Thousands of Orthodox protesters showed up to try and prevent a Jewish women's group, and their supporters, from praying at the Wailing Wall.
The women came to pray carrying Torahs and wearing prayer shawls, phylacteries, and skull caps all of which the Orthodox consider to only be allowed for men.
Previously police have blocked women, so adorned, from praying at the holy site.
However, a recent court ruling gave the women the right to pray using the items, and Friday was the first time they came using them.
Police formed a barricade with their own bodies, to protect the women and allow them their time to pray.
The women plan on praying at the first day of each month, on the Jewish calendar, until their safety is no longer a worry and they can come whenever.
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