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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
Jewish priests wearing "Talit" (prayer shawls) take part in the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Passover (Pesach) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
April 2, 2018, 11:31 am
Tens of thousands flock to Western Wall for priestly blessing
US Ambassador David Friedman takes part in Jerusalem ceremony as throngs make traditional Passover pilgrimage
By TOI staff
A Jewish worshiper holds the four plant species as he attends the annual priestly blessing during the Sukkot holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
October 8, 2017, 2:50 pm
Thousands flock to Western Wall for Priestly Blessing
Heavy police presence in Jerusalem as Jews make pilgrimage to capital during Sukkot holiday
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Jewish man covers himself with a prayer shawl while praying near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during the Passover priestly blessing on April 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 13, 2017, 4:10 pm
Tens of thousands flock to Western Wall for priestly blessing
Heavy police presence in Jerusalem as Jews make pilgrimage to capital during Passover holiday
By TOI staff
Joseph C. Kaplan
January 13, 2017, 3:19 pm
Joseph C. Kaplan
Small things matter big time
Measure actions not by how little effort they entail, but by the profound and lasting effect they have on others
Thousands of Jewish worshipers gather at the Western Wall for the Priestly Blessing on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (Israel Police)
October 19, 2016, 4:01 pm
Police eject 8 Jewish worshipers from Temple Mount
Some 1,100 people visit Jerusalem holy site, among them 275 Jews; thousands attend Priestly Blessing ceremony at Western Wall
By TOI staff
Thousands of Jewish worshipers gather at the Western Wall for the Priestly Blessing on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (Israel Police)
October 19, 2016, 10:40 am
Thousands flock to Western Wall for Priestly Blessing
Amid tight security, worshipers invited to special sukkah by chief rabbis, rabbi of the Western Wall
By TOI staff
Israeli security forces stand guard as a group of Jews leave the Temple Mount on April 24, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
April 25, 2016, 8:54 am
Jordan warns Israel of ‘consequences’ over Temple Mount ‘violations’
Hashemite Kingdom calls for Israel to deny entry to ‘settlers’ and remove forces, amid ramped up security and uptick in Jewish visits for Passover
By TOI staff
Tens of thousands of Jews at the Western Wall for the priestly blessing ceremony on April 25, 2016. (Police Spokesperson)
April 25, 2016, 5:48 am
Worshipers and police crowd Western Wall for priestly blessing
Tens of thousands pack Jerusalem holy site for ceremony; security forces boosted amid holiday tensions
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Israeli security forces stand guard as a group of Jews leave the Temple Mount on April 24, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
April 24, 2016, 9:05 am
Police boost Temple Mount security amid heightened holiday tensions
13 Jewish visitors and one Palestinian removed from compound Sunday for ‘disturbing the peace’; 3,500 officers patrolling capital over festival
By Raoul Wootliff
Minister Uri Ariel on the Temple Mount on March 16, 2014 (photo credit: Uri Ariel's spokesman's office)
April 22, 2016, 6:40 pm
Police: MKs, ministers banned from Temple Mount on Passover
Spokesman says prohibition ‘for security reasons’ only applies to lawmakers; extra forces deployed to capital for holiday
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 19, 2016 at the chancellery in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ)
April 21, 2016, 1:36 pm
Palestinians welcome French summit to revive peace talks
Israel, Palestinians not invited to May 30 Paris meeting of ministers from 20 countries
By Marissa Newman
Sue Levi Elwell
April 6, 2016, 3:36 pm
Sue Levi Elwell
A women’s priestly blessing at the Kotel
This Passover at the Wall, a white-clad sea of men and, yes, women in prayer shawls will all seek God’s favor
A man in a prayer shawl looks down at the thousands gathered at the Western Wall for the annual priestly blessing April 6, 2015. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 6, 2015, 1:29 pm
Tens of thousands crowd Western Wall for priestly blessing
Semi-annual event is a reminder of the Jewish pilgrimages from temple times
By AFP
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