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Tens of thousands at Kosel Birkas Kohanim

The Western Wall plaza filled Monday morning with mispallalim for the traditional mass Birkas Kohanim on Chol Hamoed Sukkos, with freed hostage Bar Kuperstein and Defense Minister Israel Katz among those present

Author: Gila Isaacson

SEP 28, 2026 12:38

1 min read

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein at Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein at Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz at Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Defense Minister Yisrael Katz at Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall — Birkas Kohanim at the Western Wall (Photo: Chaim Goldberg, Flash90)

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