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The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): Jerusalem Things To Do Tip (Untitled)
  • By bluefelt on August 26, 2002
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  • Other Contact: Orthodox men at the Wall. Men an

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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): Check out the 'Wailing Wall'.
  • Updated By Nobbe on August 24, 2002
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  • The Wailing Wall (Western Wall) - Jerusalem
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  • Other Contact: Visiting hours: 24 hours a day,

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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): View from the old city
  • By ezaguryk on February 6, 2004
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  • Directions: In the Old City Jerusalem

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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): Western Wall
  • By MalenaN on July 29, 2005
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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): The wailing wall
  • By Tetreus on October 31, 2005
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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): The Western Wall in Jerusalem
  • By 807Wheaton on November 25, 2005
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    The Western Wall in Jerusalem
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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): Hebrew: HaKotel HaMa'aravi
  • By WorldMeet2008 on November 4, 2007
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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): The Western Wall, Kotel
  • Updated By jacobzoethout on October 11, 2005
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    Either if you are jewish or not, the Kotel (the Hebrew name for the Wailing Wall) is an impressive place. It is one of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount on which the second Jewish Temple was built by King Herod. The temple was destroyed in the year 70 by the Romans. The Kotel started to become a holy place for the jewish people in the 15th century, when the Ottoman sultan Suleyman ruled Jerusalem. Suleyman gave the jewish people officially a right to use the wall as a place of prayer. The part of the wall that can be seen nowadays consists of 24 rows of stones; the oldest and biggest are the lowest rows. It is interesting to know that, underneath the ground there are 19 more rows of stones, which reach down to a paved road. This once was the foot of the wall. The big square ("Western Wall Plaza") became a fact only in 1967. Before that time, there was a densely populated Arab quarter named Maghrabi in front of the Wall. There was only a small corridor between the neigborhood and the Wall, making it look bigger and more impressive then it does today. Between 1948 and 1967, Jewish people were not allowed to visit their most holy place. After the Six Days War, Israel took the Old City and the Kotel; the 14th century Maghrabi neighborhood was destroyed by the Israeli Defence Forces; the population was forced to leave, making it one of the many sad stories in the history of Jerusalem. Nowadays, the Kotel is again the heart of the Jewish religion, and one of the main tourist attractions in the Old Town.

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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): Bar Mitzvah
  • By leffe3 on June 17, 2006
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    If you're in the Old City on Tuesdays, head for the Western (Wailing) Wall - the traditional day for bar Mitzvah celebrations at the Holiest of Jewish sites. As the 13 year old boy reaches maturity and manhood, and is now seen as old enough to be 'responsible' for himself, no longer the spiritual responsibility of his parents, so many Bar Mitzvahs take place at the Wall. It is mainly overseas 'pilgrims' that undertake the celebration here and it is a cacophony of noise, celebration and joy. It's quite an amazing sight, with many celebrations talking place simultaneously.

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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall): Wailing Wall - The Western Wall
  • Updated By oshatz on November 10, 2004
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    Jews around the world turn their eyes to the Western Wall, also know as the Wailing Wall, which is the closest location to the place where the temple used to stand where Jews can pray. The wall we know today was a part of the temple's western wall, hence its name. Believers leave notes in the cracks between the wall's stones.

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