The next 6 pictures are of us at the Wailing Wall. The pictures I shared before was us looking at the Wailing Wall from above. Now we actually went and visited the Wall.
The Wailing or Western Wall is a portion of the retaining wall Herod built around the western side of the Temple Mount, and is the holiest shrine in the Jewish world today. The wall today is holy to the Jews because this portion is all that was left of the Temple compound from 70 A.D. when Titus of Rome destroyed the Temple and the city of Jerusalem. The portion of the wall, that is today exposed, is 60 yards in length and about 60 feet high. Each Friday evening, as the Sabbath begins, one can see great crowds of Jews gathering at the wall to pray. In addition, almost any time of the day or night, one can see people at the wall praying. People even leave prayer notes in the cracks of the wall. (Just in case you didn't know, Israel's sabbath day is Saturday. Their weekend is Friday and Saturday, then on Sunday they go back to work or school).
Here you will see a picture of my mom and I, standing near the wall, and then Katrina (another group member) and I together at the wall.
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