Crowds gather at nightfall at the Western Wall, all that remains of King Herod's most significant architectural achievement: the Second Temple complex on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Razed in A.D. 70 by the Romans, the Temple's ruins are among the most sacred sites in the Jewish religion.
The prayers of Jews who come to the Western Wall in Old Jerusalem include hopes that King Herod's magnificent Second Temple will one day be restored. The site was nicknamed the Wailing Wall by observers who witnessed the passion with which some pilgrims pray at the sacred structure.
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Detail
of the western wall in Jerusalem
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Placing notes in the Western Wall
(Wailing Wall or Kotel), the Old City of Jerusalem.
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