Jewish prayer returns to Temple Mount’s Eastern Wall
Weekly Slichot services are taking hold at the Temple Mount’s eastern wall as organizers seek to renew Jewish prayer at the ancient Jerusalem site.
Weekly Slichot services are taking hold at the Temple Mount’s eastern wall as organizers seek to renew Jewish prayer at the ancient Jerusalem site.

Preparations are being made for the traditional Slichot prayers ahead of the High Holidays at the Western Wall, including a special service to be held on October 7th.

Hundreds of participants are expected to take part in the Slichot and Piyot event at the Knesset along with dozens of musicians and singers.

We want to be there first, at the head of the line, to ask for mercy and forgiveness, before the Day of Judgment..

Pre-Rosh Hashanah Slichot prayers held at Western Wall using "capsules" layout.

Dozens of people divided into capsules participated in Slichot at Beit El Yeshiva, led by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed.


Kotel plaza packed, as Tzfat chief rabbi Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu leads repentance prayers ahead of Yom Kippur.
