Jewish holiday

Building a Sukkah at the end of Yom Kippur

At the departure of Yom Kippur, in order to go immediately from one mitzvah to another, a family began to build a sukkah in the yard of their home in Kiryat Ono, ahead of the Sukkot holiday that starts this coming week. Kiryat Ono, Oct 12, 2024. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL

Selichot at the Western Wall on Yom Kippur eve amid Coronavirus lockdown

Jewish people during Selichot (forgiveness) prayer on Yom Kippur eve at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, amid the 2nd Coronavirus lockdown. Jerusalem, Sep 26, 2020. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS

Temple Mount

Jews visit the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av, a holiday marking the anniversary of the destruction of the First and Second Temples, on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by TPS-IL

Tisha B’Av 2024 in Jerusalem

Thousands of Jews arrived on Tisha B'Av eve at the Western Wall Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem to read the Book of Lamentations on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Hebraic calendar. The fast of Tisha B'Av mourns the destruction of the two Temples by the Babylonians and by the Romans throughout Jewish history. Jerusalem, Aug 12, 2024. ...

Tisha B’Av in Jerusalem

Thousands of Jews pray at the Western Wall on the night of Tisha B'Av on Aug. 12, 2024. Tisha B'Av marks the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av when both the First and Second Temples were destroyed. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL

Tisha B’Av 2023 in Jerusalem

Jews arrive at the Southern Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem to read the Book of Lamentations on Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av in the Hebraic calendar. The fast of Tisha B'Av mourns the destruction of the two Temples by the Babylonians and by the Romans throughout Jewish history. Jerusalem, Jul 26, 2023. Photo by Eitan ...

2024 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 25, 2024. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS

Herodium

Jews visit the Herodium south of Jerusalem on Julu 17, 2021. Photo by Amit Barak/TPS

Megillat Esther at IDF checkpoint in northern Samaria

Megillat Esther, “The Scroll of Esther,” is seen at an IDF checkpoint in northern Samaria during the Jewish holiday of Purim. Samaria, Mar 24, 2024. Photo by Avidan Bader/TPS

Lighting the seventh candle of Hanukkah in Mea Shearim Haredi neighborhood

Ultra-Orthodox Jews light the seventh candle of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Dec 13, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS