The Kotel – The Western Wall of the Temple

We walked through a security checkpoint and arrived to the Kotel Hamaaravi, the Western Wall of the second Temple precinct. As you may know, the Western Wall is only the wall that surrounded the Temple and not the Temple itself. To the west of the Wall is a plaza where tourists, worshippers, and others gather at every moment of each day. They approach the Wall, engage in meditation and prayer, leave notes in the Wall to be read by God, and offer Tzedakah to enable the religious authority at the Wall to perpetuate its synagogue. It can be said that it is the most holy locale in the Jewish religion.