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Gallery: First Light of Chanukah Kindled At the Kosel
Thousands of spectators from around the world joined the lighting of the first night of Chanukah at the Western Wall with the participation of Rabbi of the Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz and the Mayor of Jerusalem Mr. Moshe Leon.
photos by Dov Ber Hechtman
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