Weather forecast:
Tomorrow (Friday) is expected to be autumnal, after today it rained first in the north.
Also, temperatures will be below average.
Local rain will occasionally fall from the north of the country to the northern Negev, and there is a slight risk of flooding in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea.
The Mediterranean Sea is expected to be a wave-back to exciting and dangerous for bathing.
The Age of Stones
On Saturday the weather will improve - it will be partly cloudy to clear, with rising temperatures and a drop in humidity as usual for the season.
In the afternoon, strong northerly winds will blow along the coastal plain.
The sea will continue to be dangerous for bathing.
According to Meteo-Tech, on Sunday a considerable warming is expected across the country and it will be brighter, warmer and drier.
It will be warmer than usual for the season, and there may be inclement conditions in the interior of the country.
And a promenade on your holiday
The pleasant weather today took the people of Israel in droves around the country - some for nature walks, some for shows and amusement parks, and some for barbecues in the various parks.
About 180,000 hikers visited the nature reserves and national parks, including the Yarkon Tel Afek National Park with about 4,000 people, the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve with about 3,800 visitors, and the Gan Hashlosha National Parks with about 2,700 people, women and children.
Also on Sunday, "Breathing Culture" performances (in collaboration with the Lottery) will continue, at no additional charge, with a team of circus artists, actors and singers, who will be deployed in selected gardens and perform at set times during visiting hours.
This, along with professional guidance from free guides (in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism) in dozens of national parks and nature reserves.
Raya Soraki, Director of the Public and Parks Division at the Nature and Parks Authority, said that "Sukkot is a wonderful opportunity to reveal to families our national treasures across the country. "In the Alpha House with the spectacular mosaic floor. Some families have chosen to walk to boutique sites in the south, such as Tel Be'er Sheva, for its impressive biblical remains, or drive to the Yotvata Nature Reserve on the way to Eilat and stop to know the story of wildlife."
Preparing for the second rounds
Many thousands took part today in the traditional Priests' Blessing ceremony at the Western Wall plaza, which is being held for the second day on Sukkot.
Hundreds of priests who came to the Western Wall from around the country greeted the audience with the triple blessing written in the Torah.
The Western Wall plaza will be filled again next Tuesday, at 22:00, and this time for the second rounds, which will include more than 100 Torah scrolls, an orchestra and festive singing.
President Yitzhak Herzog and his wife Michal hosted opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah for lunch at the President's Sukkah.
At the same time, the mayor's arbor in Safra Square hosted more than 10,000 visitors in the first two days of the holiday week.
According to the Jerusalem Municipality, tens of thousands of pilgrims have visited the Western Wall so far, and during the holiday many thousands visited the sites of the Old City, including the Tower of David Museum, the Walls Promenade and the Jewish Quarter sites, as well as the Israel Museum, Begin Museum and Botanical Garden.
Thousands more from around the country also visited the Simchat Beit Hashoeva events in the neighborhoods and the harvest festival in the Deer Valley, which take place free of charge.
