Western Wall 14 Oct 2019 – 14 Oct 2019

This wall, formerly referred to as the ‘Wailing Wall’ and now more commonly known as the ‘Western Wall’ is the most sacred place for Jews who believe it to be the only surviving structure of the Herodian temple. For Muslims it is known as the Buraq Wall, for on the other side is where the Prophet Muhammed tied the Buraq, the riding animal upon which he rode during the Night of Ascension
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The area which the current plaza occupies used to be residential housing called the Maghribi (Moroccan) Quarter.
There are huge stones which make up the portion below the ground level. One particular stone (referred to as the Western Stone) ranks as one of the heaviest…
The wall consists of 45 stone courses, 28 of them above ground and 17 underground. The first seven visible layers are from the Herodian period. The next four…
One of the first acts of the Israelis, upon taking over East Jerusalem during the 1967 war was to give the 619 Palestinian inhabitants of the Maghribi Quarter…
Only 57m of the wall is visible from outside, the total length is actually 488m. The Western Wall became a permanent feature in Jewish tradition in around 1520…
Aish HaTorah was established in Jerusalem in 1974 by Rabbi Noah Weinberg, after he left the Ohr Somayach yeshiva, which he had previously co-founded. The…
Corridor facing North in to the square
View from the wooden walkway leading to Temple Mount. Wilson's Arch in the background
Temple Mount
Church of the Flagellation