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Western Wall
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Western Wall
n.
A remnant of the retaining wall that underlay the second Temple in Jerusalem. The Western Wall is now a site of pilgrimage, lamentation, and prayer by Jews. Also called Wailing Wall.

Western Wall
n
(Placename) (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage Also called Wailing Wall


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Visitors to the Western Wall might soon have an easier time of it, as a new tram will take them there from the Jewish Quarter.
com "The Waiting Wall" is a beautiful book about a young brother and sister who walk through the Old City of Yerushalayim to the Kosel HaMaaroavi, the Western Wall of Jerusalem.
That point was reinforced on Sunday when the gates to the mosque compound were shut by Israeli police, who cited safety concerns for 30,000 Jews praying at the Western Wall for Succot.
 
 
 
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