Every year on Rosh Hashana, thousands of Jews belonging to the Breslov Hasidic sect travel to Uman to pray at the grave of the movement’s founder, Rabbi Nachman, but this year Ukraine is banning their entry due to Covid-19.
WATCH: Ukraine bans annual pilgrimage of ultra-Orthodox Jews to grave of hasidic leader in Uman
Hasidic followers of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov pray in the streets of Uman, Ukraine, during Rosh Hashana. Sept. 4, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)