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| | Western Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Jews have prayed at the Western Wall for two thousand years, believing that that spot has greater holiness than any other accessible place on Earth, or the fourth holiest overall, after the Holy of Holies, the rest of the Temple area, and the Courtyard, and that God is nearby listening to their prayers. | | | This encompassing wall is thought to be the only remnant of the Temple in Jerusalem and the closest site to the "Holy of Holies", the most holy site in Judaism. | | | Included in the thrice daily Jewish prayers are fervent pleas that God return to the Land of Israel, ingather all the Jewish exiles, rebuild the Third Temple, and bring the messianic era with the arrival of Jewish Messiah (Mashiach). |
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| | The Western Wall |
| | Since the Holy of Holies was destroyed, the notion of eternal Divine Presence became associated with the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. | | | The Midrashic sources of this period speak about the Western Wall of the Holy of Holies from which the Divine Presence never moves. | | | It became the most sacred spot in Jewish religious and national consciousness and tradition by virtue of its proximity to the Western Wall of the Holy of Holies in the Temple, from which, according to numerous sources, the Divine Presence never departed. |
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| | The Wailing wall |
| | The reason people pray at the wall are because it is believed to be the closest point to the Holy of Holies, the holiest room of the old temple. | | | This old tradition of praying at the wall began around 200-300 AD when Rabbis claimed that God's presence still tarried at the location of the Holy of Holies. | | | At the wall you can hear some of them wailing or crying for the loss of their great temple. |
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| | Wall Collapses on the Temple Mount Near the Western Wall |
| | It was a godly message: no more worship outside the Temple Mount near the Western Wall but on the Temple Mount in my holy Temple - end of the time of exile; the start of redemption. | | | Two and a half year ago, on Tisha b'Av 2001, a long bulge appeared on the southern wall of the Temple Mount after the Temple Mount Faithful Movement brought a cornerstone for the Third Temple to the area. | | | Answer the call of the G-d of Israel and the Universe and the call of His endtime vessel, the Faithful Movement in Jerusalem. |
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| | Wailing Wall - The Western Wall |
| | The Jewish tradition says that a wall of the temple itself (not the one that can be seen today!) survived because it was closest to the place where the Ark used to reside. | | | The name Wailing Walled is named 'El-Burak' by the Muslims, after the winged horse that brought Muhammad the prophet in the Night Journey (Asra) from Mekka to Jerusalem. | | | Tradition says that Muhammad tied the horse to the Western Wall, and entered a cave located on Temple Mount (today inside the dome of the rock). |
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| | The Western Wall of Jerusalem |
| | It is a Jewish belief that the Holy Presence has never left the Western Wall, thus it became the most significant site of Jewish pilgrimage, where Jews came to mourn the ruin of the Temple. | | | As the only remainder of their sacred, destroyed Temple, Jewish people from all over the world, throughout two thousands years of exile, have faced the direction of the Western Wall on their prayers. | | | Plant a tree in the land of the Bible. |
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| | Our Wall Chabad.org > Magazine > Comment |
| | The Western Wall is gloriously close to where the Temple's innermost chamber, the Holy of Holies, stood, where the spirituality of the Temple was strongest. | | | The proximity of the wall to the Holy of Holies reminds me that His presence is still near to you. | | | The crevices in Solomon's wall are stuffed with notes and prayers that people have written to G-d. |
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http://www.chabad.org/magazine/article.asp?AID=299094
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| | The Western Wall |
| | In this confined space, you are walking on the original pavement from the Second Temple period and following in the footsteps of the pilgrims who walked here 2,000 years ago on their way to participate in the rituals on the Temple Mount. | | | A Jew goes to the Wall every year and puts a prayer in the crack saying: "God please help me win the lottery." Year after year he loses. | | | These kvitlach, are messages and prayers that people write and put in the |
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| | Daily Bible Study - The Western Wall |
| | The Western Wall (Hebrew Ha-Kotel Ha-Ma'aravi), also popularly known as the Wailing Wall, is all that visibly remains of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, which was destroyed by Roman Legions in 70 A.D. (see Ancient Empires - Rome from our Bible History section). | | | For nearly two thousand years, since the destruction of the Temple, the Western Wall has been the focal point for prayer of Jews in Israel and throughout the world. | | | A tremendous amount of Bible Prophecy focuses upon the area immediately around the Western Wall. |
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http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/westwall.htm
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| | “Western Wall” or “Wailing Wall”? |
| | A description of this rite is given by the fourth-century Church Father Jerome, who observed Jews on the Mount of Olives on the Ninth of Av, the day of mourning for the Temple, wailing and lamenting while they looked down on its ruins. | | | The "Wailing-place" was a translation of El-Mabka, or "the Place of Weeping," the traditional Arabic term for the wall. | | | Jews nowadays make a point of saying "Western"; non-Jews say both; and the question, which has hitherto seemed a semantic one tinged with religious and national overtones, has now become part of the wrangling over President Clinton's proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. |
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/wallname.html
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| | Kotel Tunnels and the Temple |
| | After the destruction of the Temple and the Holy of Holies Jews have been praying at the western wall for centuries, at the site where the Holy of Holies would have been closest. | | | According to ancient wisdom, the stone was the position of the "navel of the world" from which life was created. | | | Maybe this story also explains why Herod's Temple walls have endured time, despite the Roman destruction of the actual buildings when they conquered Jerusalem in 70 AD. |
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| | Lord's Prayer from Bush to be placed in Western Wall -- Beliefnet.com |
| | Jewish and Christian faithful customarily place notes between the ancient stones of the wall, believing that it is a holy medium for communicating with God. | | | Constructed 2,000 years ago, it is the retaining wall of the hill where the biblical Jewish Temples stood, home to Islamic shrines today. | | | "Ruth told the president that we were coming to Jerusalem and asked what prayer we could put in the wall for him," Peros said. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/132/story_13282_1.html
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| | The Wailing Wall (Western Wall), Jerusalem, Israel |
| | The Western Wall is the only part left of the ramparts that surrounded the holy Temple of the Jews built by Solomon and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. | | | It was built by King Herod, as an addition to the Temple of Solomon, and is considered the holiest shrine in Judaism. | | | One postman delivers and places all mail addressed to God or the Wailing Wall and places is in the crevices in the Wall. |
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http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Middle_East/Israel/Jerusalem_District/Jerusalem-1708549/Things_To_Do-Jerusalem-The_Wailing_Wall_Western_Wall-BR-1.html
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| | Have your prayers heard - Place your prayer between stones of the Western Wall |
| | This is only one of many letters of gratitude that we receive for putting prayers to the Wall. | | | People bring to the Wall their prayer requests about overweight, impotence, infertility and seemingly incurable diseases. | | | People of all religions pour out their hopes for a speedy recovery of a sick person, for financial security of their families and better future of their children. |
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| | The Western Wall |
| | My time at the Wall is a combination of public and private prayer, of thought and meditation. | | | And then, in 70 C.E. the Romans chose to destroy the rebuilt Temple and to leave it in total devastation as an ongoing reminder for centuries to come of the strength of Rome and evidence of what happens when one challenges her mighty power. | | | At times it is coupled with public celebration, a bar mitzvah, a lecture on the archaeological remains of the Temple or a swearing-in ceremony for new soldiers in Israel's Defense Forces, watching as each new soldier receives two gifts, a rifle and a bible. |
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| | israelinsider: Travel: G-d's mail delivered to Israel's Western Wall |
| | The Western Wall is revered by Jews as a remnant of the biblical Temple, and many people come to the wall to pray and slip notes with requests between the ancient stones. | | | Rabinovitch said people of all faiths were welcome to offer prayers at the wall or through letters because the Temple was intended to be a house of prayer for all nations. | | | The Israeli postal service sorts over 2 million pieces of mail daily, and inevitably some of those letters come addressed to G-d, the Holy Land or Jesus. |
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| | Western Wall |
| | The women and men are separated by a dividing wall, as the Jews and Gentiles were separated at the Temple in Jesus’ time. | | | This is also a location for bar mitzvahs, in which boys take on the adult responsibilities of faith at age 12 (similar to Jesus’ first Passover, described in Luke 2:41—50). | | | Many of the men in this picture are wearing prayer shawls (tallits) with tassels on the corners, similar to those on the hem of Jesus’ garment (Matt. |
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| | The Western Wall |
| | With the Jewish beliefs of the foundation of Bible to the Christian beliefs that the world is in the last days as mentioned in Revelations and on the voices of ministers and TV Evangelist worldwide, TheWesternWall.com will become a part of our future. | | | Where else is G-d’s heartbeat more prevalent, than in The Holy Land and in the hearts of man’s prayers 24 hours a day for peace and love for all. | | | Which in turn is the father of Christianity and many other religions of Christianities descendants. |
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| | Western wall prayer service |
| | For over two thousand years, since the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Kotel HaMaaravi, Western Wall, had been the Jewish focal point for prayer. | | | At the Kotel, people pour out their hearts to G-d, in a variety of languages, at all hours of the day and night. | | | No matter what the petition, a feeling that one's burdens are being shared and will be alleviated, is often felt after the tzetel, with sincere prayer, is inserted into the Wall. |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Music Madonna sees sacred wall at night |
| | But the singer, who is on a spiritual quest to the Holy Land, only glimpsed the wall from her car and did not go down to the site during Sunday's visit. | | | Hadass Chen, who came to see the singer, said: "Why did she not come out of the car, we were waiting for her. | | | At the site she received a mixed welcome from young worshippers, with some chanting: "She has no right to be here." |
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| | Western Wall Description: Bible Picture Tour |
| | To the left of the wall through a doorway is a Jewish Orthodox boy's school. | | | This is a lively place usually with anywhere from several to hundreds of Jews standing in front of the wall in devout prayer and often making a bowing motion while they pray. | | | The Western Wall on a Jewish Religious Holiday. |
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| | Western Wall (BiblePlaces.com) |
| | The Western Wall is the most holy place accessible to the Jewish people because of Muslim control of the Temple Mount. | | | A Prayer at the Western Wall (Shema Yisrael) Provides a service to Jewish people around the world by receiving written prayers at a location in Jerusalem and placing them into a crack in the wall on behalf of the petitioner. | | | Illustrates the Jewish belief that the wall is the "shortest route to G-d's ear." |
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http://www.bibleplaces.com/westernwall.htm
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| | Jerusalem West Wall |
| | The West wall of the Temple Mount is said to be what was left of Solomon's original Temple after it destruction. | | | There is even a place you can send your prayer and they will put it in the wall for you. | | | Hundreds of prayers are put into the cracks of the walls. |
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http://www.olivebranch.com/isreal/jesurwall.htm
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| | Western Wall Prayers - Our 40-Day Service |
| | Your donation will help your agent to support a Torah-life in Israel which, G-d-willing, will enable them to be a worthy emissary for your prayers. | | | A small part of your donation will also be given to charity at the Western Wall before each prayer (excluding | | | To request a 40-day prayer for you or a loved one, click here. |
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http://www.westernwallprayers.com/English/Our-40-Day-Service.html
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| | The Western (Wailing) Wall |
| | On a Bar Mitzvah day, we can see the joy of families as their boys become men. | | | If we come here in the morning on Sabbath (or on Monday or Thursday, the old market days) we can witness groups of worshippers reading from scrolls of the | | | Why was this section singled out as holy? |
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http://www.netours.com/2003/westwall.htm
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| | Collapse at Western Wall prayer plaza (BiblePlaces.com) |
| | The majority of the women's prayer area of the Western Wall has been closed because of the danger and a portion of the men's prayer area has been sectioned off for women. | | | Unlike the rest of the photographs on this website, these photographs are not included in the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands. | | | This is the only entrance to the Temple Mount open to non-Muslims. |
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| | Western Wall |
| | The science unit involves the negative and postive aspects of have the Western Wall.Some of the positive things about having the WesternWall is that it protects the people and the Temple from people who are against the people of Jerusalem. | | | The Jews could meet there before their Sabbath days, and before their feast days. | | | This wall means a lot to people because it reminds them of their struggles and of their old temple. |
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http://www.ri.net/schools/Smithfield/gms/walls/Westernwall2
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| | Equal Access to Israel's Western Wall Denied |
| | And they are expected to pray silently or inaudibly, lest the sound of their voices prove a distraction to male worshipers nearby. | | | The women had sought the right to pray aloud for only an hour on the first day of each new month of the Hebrew calendar, and on the Jewish New Year. | | | The ancient wall is revered by Jews as the remnants of the biblical Second Temple. |
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| | Western Wall |
| | The Arabs still worship at the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque on top, while Jews pray through the wall toward the site of the Holy of Holies, where God dwelt among his people on earth. | | | The Romans destroyed the temple completely, leaving not one stone upon another, as foretold by Jesus (Matthew 24:2). | | | The western wall was not part of the temple. |
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| | Arutz Sheva - Israel National News |
| | Moslem tradition holds that Mohammed rose to heaven from the Temple Mount, though that idea is not mentioned anywhere in the Koran, the central text of the Moslem faith. | | | The Holy Temple as it stood in 2nd Temple Times. | | | The Palestinian Authority’s Office for Religious Affairs claims that the Western Wall, revered by Jews for generations as the last structural remnant of the Second Holy Temple, is Moslem property. |
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| | Waqf denies claims that part of Western Wall in danger of collapsing |
| | Secret talks were also held between the Antiquities Authority, the Jordanians and Muslim religious leaders. | | | "We made all kinds of efforts to reach understandings (on the issue), which I cannot fully reveal here because of their sensitive nature both here in Israel and abroad, to pinpoint the reasons (for the movement of the wall) so we can properly address the matter," Olmert added. | | | The movement of the southern part of the Western Wall has been going on for several years, but it peaked during the past year, in the area of the wall that also serves as one of the walls for Solomon's Stables. |
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| | The head of Mount Hebron's Regional Council, Tzviki Bar Hai, will give instructions to the masses who are expected to arrive at Thursday’s Tel Aviv rally, and explain to them what will take place following the end of Tisha Beav, during which a mass afternoon prayer will take place at the Western Wall. | | | For first time, Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef attends official pullout protest. | | | Meanwhile, the Yesha Council, which organized the protest, says 100,000 people arrived at the holy site for the rally. |
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3125587,00.html
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| | The Western (Wailing) Wall: Archaeology |
| | Whenever they looked toward the Temple, then, they would see the western wall -- and Herod's mighty stones. | | | As king of the Jews, he had a great deal against him. | | | In recent times, during the Muslim month of Ramadan, that many people have been known to gather there. |
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http://www.netours.com/2003/westwall-archaeology.htm
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| | MyJewishLearning.com - Holidays: The Western Wall |
| | Rabbi Acha stated that the Shekhinah, special Divine Presence of God, will never depart from the Temple's Western Wall. | | | Being the last standing wall surrounding the Temple, the Western Wall already possessed a special significance to the Jews. | | | That message being that despite much suffering, the Jews will survive and be redeemed as promised by the prophets of old. |
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| | The Western Wall (Wailing Wall) |
| | This is the holiest shrine of the Jewish world. | | | After the Six Day War, the Western Wall became a place for national rejoycing and prayer, as the last accessible relic of the last Temple. | | | Jews were again not allowed to visit the wall from 1948-1967 when it was in the Jordanian section of the city. |
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| | הכותל המערבי The Western Wall |
| | In this guide, we will try to answer frequently asked questions. | | | It is possible to distinguish between the original Western Wall stones and the others by their size and the manner in which they were chiseled. | | | ימים אלה הם הימים היותר עמוסים בכותל המערבי - משפחות רבות מרחבי הארץ מגיעות אל הכותל, מקומות החנייה המועטים ממילא באזור מתמלאים במהרה The Western Wall is the western retaining wall of the Temple Mount, the one that was closest to the Holy of Holies when the Temple stood. |
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http://thekotel.org/default1.asp
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| | Arutz Sheva - Israel National News |
| | Click here for our free Daily News Report from Israel | | | Dr. Mazar said that some of them may be as old as the Mamluke Period, some 700 years ago, but under them are remnants from the Second Temple Period, 2,000 years ago. | | | The hill in question, located to the right of the women's section when facing the Wall, is an ancient one, comprising several layers of old buildings. |
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=73529
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| | Israel to develop Jerusalem's Western Wall- The Times of India |
| | The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall, is the only remnant of the ancient Temple of King Solomon destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD after a Jewish revolt. | | | It said guided tours would be organised for soldiers and students, and a centre built to showcase the spiritual heritage of the site, along with a huge parking lot and a police post. | | | The wall stands below a raised compound known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, the mosque compound which is the third holiest site in Islam. |
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| | Western Wall |
| | a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans ina.d.70. |
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| | israelinsider: politics: Collapse of embankment near Western Wall shows danger facing Temple Mount |
| | A ten-meter-wide section of the embankment collapsed after midnight Saturday when some 150 women were praying at the Western Wall. | | | Hebrew University archaeologist Eilat Mazar, a member of the Committee for the Preservation of Antiquities on the Temple Mount, said it was the fifth time in two years that stones in the complex had begun to crumble, buckle or crack as a result of "unsupervised construction" by the Waqf. | | | A number of possible reasons were cited for the embankment's collapse. |
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| | Bush took a tour of the Temple Tunnels and, as is customary, placed a slip of paper on which she wrote a prayer between the stones of the Wall. | | | Bush arrived in Israel Sunday, as part of a six-day Middle East trip meant to promote women's issues and help defuse anti-American sentiment in the region. | | | Laura Bush visits Israel as part of six-day tour aimed at advancing women's rights in the region; Bush stops at Western wall, to visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum next |
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| | Western/Rural Patterns |
| | The Baron of Beef (Dairy,Too) - Large Wall Quilt (45"x45") These cowhead designs are pieced rather than appliquéd. | | | Anyone, East or West, with horses on their mind or in their heart - be it pleasure riding, ranching, or rodeo - would enjoy displaying this patchwork picture design on the wall or bed. | | | Sew with or without a saddle and saddle blanket, to place your horse at the hitching post or out in the pasture. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Western Wall: Music |
| | Written by Emmylou, Raise The Dead has her on lead, harmony and electric guitar on a moving tribute to Hank Williams and Bill Monroe. | | | Western Wall is a masterpiece in its execution, but requires some getting used to for devoted fans of Emmylou. | | | The songs on WESTERN WALL are varied, each vividly telling a story. |
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| | Western Wall Tents - The Discount Wall Tent Store |
| | However, what they may lack in traditional looks, they make up for in practical design! | | | We realize there are a lot of tents and options out there, so here are some considerations to help get you started. | | | Buying a quality wall tent can be a major decision and you want to do it right the first time. |
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| | Talking Walls - The Western Wall |
| | The Western Wall is the holiest site for Jews in Israel's capital city of Jerusalem. | | | When you select the Odyssey, you will learn more about Jewish life in Jerusalem and create an almanac. | | | You can visit the Western Wall and explore this capital city by taking a virtual tour of Jerusalem. |
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