The tradition of conducting a mass event for the blessing has been a highlight of the week-long Sukkot and Passover holidays.
A religious organization vowed that sacrifices would resume soon and the Third Temple would be built on the Temple Mount.
"Thirteen percent of the population is a cancer within Israeli society," radio presenter Ron Koffman claimed.
As part of a new initiative, the yeshiva students will be put through rigorous training before serving in their roles for two years.
"The Zionists and the partisans did not prevent a holocaust in Europe," UTJ MK Yisrael Eichler said on Sunday evening.
Eliyahu's comments come amid ongoing coalition talks regarding a new draft law for ultra-Orthodox Israelis who study in yeshivas.
From the political roles of religious fundamentalism to the inability of either side to find compromise with the other to leaders facing legal struggles, the US and Israel have a lot in common.
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