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WATCH: Thousands gather at the Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur

People praying for forgivness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 24, 2023, on the eve of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

More than two million people attended Selichot services at the Western Wall this year during the weeks preceding Yom Kippur.

Tens of thousands crowded the holy site late Saturday night and just after midnight Sunday for the final Selichot prayers before Yom Kippur.

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