Sign of the times. How did the other member of the group "support" him? By helping him stand? By saying "amen"?
Temple Mount Police arrested a 76-year-old Jewish man Sunday after he recited a blessing before drinking some water. Yosef Hacohen felt ill during a tour of the Temple Mount and wanted to take a sip from a water bottle. As another member of the group he was a part of supported him, he recited the "shehakol" blessing that precedes drinking of beverages.Good thing they arrested him. When a 76-year-old man drinks water, there is always an "asher yatzar" on the horizon.
This aroused the ire of three Muslim Wakf men who had been following the 30-member group of which Hacohen was a participant.
In response to the Muslims' demands, the two policemen who also followed the group took Hacohen out of the group. This led to a small fracas. A higher ranking police officer arrived on the scene and decided to arrest Hacohen "on suspicion of reciting the Priestly blessing." [...]
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