HomePhoto Essay: Jerusalem Pilgrimage and Priestly Blessings 5772Jewish worshippers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they pray in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Cohen Benediction priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Passover which commemorates the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt. April 09, 2012.
Jewish worshippers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they pray in front of the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, during the Cohen Benediction priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Passover which commemorates the Israelites’ hasty departure from Egypt. April 09, 2012.
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