Ceremony also includes special prayers for those held captive in Gaza and for the welfare of Israel's soldiers The post ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An estimated 70,000 Jewish worshipers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to hear the priestly blessing. Hundreds of Kohanim, members of Judaism’s priestly class ...

Jewish tradition teaches that during the Priestly Blessing, God looks out at us directly through the hands of the priests. As ...

More than 50,000 people were at the Western Wall on Sunday morning in the Old City of Jerusalem to attend the tradition Birkat HaKohanim — the Priestly Blessing — recited by the descendants of the ...

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During the event, hundreds of descendants of Jewish priests (Kohanim) will bless the assembled congregation with the threefold blessing from the Torah.

"She didn't leave a letter. We are five siblings, and she was the youngest, the fifth. She was supposed to go today with my parents to the Western Wall for the Priestly Blessing, but she didn't want ...

Couples in “irregular situations” as well as “couples of the same sex” may receive priestly blessings, the Vatican said, so that these “human relationships may mature and grow in ...

Nearly 500 new high-rises of 18 floors or more are currently slated to be built in the coming years, adding more than 58,000 ...

The first-born son was meant to receive a double portion of the inheritance of the father; this was the first-born son’s birthright, as well as the priestly blessing of the father. The first ...

Participants at the memorial came together with heavy hearts to pray, sing and remember those who were abducted or killed a ...

Planes keep flying as Israel reported to hit Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut airport and in Beqaa Valley, after civilians ...