![Samaritans head up Mount Gerizim to pray during the Sukkot holiday West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_samaritans-praying-3-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C736&ssl=1)
![Pictured: The Samaritans wear their traditional clothing and climb Mount Gerizim to pray West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying2018_10_23samaritans-praying-4.jpg?w=191&h=270&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
Pictured: The Samaritans wear their traditional clothing and climb Mount Gerizim to pray West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![Sukkot marks the Exodus of the ancient Hebrew people from Egypt West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying2018_10-23-samaritans-praying.jpg?w=429&h=270&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
Sukkot marks the Exodus of the ancient Hebrew people from Egypt West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![The Samaritans can trace their lineage all the way back to the ancient Israelites that Moses led out of Egypt West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_-samaritans-praying-2.jpg?w=568&h=270&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
The Samaritans can trace their lineage all the way back to the ancient Israelites that Moses led out of Egypt West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![Samaritans head up Mount Gerizim to pray during the Sukkot holiday West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_samaritans-praying-3-scaled.jpg?w=615&h=377&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
Samaritans head up Mount Gerizim to pray during the Sukkot holiday West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![The Samaritans are small community of only a few hundred living in the area West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_Samaritans-praying-5.jpg?w=577&h=377&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
The Samaritans are small community of only a few hundred living in the area West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![Every Sukkot they all climb the mountain to pray to mark the day of the Exodus led by Moses from Egypt West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_Samaritans-praying-7.jpg?w=412&h=241&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
Every Sukkot they all climb the mountain to pray to mark the day of the Exodus led by Moses from Egypt West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![Pictured: Samaritans read and sit atop the mountain during celebrations of Sukkot West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_samaritans-praying-8.jpg?w=412&h=252&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
Pictured: Samaritans read and sit atop the mountain during celebrations of Sukkot West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
![A beautiful sunset during celebrations West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-10-22-samaritans-praying231018_Samaritans-praying.jpg?w=780&h=497&ssl=1 "Samaritans pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus")
A beautiful sunset during celebrations West Bank, 23 October 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]