ens of thousands attended the special Passover Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City.
More than 80,000 people packed the Kotel (Western Wall) plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday for the bi-annual Birkat Kohanim, Priestly Blessing, ceremony.
Hundreds of Kohanim, members of the priestly class and descendants of the Biblical Aaron, stood adjacent to the Wall and recited the three-verse blessing (Numbers 6:24-26), “May the Lord bless you and protect you; May the Lord shine His countenance upon you and be graciousness to you; May the Lord shine His Countenance on you and grant you peace.”
The ceremony, attended today by Chief Rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel Rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch and others, included two recitations of the blessing and concluded with prayers for the State of Israel and the safety of the IDF and security forces.
数千人在耶路撒冷老城的西墙参加了特别逾越节Birkat Kohanim（牧师祝福）。
仪式上，有八万多人在耶路撒冷的耶路撒冷老城耶路撒冷包围了Kotel（西墙）广场，并举行了两年一度的Birkat Kohanim仪式。
数百名祭司阶级的成员和圣经中的亚伦的后代，站在墙旁，诵读三节祝福（民数记6：24-26），“愿耶和华祝福你们，保护你们; 愿耶和华照亮他的面容，敬畏你们， 愿耶和华照亮你的恩典，给你平安。
仪式今天由首席拉比·刘和西雅图农业部长尤里·阿里尔·拉比，西班牙的拉姆比耶维奇等人出席的仪式，包括两次祝福，并为以色列国家的安危而结束了祝福仪式。 以色列国防军和安全部队。