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G’mar Chatimah Tova, A good Yom Kippur to Jerusalem’s Supporters!

Yom Kippur begins in a few hours. It is the Day of Atonement, the climax of the past weeks of teshuva (working toward bettering ourselves). As always, all prayers and requests from Hashem are directed toward the Temple Mount in the heart of Jerusalem. We pray for the peace and safety of the Land of Israel, with Jerusalem as our eternal unified capital. Thank you to all of Jerusalem’s supporters. Wishing all of us health, happiness and peace!

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5,000 Christians Show their Support for Israel at Jerusalem’s 64th Sukkot March

“The whole world is learning that the gentiles can come celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with the people of Israel,” said spokesman David Parsons of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem...

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CELEBRATING SUKKOT IN THE HOLY TEMPLE, PT. 3

Circling the Altar
The Mishna (Sukkah 4:5) describes the daily Sukkot practice of hakafot: walking around the altar while carrying the four species and reciting “Ana Hashem Hoshia Na.”

The picture depicts the practice in accordance with the Jerusalem Talmud and Maimonides’ ruling (Lulav 7:23): Everyone – priests, Levites and Israelites – would walk once around the altar each day, and seven times on Hoshana Rabba (just as the Israelites marched seven times around Jericho, as described in the Book of Joshua). Though non-priests were generally not permitted between the altar and the Sanctuary (the entrance to which is seen at left, where the High Priest stands with his four species), this prohibition was suspended for the hakafot.

It is a matter of dispute whether only the four species were carried during the hakafot, or also an additional willow branch (arava), as Maimonides rules; there is even an opinion that only a willow branch was taken.

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Succot in Jerusalem during the First and Second Commonwealths of Ancient Israel

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Priestly blessing at the Western Wall - Watch

The Priestly blessing will be recited twice throughout services: once during morning prayers at 9:30 a.m. and once during the additional holiday prayers at 10:15 a.m.

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Sukkot with the president

Don’t miss Sukkot at the President’s Residence: Thursday, October 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (entry until 3 p.m.). Admission is free.

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