Jews mass at Western Wall for holiday priestly blessing Tens of thousands of Jews attend the priestly blessing at Jerusalem's Western Wall on the Feast of Tabernacles, a holiday which in antiquity was a time of pilgrimage. Among those attending the ceremony was US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, a religious Jew and himself a member of the priestly caste, who told reporters prior to the services that President Donald Trump's speech was "excellent" at the United Nations General Assembly. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES