סליחות ערב יום כיפור בכותל המערבי |Last Selichot prayers Erev Yom Kippur held at Western Wall - 2026

On the eve of Yom Kippur, some 150,000 worshippers arrived Saturday night to take part in the central and final Selichot gathering, marking the conclusion of this year’s traditional Selichot prayers at the Western Wall plaza. The plaza, surrounding balconies, and alleys throughout the Old City basin were filled with worshippers from the early evening hours through the climax of the event. The ceremony was attended by captivity survivor Eliya Cohen and his partner, Nova festival survivor Ziv Abud, as well as captivity survivors Rom Braslavski, Elkana Bohbot, and Ohad Ben Ami. Tens of thousands of attendees greeted them with tremendous emotion and appreciation. The event was attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu; The Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Yosef; Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber; Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Western Wall and the holy sites; Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion; government ministers, public figures, and a large crowd. During the gathering, the Prime Minister offered a prayer for the safety of IDF soldiers and security forces and for the safety of the State of Israel. Israel’s Chief Rabb