Israeli communications minister Shlomo Karhi has held a Succot prayer service with his delegation in Saudi Arabia.
Photos of the Orthodox morning service showed the group wearing traditional prayer shawls and holding an etrog alongside palm, myrtle and willow branches, part of a special rite for the festival.
The service, which took place in Karhi’s hotel in Riyadh on Tuesday, included three Jews who were in the Saudi capital but not part of Karhi’s delegation.
The group also read from a small Torah scroll which was wrapped in a felt cover and had an embroidered inscription in English, Hebrew and Arabic which said: ‘The Jewish Congregation, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.’
