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- The Western Wall Heritage Foundation organized a joint Birkat Kohanim prayer for over 50,000 worshippers.
- The Monday Hol Hamoed gathering continued a 50-year mass Birkat Kohanim tradition.
- Organizers added an extra ceremony to ease crowds and allow more participants.
- Western Wall rabbi said the prayer seeks to remove baseless hatred and spread peace.
- Cohen-descendant Jews recite the priestly blessing at each Shacharit minyan and again during holiday Mussaf.