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Thousands of Jews Pray at Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av


(AFP-Daily Mail-UK) Thousands of Jews attended prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to observe the start of the Tisha B'Av fast day on Monday night. Prayer leaders read aloud from the Book of Lamentations, the prophet Jeremiah's biblical account of the destruction of the First Jewish Temple by invading Babylonians in 586 BCE. The Western Wall is a remnant of the Second Jewish Temple, built on the site of the First Temple.
2017-08-01 00:00:00
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