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Ultra Orthodox Jewish men wrapped in prayer shawls participate in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at historic site of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea, in Masada, Israel, Wednesday. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun."
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The sun flares across the scene as Ultra Orthodox Jewish men wrapped in prayer shawls participate in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism`s holiest site in Jerusalem. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28-years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun."
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Ultra Orthodox Jewish men wrapped in prayer shawls participate in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism`s holiest site in Jerusalem. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun."
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An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man wrapped in a prayer shawl participates in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at historic site of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea, in Masada, Israel. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun."
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Back-dropped by the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, Jewish worshipers participate in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism`s holiest site in Jerusalem. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun."
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Die Kuppel der Grossen Synagoge in Berlin Mitte leuchtet am Mitwoch, in den ersten Sonnenstrahlen des seltenen juedischen Fests "Segen fuer die Sonne ". Das nur alle 28 Jahre stattfindende "Birkat Hachamah" faellt diesmal auf den Vortag des einwoechigen Pessach-Festes.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ---The golden dome of the great synagogue in Berlin`s distric of Mitte is lightened in the first sun
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Ultra Orthodox Jewish men wrapped in prayer shawls participate in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism`s holiest site in Jerusalem, Wednesday. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun."
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