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Jerusalem Day: Prayers at the Western Wall of the Temple. Jerusalem is reunited! Video: Ari Waxman | Hananya Naftali

Tens of thousands of people prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for Yom Kippur this year. The penitential prayers of Selichot were recited starting in the early morning hours ahead of the holiday. Among those present were freed captives Eliya Cohen with his fiancée Ziv Abud, Omer Shem Tov, Romi Gonen and Yelena Troufanov. This year the service also included prayers for the return of the 48 hostages still in Gaza, for the recovery of the victims and for the safety of Israel’s soldiers. For th