Rabbis pray at the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in the Queens borough of New York November 21, 2014. The Rabbis are in New York for the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emmissaries. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Jewish worshippers covered in prayer shawls pray at a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman, November 19, 2014. Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed five people in the Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers pray at a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman November 19, 2014. Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed five people in the Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Jewish worshipper holds the four species, used in rituals for the holiday of Sukkot which began last week, during the recitation of the priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City October 12, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

Zabulon Simintov, an Afghan Jew, prays at his residence in Kabul November 5, 2013. In his 50s, Simintov is the last known Afghan Jew to remain in the country. He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play. Picture taken November 5, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Members of "Women of the Wall" group hold prayer shawls during a monthly prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City November 4, 2013. The "Women of the Wall" group marked their 25th anniversary during the prayer session on Monday. The group has angered ultra-Orthodox Jews by wearing prayer shawls and reading from holy scriptures at the Western Wall, rituals Orthodox Jewish tradition reserves for men. Some conservative rabbis have vowed to battle a plan devised by a former Israeli cabinet minister to try to accommodate the women's more liberal approach to prayer, according to local media. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION ANNIVERSARY) 

Members of "Women of the Wall" group wear prayer shawls during a monthly prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City November 4, 2013. The "Women of the Wall" group marked their 25th anniversary during the prayer session on Monday. The group has angered ultra-Orthodox Jews by wearing prayer shawls and reading from holy scriptures at the Western Wall, rituals Orthodox Jewish tradition reserves for men. Some conservative rabbis have vowed to battle a plan devised by a former Israeli cabinet minister to try to accommodate the women's more liberal approach to prayer, according to local media. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION ANNIVERSARY) 

Members of "Women of the Wall" group wear prayer shawls during a monthly prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City November 4, 2013. The "Women of the Wall" group marked their 25th anniversary during the prayer session on Monday. The group has angered ultra-Orthodox Jews by wearing prayer shawls and reading from holy scriptures at the Western Wall, rituals Orthodox Jewish tradition reserves for men. Some conservative rabbis have vowed to battle a plan devised by a former Israeli cabinet minister to try to accommodate the women's more liberal approach to prayer, according to local media. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION ANNIVERSARY) 

A Jewish worshipper covers himself and a young boy with a prayer shawl as they recite the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during the holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem's Old City September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner(JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY) 

Jewish worshippers cover themselves in prayer shawls as they recite the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during the holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem's Old City September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers covered in prayer shawls pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 4, 2013 ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year which starts at sundown on Wednesday. Leading up to Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, which follows Rosh Hashanah, Jews offer prayers of repentance and ask God to forgive their sins in a daily prayer service called Slichot. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers wrapped in prayer shawls take part in a special priestly blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 28, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

A Jewish man holds the Torah during morning prayer at a synagogue in Budapest December 3, 2012. It is only relatively recently that Hungary's Jews have celebrated their identity as openly as they did when Europe's largest synagogue was built in Budapest in the 1850s. Now they are determined not to allow a political climate in which they have to defend that identity or even suppress it. Although anti-Semitism has not yet led to serious physical confrontations, hate crimes have included desecration of Jewish cemeteries and a verbal attack in Budapest on 90-year-old former Chief Rabbi Schweitzer. Picture taken December 3, 2012. To match HUNGARY-JEWS/ REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo (HUNGARY - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS SOCIETY) 

A man holds up a camera as he takes pictures of Jewish worshippers covered with prayer shawls, during a special priestly blessing for Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man covered in a prayer shawl prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem September 27, 2011, ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which starts at sundown on Wednesday. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers covered with prayer shawls recite a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

A member of the Ethiopian community in Israel prays during a ceremony marking the Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem November 4, 2010. The holiday symbolizes the community's connection to Jerusalem. REUTERS/Nir Elias (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Jewish worshippers recite the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem's Old City September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A young boy is partially covered by a prayer shawl before the recitation of the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem's Old City September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Jewish worshipper puts on his praying shawl during prayers marking Tisha B'Av near the Western Wall in Jerusalem July 20, 2010. Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, is traditionally the date in the Jewish calendar on which the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed, respectively in the sixth century B.C. by the Babylonians and the first century A.D. by the Romans. REUTERS/Nir Elias (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers cover themselves in prayer shawls during the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM RELIGION) 

A Jewish worshipper holds his prayer shawl before the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Jewish worshippers cover themselves in prayer shawls during the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM RELIGION) 

A Jewish worshipper takes part in the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers wrap themselves in prayer shawls during the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM RELIGION) 

Jewish worshippers take part in the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM RELIGION) 

A Jewish worshipper prays at the Western Wall as labourers stand on a raised platform in Jerusalem's Old City April 5, 2009.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM RELIGION) 

An Israeli soldier prays near an armoured vehicle outside the northern Gaza Strip January 19, 2009. Palestinians took stock on Monday of the devastation from a three-week war in the Gaza Strip as a ceasefire took hold and Israeli forces pressed on with their gradual withdrawal from the Hamas-ruled territory. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. An Israeli soldier prays near an armoured vehicle outside the northern Gaza Strip January 19, 2009. Palestinians took stock on Monday of the devastation from a three-week war in the Gaza Strip as a ceasefire took hold and Israeli forces pressed on with their gradual withdrawal from the Hamas-ruled territory. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (ISRAEL) 

An Israeli soldier prays atop a tank outside the northern Gaza Strip January 8, 2009. Several rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Thursday, slightly wounding two people, police and medics said, in attacks seen as linked to Israel's war on Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (ISRAEL) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. An Israeli soldier prays in front of armoured vehicles just outside the central Gaza Strip December 30, 2008. Israel rejected any truce with Hamas Islamists on Tuesday and said it was ready for "long weeks of action" on a fourth day of the fiercest air offensive in the Gaza Strip in decades. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (ISRAEL) 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City December 9, 2008. Hundreds of letters addressed to God, that arrive in Israel each year, were placed on Tuesday between the stones of the Western Wall. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM) 

An ultra-Orthodox Jew prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, after letters addressed to God were placed between the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City December 9, 2008. Hundreds of letters addressed to God arrive in Israel each year, most around Jewish holidays, to be placed between the stones of the Western Wall. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A member of the Samaritan sect prays at dawn during a pilgrimage for the holy day of the Tabernacles or Sukkot, in Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus, October 12, 2008. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in the 8th century B.C. of the small community of close to 700 people, half live in a village at Mount Gerizim, and the rest in the city of Holon near Tel Aviv. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (WEST BANK) 

A Jewish worshipper prays during the special priestly blessing for the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 22, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

An Orthodox Jew prays at the Western Wall during a snow storm in Jerusalem January 30, 2008. Jerusalem and its holy sites were covered in a blanket of snow on Wednesday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (JERUSALEM) 

Members of a priestly caste cover themselves with prayer shawls as they recite a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 30, 2007. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

Jewish worshippers hold the four species, used in rituals during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, during a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 30, 2007.
REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

Members of a priestly caste cover themselves with prayer shawls as they recite a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 30, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

A member of a priestly caste recites a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 30, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

A member of a priestly caste is covered with a prayer shawl as he recites a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 30, 2007. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

A Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem September 5, 2007. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (JERUSALEM) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. An Ultra Orthodox Jew prays at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem's old city, early morning August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (JERUSALEM) 

A Jewish worshipper covered with a prayer shawl stands on a balcony overlooking the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during a special priestly blessing in Jerusalem's Old City April 5, 2007. REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman (JERUSALEM) 

Members of a priestly caste recite a special blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City April 5, 2007. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

A Jewish settler prays on the roof of a building in the West Bank city of Hebron March 20, 2007. The presence of Jewish settlers inside the West Bank city of Hebron has created an "unbearable situation" for Israel and the Palestinians, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Tuesday. He was speaking a day after settlers took over a building under construction in Hebron, saying they had bought it. REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman (WEST BANK) 

Jewish Ethiopian men attend a morning prayer service at a compound while awaiting immigration to Israel in Gondar March 8, 2007. More than 5,000 Ethiopian Jews are waiting to migrate to Israel to reunite with their families, according to the Jewish Agency in Gondar. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (ETHIOPIA) 

A Jewish worshipper takes part in Slichot, a daily prayer service in which Jews offer prayers of repentance and ask God to forgive their sins leading up to Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem September 26, 2006. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL) 

Ultra orthodox Jewish men pray in front of the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in the Ukrainian city of Uman September 20, 2006. Thousands of Jewish pilgrims arrive every year on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, to Nachman's tomb in Uman. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (UKRAINE) 

A Jewish settler prays on the roof of an abandoned building near Shirat Hayam in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. A Jewish settler prays on the roof of an abandoned building near Shirat Hayam in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc June 27, 2005. Witnesses said 30 defiant Jewish nationalists moved into an abandoned cottage and planted a flag on the roof close to the ruins of 11 other old bungalows bulldozed on Sunday by the Israeli army on the beach opposite the Gush Katif settlement bloc. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Pictures of the Month June 2005 Pictures of the year 2005 

An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man covers his head with a shawl or tallit during
morning prayers in Jerusalem September 25, 2003. Ahead of the Jewish holiday
of Yom Kippur, or Atonement Day, observant Jews say special prayers early in
the morning asking forgiveness for sins committed in the year passed.
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A Jewish ultra-Orthodox man with his two sons and two elderly Palestinian men pass each other in a market area in Jerusalem's Old City as the Jews make their way through the Moslem Quarter to attend morning prayers at the Western Wall January 27, 2001. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Taba, Egypt continue their marathon negotiations and are "working seriously" to crack some of the toughest issues including the status of Jerusalem, land, refugees and security. Prospects look dim that for a breakthrough and Sunday has been set for the final day of negotiations ahead of the Israeli prime ministerial election one week later.

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