- Wailing Wall. Redirect to: Western Wall.
- The wailing wall is a part of the Temple Mount. The term wailing wall is derived from the Arabic term el- Mabka or “place for weeping”.
- At least seventeen layers of the Wailing Wall are below the street level, but the massive lower stones, called ashlars, of the visible portion date to the time of Herod.
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- Wailing Wall: size and location
- Free delivery of notes to the Wailing Wall
- The Wailing Wall is also known by multiple other names: the Western Wall, Kotel ( simply meaning 'wall' in Hebrew), and Al-Buraq Wall.
- Old Jerusalem's Western Wall, also called the "Wailing" Wall, is Judaism's most sacred site today. Above is the Western Wall during the Shavuot (see below).
- So, whether you are planning a visit, or just curious to learn more, here are some of the most interesting facts about the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
- History For 500 years, until the Muslims captured Jerusalem, this whole southwest area, where the Wailing Wall (the Kotel) was known as a garbage dump .
- The Wailing Wall also referred to as the Wall of tears or the Western Wall is one of the few surviving parts of an ancient fortification in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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