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Top Israeli rabbi prays for Trump's recovery
A supporter of US President Donald Trump holds a sign outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Photo credit: Olivier Douliery | AFP
What you need to know:
- Trump won many plaudits in the Jewish state after he announced in December 2017 that the US would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a major reversal of US policy.
- On Monday, Western Wall rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz prayed that "God send a full recovery to the American president, Donald John son of Fred," during the Birkat Cohanim ceremony (Priestly Blessing in Hebrew).
Jerusalem,
A top Israeli rabbi on Monday prayed during a ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall for US President Donald Trump's recovery, after he was hospitalised with the novel coronavirus.
