Covered in prayer shawls, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Cohanim Priestly caste participate in a blessing during Sukkot in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site Jews pray in Jerusalem's Old City, Oct. 16, 2011. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

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