JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing.

Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at Jerusalems Wailing Wall for the traditional priestly blessing prayer on Thursday. The Birkat Cohanim, or Cohens blessing, is a ritual dating back to ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Naso , we read about the priestly blessing. This reminds me of an old joke: A man approached the rabbi of his synagogue and told him, "Rabbi, please make me a Cohen ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men participate in a blessing during the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.