Like thousands of other pilgrims, Rony Eli-Ya travelled from his home in Israel to the Ukrainian city of Uman this week for ...

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Israelis and Jews from the around the world have been ... Korniychuk exhorted would-be pilgrims to pray for the end of the war, which began when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.

It also held Jewish holy scriptures and documents. Outside was the temple square – this was a marketplace, where pilgrims could buy sacrificial animals and convert foreign currency into temple ...

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29 in a move widely seen as trying to block them. But hundreds of pilgrims have made the trip anyway. So many Jewish pilgrims have amassed in the Belarusian city of Gomel that the Red Cross is ...

Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, a leading figure in Ukraine’s Jewish community, was one of those who urged international pilgrims not to visit Ukraine due to security concerns but acknowledged that ...

In the meantime, many pilgrims remain camped out at the border, in the hope Ukrainian authorities will allow them to enter the country before Jewish New Year, Belta reported.

structure in the center of Jerusalem which attracted pilgrims from near and far, both Jews and gentile.... In the Temple itself, we have priests, all descending from Aaron, the High Priest ...