EPA 2012-06-25 06:30:14 Samaritan community marks Shavuot festival
A Samaritan man prays at sun rise on Mount Gerizim, above the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank on 24 June 2012 as they celebrate the Shavuot festival, marking the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai seven weeks after the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Samaritan religion is descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim, and the community numbers today less than 700 people, half of who live on Mount Grizim in the West Bank and the other half in Holon, next to Tel Aviv. Samaritans recite prayers in ancient Hebrew using a Torah scoll. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
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