Blessing of the Sun

(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

08/04/2009 - Jewish worshippers wrapped in prayer shawls participate in the special “Blessing of the Sun” prayer at sunrise on the Eitam Hilltop near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrata, in this April 8, 2009 file photo. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28-years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the “blessing of the sun”, called the Birkat Hachamah in Hebrew.