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wailing wall

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:December 9, 2022
  • Post category:Israel

The wailing wall stems from a Jewish practice of coming to the site to mourn the destruction of the temple by the Romans ( this is last remnant of temple’s retaining wall ) and the loss of national freedom it symbolized.

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