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Jews offer prayers for the sun
(Agencies/Chinanews)
Updated: 2009-04-08 23:24

Jews offer prayers for the sun
Dawn begins over the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem April 8, 2009. Tens of thousands of Jewish worshippers participated in the "Blessing of the Sun" (Birchat HaChamah) prayer, performed once every 28 years, at the Western Wall, the holiest site for Jews. [Agencies]