MIDEAST ISRAEL JEWISH SUN BLESSING

An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man participates in the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun." Tens of thousands of worshippers stood next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's walled Old City to perform the special blessing called the Birkat Hachamah in Hebrew. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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