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Video: Thousands Attend Priestly Blessing Ceremony at Western Wall on Monday


(Jerusalem Post) Thousands of people flocked to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday for the traditional Birkat Hacohanim ceremony, the priestly blessing, held annually on the intermediate days of Passover. The custom sees hundreds of Cohens (priests), descended from the biblical figure of Aaron and the Israelite tribe of Levi, raise their hands within their prayer shawls and bless those assembled.
2016-04-25 00:00:00
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