A man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. You can see the prayers that people have written on small pieces of paper and put in the cracks of the wall, as is customary. The man is wearing a prayer shawl, called a Talit in Hebrew.
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The seven-branched Menorah (candelabra) like the one that was in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem is a symbol of Judaism.
These are Tfillin, or phylacteries. Jewish men wear these during prayer as a reminder of the commandments in the Torah (the teaching of the first 5 books of the Jewish Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). In the boxes are the words from the Torah that commands the Jewish people to bind the laws upon their heart and as a symbol upon their forehead.
The Shabbat Table. Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest, kept every week from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. The Shabbat is greeted with a prayer (usually by the woman of the household) over the 2 candles. Also on the table are challah (braided bread) and wine for the kiddush (sanctification) ceremony.
Jewish man blowing the shofar, or ram's horn for the holiday of Rosh Hashana (New Year). The shofar is blown as a call to repentance.
