Ghatia meditating in earling morning on the ghats by the River Ganges (Ganga), Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Jew with prayer shawl praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem ld City, Israel, Middle East

Muslim woman praying, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Celebration of Purim festival, faithful holding book and wearing phylacteries, Beth Loubavitch Synagogue, Montrouge, France

Jew wearing prayer shawl blessing the Lulav and Etrog (palm frond), Sukot (Festival of Booths), Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Torah scroll, Tallit, Jewish prayer shawl and Tziitzit, knotted ritual fringes, Paris, France, Europe

Sukot festival (festival of booths), Jews in prayer shawls holding lulav and etrog (palm frond and lemon), praying by the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Torah scroll, Yad, Torah pointer and Tallit, Jewish prayer shawl, Paris, France, Europe

The Torah Ark (Aron Kodesh), Beth Yaacov Synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Torah scroll and Tallit, Jewish prayer shawl, Paris, France, Europe

Hand-woven taleths (prayer shawls), Safed, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

Book of Esther (Meguilah), Purim celebration in a Liberal synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Faithful at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Orthodox Jew praying, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Taleth weaving, Safed, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Praying Jew in the underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the books of the Prophets, Haftarah, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East