- Because of the custom of visiting the Western Wall to mourn and cry over the Temple, since the 19th century, it acquired the name – The Wailing Wall.
- 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.
- 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”.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 is also known by multiple other names: the Western Wall, Kotel ( simply meaning 'wall' in Hebrew), and Al-Buraq Wall.
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- 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.
- It’s called the Western Wall, but also called the Wailing Wall, and both names have a history behind them.