Jewish Holiday

Harvesting wheat for next year’s Matzah shmurah

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, fathers and sons, harvest in a field near Moshav Ganei Yohanan in central Israel special grains of wheat that will be guarded until next year's Passover and will be used for making Matzah shmurah (watched Matzah). Ganei Yohanan, May 22, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS

Harvesting wheat for next year’s Matzah shmurah

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, fathers and sons, harvest in a field near Moshav Ganei Yohanan in central Israel special grains of wheat that will be guarded until next year's Passover and will be used for making Matzah shmurah (watched Matzah). Ganei Yohanan, May 22, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS

2023 Passover Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall

A Jewish worshipper lifts a Torah scroll at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the week-long Passover holiday on April 9, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS

Tzachi Hanegbi

Tzachi Hanegbi in Ramat Gan, Dec 2, 2018. Photo by Kobi Richter/TPS

Selichot at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Jewish people during Selichot (forgiveness) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in strict accordance with Health Ministry regulations amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Jerusalem, Sep 13, 2020. Photo by Yechiel Gurfein/TPS

Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron

Hundreds of thousands Ultra-Orthodox Jews arrived at Mount Meron to pray at the celebration of Lag BaOmer, the Jewish holiday which commemorates the death of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Meron, Apr 29, 2021. Photo by Yaron Blustein/TPS

2022 Passover Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall

Jews, covered with prayer shawls pray the Priestly Blessing, the Hebrew prayer recited by Kohanim - the Hebrew Priests, during Chol HaMoed Pesach at the Western Wall in old Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Apr 20, 2022. Photo by Elron Zabatani/TPS

Selichot (forgiveness) prayers

Blowing the shofar during Selichot (forgiveness) prayers in a synagogue in the city of Kiryat Ono. Kiryat Ono, Aug 23, 2020. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS

shofar

Blowing the shofar in a synagogue in Kiryat Ono on Aug. 23, 2020. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS

Selichot (forgiveness) prayers

Blowing the shofar during Selichot (forgiveness) prayers in a synagogue in the city of Kiryat Ono. Kiryat Ono, Aug 23, 2020. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS