Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ben Zion Usiel during the week-end officiated at a special ceremony on Mt. Zion at which prayers for world peace were recited. Present at the services, which were proclaimed last week by the Chief Rabbinate, were many rabbis and high government officials.
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