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Several thousand pilgrims today participated in the first revival of the ancient custom of “Hakhel,” the public reading of the Torah during the Succoth holiday of the Sabbatical year. The custom, discontinued since the Dispersion, required that the Kings of Israel read the Torah to pilgrims from all parts of ancient Israel who assembled near […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315