It is reached via a narrow alleyway near the iron gate located in the muslim quarter.
The western wall mount plaza.
It is one of the most sacred sites in judaism outside the temple mount itself.
It ran for about 92 feet.
Apart from the western wall to the east the plaza is bordered on its north side by the chain of generations center yeshivat netiv aryeh and the western wall tunnel the latter also affording access to the muslim quarter via an additional connection to hagay street.
Welcome to the western wall.
The plaza in front of the wall is divided into separate sections for women and men.
Western wall hebrew ha kotel ha maʿaravi also called wailing wall in the old city of jerusalem a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the jewish people.
The western wall wailing wall kosel or kotel hebrew.
The western wall starts in the lower city and heads nnw to the fortress of antonia.
It is the only remains of the second temple of jerusalem held to be uniquely holy by the ancient jews and destroyed by the romans in 70 ce.
The plaza was created as an area for prayer when israel captured the old city in 1967.
The small western wall is the name of the additional exposed section of the western wall located approximately 170 meters north of the prayer plaza.
Known in recent centuries as the wailing wall this was built by herod the great as the retaining wall of the temple mount complex.
It is a 187 foot section of the wall with a large plaza area where the seven courses or layers of stones of the retaining wall of herod s temple mount can still be seen.
It is part of a much longer wall that is connected but not revered as much.
The western wall plaza abuts the western wall part of the ancient retaining wall erected by herod the great to surround and increase the surface area of the temple mount.
By aish hatorah porat yosef yeshiva and the jewish.
In the past jerusalem s elders would come to the small western wall for midnight prayer services tikkun chatzot.
ה כ ו ת ל ה מ ע ר ב י hakotel hama aravi known in islam as the buraq wall arabic.
The western wall is the holiest place accessible to the jewish people because of muslim control of the temple mount.
Take a tour of the western wall plaza with earthcam s live view thanks to aish hatorah.
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The visible part of the western wall where prayers are held extends for 187 feet.
The plaza extending in front of the western wall functions as an open air synagogue every sabbath.
Before the plaza was built in front of the western wall there was nothing but a 12 foot wide alley running along this area.
Located in the old city of jerusalem the famous landmark welcomes millions of visitors each year.
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