Over thirty eight-thousand people came all along the night to say selichot (Penitential Prayers) at the Western Wall Plaza.
The Selichot event was held in the presence of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Leon, The commander of the Jerusalem district is chief Doron Turgeman and the Drector of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation Mordechai (Suli) Eliav.
The Selichot event was broadcasted live on huge screens around the plaza and on the walls of the Old City thanks to the Jerusalem Municipality as part of the preparations for the arrival of the thousands of worshipers and visitors and for the benefit of the crowd who could not arrive to the plaza.
Another central selichot service will take place this Wednesday night at 12:15am (Israel time).
