80,000 Gather at Western Wall to Receive Priestly Blessing [PHOTOS] - Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

80,000 Gather at Western Wall to Receive Priestly Blessing [PHOTOS]

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz April 14, 2017  BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

“May the LORD bless you and guard you, May the LORD make His face shed light upon you and be gracious unto you, May the LORD lift up His face unto you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:23-27 (The Israel Bible™)

In a powerful display of the glory that once was the Jewish Temple, tens of thousands of worshipers gathered at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning to receive the biannual Priestly Blessing from hundreds of Kohanim (men of the priestly caste).

An Estimated 80,000 people flocked to the site, in what has become a major aspect of the Passover holiday in Jerusalem.

The mass blessing by the kohanim, who are the descendants of Aaron, the first High Priest, takes place twice a year, on Sukkot and Passover. The priestly benediction is found in Chapter 6 of the book of Numbers, where God instructs Moses to tell Aaron and his sons how to bless the Israelites.

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