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500,000 Attend Slihot Prayers at Western Wall in Jerusalem in Past Month
(Jerusalem Post) Jeremy Sharon - Some 500,000 people have participated in nighttime slihot prayers at the Western Wall since the beginning of the Jewish month of Elul, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced on Thursday. Especially in the days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, tens of thousands came to the site - individually, as families, or as part of an organized group - to recite the traditional prayers said at this time of year. "This dramatic spectacle of the masses of the Jewish people thronging to the Western Wall is an impressive testimony and is an honor for the people of Israel and its affinity to its traditions and inheritance and to the remnant of our Temple," said Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz. "It is hard not to be moved by the strength of these images, which demonstrate the true strength of the Jewish people."