Jerusalem – In Photos: Thousands Gather at Kotel For Semi-Annual Birchat Hakohanim

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    Jerusalem – Ten Thousand of Jewish worshipers gathered at the Western Wall Plaza on Thursday to take part in the Semi-annual Priestly Blessing, which usually occurs ont he second intermediate days of Sukkot and Pessah.

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    The blessing, known in Hebrew as the Birkat Hakohanim, is a public gathering in which the Kohanim – the priestly class – bestow upon the Jewish people a three-fold blessing that originated with the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

    Religious Jewish men of the Cohanim priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

    A Jewish woman prays on the roof of a Jewish seminary Aish Hatora Yeshiva, over looking worshippers attending a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 21, 2011, during the Jewish holiday of Passover. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy stands on the roof of a Jewish seminary Aish Hatora Yeshiva, overlooking worshippers taking part in a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011, during the Jewish holiday of Passover. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    Jewish worshippers are reflected in the sunglasses of another worshipper as they take part in a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands on the roof of a Jewish seminary Aish Hatora Yeshiva as he covers himself in a prayer shawl while he recites a special blessing along with other worshippers at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 21, 2011, during the Jewish holiday of Passover. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth stands among worshippers covered with prayer shawls as they recite a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    Jewish worshippers covered with prayer shawls recite a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy stands on the roof of a Jewish seminary Aish Hatora Yeshiva, overlooking worshippers taking part in a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 21, 2011, during the Jewish holiday of Passover. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    A Jewish worshipper holds a Torah scroll before the recitation of the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    A Jewish man sits near worshippers as they cover themselves with prayer shawls and recite the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish family stands on the roof of a Jewish seminary Aish Hatora Yeshiva, overlooking worshippers taking part in a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011, during the Jewish holiday of Passover. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

    Covered in prayer shawls, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Cohanim priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

    Covered in prayer shawls, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Cohanim priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

    A Jewish man prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, on 21 April 2011 when the priestly Blessing, or Birkat kohanim, is recited during the Passover holidays, commemorating the Israelites' departure from Egypt. The Kohanim, or Cohens, were members of the priestly sect in the times of the ancient temples in Jerusalem. EPA/KOBI GIDEON

    Jewish worshippers pray in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, on 21 April 2011 as they perform and recite the Birkat kohanim, or 'Priestly Blessing' during the Passover holidays, commemorating the Israelites' departure from Egypt. The Kohanim, or Cohens, were members of the priestly sect in the times of the ancient temples in Jerusalem. EPA/KOBI GIDEON
    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man of the Cohanim priestly caste prays in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)


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    What a beutifal kidish hashem! The satmarer ruv z”l would take back his eisir

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