Nearly 4,000 orthodox Jews from all parts of Palestine participated today in picturesque ceremonies in the Old City marking the end of the annual Passover pilgrimage to this holy city. About 5,000 worshippers thronged the narrow pavement before the Wailing Wall, among whom were many American and Allied servicemen. The services, which were arranged by the Agudas Israel, included prayers for an Allied victory, and for the rescue of European Jewry. About 10,000 visitors, in all, have come to the Wailing Wall during the Passover holiday.
The chief task facing Jews this Passover is the rescue and rehabilitation of the millions of their brothers who still live under Nazi domination, Chief Rabbi Masaac Herzog of Palestine declared in his annual Passover message to the Jews of the World. He expressed confidence that “Israel will emerge rejuvenated from the crucible of unprecedented affliction,” and called on Jews everywhere to unite in support of the Jews of Europe and of the Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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