 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 22, 2021, 10:27 am
Thousands gather at Western Wall for traditional Sukkot priestly blessing
Throngs of Jewish worshipers make pilgrimage to Jerusalem for ceremony, with hundreds of police officers securing the area
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshipers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they pray in front of the Western Wall, during the priestly blessing event of the Passover holiday, March 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 29, 2021, 11:04 am
Thousands at Western Wall for traditional Passover priestly blessing ceremony
In stark contrast to last year, when only a symbolic 10 people were permitted to participate, rolled back virus restrictions allow masses to reach Old City site
By ToI Staff
Jewish men during the priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on April 12, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 12, 2020, 11:40 am
Western Wall priestly blessing held with 10 worshipers, including US envoy
Traditional Passover pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which usually draws tens of thousands, cut back drastically due to restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshipers take part in the priestly blessing during the Passover holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 22, 2019. (Thomas COEX / AFP)
April 22, 2019, 12:08 pm
Tens of thousands gather at Western Wall for priestly blessing
Throngs of Jewish worshipers make traditional Passover pilgrimage to Jerusalem for semiannual ceremony held under heavy security
By ToI Staff
Thousands of people gather for the priestly benediction at the Western Wall, 26 September 2018 (Police Spokesman's Unit)
September 26, 2018, 5:23 pm
Tens of thousands flock to Western Wall for priestly blessing
Ceremony sees male descendants of the Kohanim priestly caste gather to bestow a benediction during the Sukkot festival
By AFP and ToI Staff
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