JERUSALEM, Israel [CHN] — A unique, special project neared its realization Monday as 107 Bar Mitzvah boys from all across Israel joined together for a mass Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall under the auspices of social-services organization Kollel Chabad.

In attendance were Former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Rav Hakotel Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Shliach Rabbi Amram Blau - Educational Director of Colel Chabad, and Rabbis Zalman Duchman, Menachem Mendel Blau, Yosef Yitzchak Chitrik, Shmuel Lipsker and Chaim Gurevitch.