456. BLESSING OF THE PRIESTS – IN THE DAYS WHEN THE TEMPLE STOOD IN JERUSALEM, PEOPLE USED TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO THE TEMPLE WHERE THEY WERE BLESSED BY THE PRIESTS. TODAY THE CEREMONY IS HELD AT THE WESTERN WALL, THE ONLY REMAINDER OF THE GREAT TEMPLE. PIC: THE MEN WITH THE WHITE PRAYING SHAWLS, ‘THALITOTH’ BLESS THE CROWD BY RECITING A SPECIAL PRAYER
Photograph by Zev Radovan
