The wailing wall What is it The Wailing wall is a wall in the Old City of Jerusalem It is a small segment of the walls surrounding the area called Temple Mount by Jews Christians and the Muslims know it as The Nobel Sanctuary ID: 440179
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V. Valdez
The wailing wallSlide2
What is it The Wailing wall is a wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a small segment of the walls surrounding the area called, “Temple Mount” by Jews, Christians and the Muslims know it as, “The Nobel Sanctuary”. Slide3
Facts about the wailing wallIt’s architecture is amazing! Its just perfectly stacked and positioned stones that holds in place with nothing sticking to it.Tourists that visit the wall leave a note in the cracks telling about their petitions to God. Then after twice a year the are taken and buried on Mt. Olive.It got it’s name because millions of Jews cried at the foot of the wall. But the real reason is because at times the wall gets covered in water drops and it resembles teardrops. The last time it cried was in 1940.
The tradition to leave petitions to God date back 300 years and come true.Slide4
Where it is located
It is located in the Old City
of
Jerusalem.
It is
in the western part of
the
small segment of walls.Slide5
Sourcehttp://begthelord.com/facts/