ISRAEL-RELIGION-JEWISH-PESACH-BLESSING

ISRAEL-RELIGION-JEWISH-PESACH-BLESSING

A Jewish man raises Torah scrolls during the Cohanim prayer (priest’s blessing) during the Pesach (Passover) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 17, 2014. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday, which commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt some 3,500 years ago and their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX