Although
large groups of worshipers have not been allowed to gather at various holy
sites in Jerusalem, because of the coronavirus, a few smaller events did take
place: 1) a small
gathering of Christians met at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Easter Day
to pray; 2) another small group
of Jewish worshippers prayed the Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall during
the Passover; and 3) another group of Jewish worshipers performed the Omer
wave offering from the barley harvest; they had hoped to celebrate the rite
on the Temple Mount which was empty, but were prevented to do so; nonetheless,
they are preparing and hoping to be able to perform an alternative Passover
offering next month on the Temple Mount, and hope to offer two loaves of bread
for the offering of firstfruits along with two lambs during Shavuot (Feast of
Weeks/Pentecost).
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| A small number of Jewish worshipers pray during the priestly blessing, a traditional prayer which usually attracts thousands of worshipers at the Western Wall on the holiday of Passover, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 12, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun. |
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