{"id":260789,"date":"2026-08-23T04:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/260789\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:15:29","slug":"tens-of-thousands-at-western-wall-selichot-as-hostage-survivors-join-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/260789\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands at Western Wall Selichot as hostage survivors join prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u05e1\u05dc\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05dc: \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05ea\u05ea\u05e4\u05d5 \u05d1\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05d3\u05ea\u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05df \u05dc\u05de\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Tens of thousands attended the main Selichot prayer service at the Western Wall plaza on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Those taking part included Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Western Wall and the holy sites; Mordechai (Suli) Eliav, director-general of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation; hostage survivors Noa Argamani, Itay Regev, Omer Shem Tov, Bar Kupershtein, Eliya Cohen and Ziv Cohen; and tens of thousands of worshippers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">During the service, Rabbi Rabinowitz, together with the hostage survivors and the large crowd, recited a special prayer of thanksgiving for their return, alongside prayers for the safety of IDF soldiers and security forces, national unity, and the peace and security of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The next major Selichot service at the Western Wall plaza will take place this Thursday at 12:15 a.m., with tens of thousands of worshippers expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1224326.jpg\"   alt=\"Hostage survivors at Selichot at the Western Wall\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color:gray;\" data-v-cf1ef11f=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='13'%20height='13'%20viewBox='0%200%2013%2013'%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cstyle%3e%20.cls-1{fill:%23fff}%20%3c\/style%3e%3c\/defs%3e%3cg%20id='Group_81'%20transform='translate(-327.79%20-961.605)'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_74'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_70'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_42'%20d='M340.79%20974.6h-3.872v-1h2.872v-2.872h1z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_71'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_43'%20d='M331.662%20974.6h-3.872v-3.872h1v2.872h2.872z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_72'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_44'%20d='M328.79%20965.477h-1V961.6h3.872v1h-2.872z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_73'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_45'%20d='M340.79%20965.477h-1V962.6h-2.872v-1h3.872z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_77'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_75'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_28'%20d='M0%200H6V1H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-45%201333.904%2077.78)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_76'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_29'%20d='M0%200H6V1H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-45%201339.39%2091.022)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_80'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_78'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_30'%20d='M0%200H1V6H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-44.999%201325.786%2085.365)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_79'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_31'%20d='M0%200H1V6H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-45%201339.001%2079.89)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/svg%3e\" alt=\"enlarge\" data-v-cf1ef11f=\"\"\/>Hostage survivors at Selichot at the Western WallWestern Wall Heritage Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u05e1\u05dc\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05dc: \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05ea\u05ea\u05e4\u05d5 \u05d1\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05d3\u05ea\u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05df \u05dc\u05de\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 Tens of thousands attended the main Selichot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[18503,37,71760,31313,69472,11284],"class_list":["post-260789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-hostages-in-gaza","tag-israel","tag-noa-argamani","tag-omer-shem-tov","tag-selichot","tag-western-wall"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117142888625599180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}