thousands of female haredi worshipers arrived at the site , heeding the call of community leaders rabbis ovadia yosef and aharon leib shteinman who entreated female ulpan students to hold a mass prayer session there on may 10 , according to anat hoffman , a leader of the group .
the protests at the western wall in jerusalem opposing the women of the wall prayer group ended on friday morning with the arrest of three haredi men suspected of disturbing the peace .
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israeli policemen block ultra - orthodox jewish women as members of ' women of the wall ' group ( not pictured ) leave the western wall after a monthly haredi worshippers clashed with police in jerusalem 's old city early friday in the wake of the court authorization for the women of the wall to pray at the jewish holy site .
a member of ' women of the wall ' group ( 2nd r ) wears a prayer shawl and tefillin , leather straps and boxes containing sacred parchments , that orthodox law says only men should don , during a monthly prayer session at the western wall in jerusalem 's old city may 10 , 2013 .
learn more members of ' women of the wall ' group wear prayer shawls and one ( c ) wearing tefillin , leather straps and boxes containing sacred parchments , that orthodox law says only men should don , during a monthly prayer session at the western wall in jerusalem 's old city may 10 , 2013 .
jerusalem | jerusalem ( reuters ) - women seeking equal prayer rights at the western wall are planning a further challenge to jewish orthodox tradition at the site after a court ruling bolstered their cause , an activist said on sunday .
haredi protesters threw water bottles and other objects and shouted insults at the women of the wall activists , according to israel radio .
however , the rabbis stressed there is no need to act provocatively or violently .