Traditional Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) at the Western Wall

Erev Pesach – Ta’anit Bechorot / Fast of Firstborn

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Fast begins: 5:10am

Candle-lighting: 6:21pm

First Day of Pesach

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Chag ends: 7:38pm

Second Day of Pesach (1^st day of Chol Hamoed)

Friday, April 7, 2023

1^st day of the Omer

Shabbat candle-lighting: 6:22pm

Third Day of Pesach (2^nd day of Chol Hamoed)

Shabbat, April 8, 2023

2^nd day of the Omer

Shabbat ends: 7:40pm

Fourth Day of Pesach (3^rd day of Chol Hamoed)

Sunday, April 9, 2023

3^rd day of the Omer

Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) in the presence of the Chief Rabbis of Israel and the Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites

Shacharit: 8:45am
Birkat Kohanim of Shacharit: 9:30am
Mussaf: 10:15am
Birkat Kohanim of Mussaf: 10:30am

Live broadcast

Fifth Day of Pesach (4^th day of Chol Hamoed)

Monday, April 10, 2023

4^th day of the Omer

Sixth Day of Pesach (5^th day of Chol Hamoed)

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

5^th day of the Omer

Chag begins: 6:25pm

Last Day of Pesach

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

6^th day of the Omer

Chag ends: 7:43pm