SAMARITANS AT PRAYER ON THE) EVE OF THE PILGRIMAGE 



During the entire week following the Feast of the Passover, the Samaritans remain en- 

 camped upon Mount Gerizim. On the last day of the encampment they begin at dawn a 

 pilgrimage to the crest of the sacred mount. Before setting forth on this pilgrimage, how- 

 ever, the men spread their prayer cloths and repeat the creed and the story of the creation 

 in silence, after which, in a loud voice, they read in unison the Book of Genesis and the 

 first quarter of the Book of Exodus, ending with the story of the Passover and the flight 

 from Egypt. 



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