The Western Wall Heritage Foundation will hold this year’s Birkat Cohanim service on Thursday April 25th 2024 - 17 Nisan 5784.
In the presence of the chief rabbis of Israel and the rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites.
Birkat Kohanim times:
8:45am ~ Shacharit morning prayers
9:30am ~ Birkat Cohanim of Shacharit
10:15am ~ Musaf
10:30am ~ Birkat Cohanim of Musaf
10:45 am - Prayer for the return of the hostages, for the well-being of the IDF soldiers, for healing of the injured, and for the well-being of the Jewish nation.
Cohanim are requested to come and bless the people of Israel with love.
The prayers will be broadcast live on the Western Wall Heritage Foundation’s website at www.thekotel.org.
The Old City will be closed to private vehicles throughout the holiday, please arrive by public transportation.
The tradition of the communal blessing at the Kotel began 53 years ago, and has been organized for years by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation on the Chol Hamoed days of Pesach and Sukkot, where hundreds of Cohanim bless the crowd with the priestly blessing.
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