Western Wall Video
Posted by: JK
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Western Wall
The Western Wall is the only surviving wall of the five Holy Temples of Jerusalem. They were destroyed by Titus in 68CE. The Western Wall is the center of main connection to God. When the temple stood it was in honor of God and a house for Torah. The Temple Mount is on Mount Moriah. The Mount is a very holy spot where Abraham bound Isaac as told in the Torah. This spot serves to many other religions today. During the holiday of Sukkot many Jews made sacrifices that were made at the steps of the temple. According to the Talmud if the Romans had not destroyed the Temples the Romans would have realized how much benefit they had from keeping the Temple Mount intact. The Western Wall is a symbol to and of the Jewish People. It remains eternal Jews believe as long as it does the people will too. Many Jews go to the wall to pray three times a day, those who can not be physically in Israel at the Western Wall have the synagogue structured so the congregation faces towards the Western Wall. This site is also important to the heroism demonstrated there. After the First and Second temple was destroyed during the Bar Kochba revolt many Jews strove hard to keep the remains of the temple in tact.
Western Wall Video
Posted by: JK
Western Wall Video
Posted by: JK
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I have never heard of the western wall but I think it's very interesting and I'm also very curious as to what the original picture looks like of the one posted! The western wall facing temples are similar to the Islam tradition of facing their places of worship toward the Mecca.
This past summer I went on a two week trip to Israel and got to see the Western Wall. Along with being a symbol for the Jewish people, it is also used for prayer. If you were to visit the wall today, you would find hundreds of people lined up, segregated by sex, waiting to pray upon the wall or place a written prayer in the cracks. How highly they regard this wall says a lot about the people of land. I encourage people to study the history of the wall because it is very interesting.
I had never heard of the western wall before hearing about it in class. i think its really interesting that the western wall faces the temples!
so, is it kind of like Mecca in the sence that its a central part in the Jewish religion?
I also have never heard of the western wall and also immediately thought of Islam and Meca
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