Bus And Train Gropers

Temple Mount and the Wailing Wall

"Platform temple (al-Haram al-Sharif, the Venerable Courtyard) is the most distinctive, monumental and visible remnant of the Temple team, formed and built by Herod the Great "- informs my guide. It covers an area of \u200b\u200b14 hectares:

Today in the square there are only Muslim buildings.'s probably why I felt there a little ... strange ...

The al-Aqsa mosque (the largest structure here):

front

and side

And this is probably the most recognizable of Jerusalem building - the Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock):

On this hill, also points to the corner of the Temple - by This tradition, which Satan took Jesus to be with him, he threw:

outside

inside

And some widoczków through the cracks of the wall:

Ophel, which is the City of David

Jewish cemetery in the Valley of Kidron

new Jerusalem

From the hill went down to the Western Wall (which we called the Wailing Wall), that "the absence of the temple is a traditional kind of surrogate gathering place for prayers of Jews" (the Guide).

Men and women pray separately there - separated by a wall (but you can look to himself):

Orthodox Jews dress is rather well known. But the young Jewish women (teenagers) wear characteristic: in black, gray, white and blue colors, and they have skirts covering the knee, jumpers (sweaters) with long sleeves and pretty thick tights:

the presence of the King departs back to not turning your backs on him, because it is not proper:

And it pressed against the wall of paper with prayers:

And after the men's side were made just bar mitzvah ceremony. The boy sang and commented on the Torah:

Jews and the adults enjoyed this:

baby's dressed too appropriate:

prayed over him and then thrown him to a chair and congratulated him (he seemed excited at the same time, seized i. .. a bit confused):

like the Wailing Wall. Something takes over me a sense of Jewish Szekiny (full glory of God's Presence) in this special place. I also prayed, and based on his forehead with his hand on the wall. And go backwards. Just do not pressed with a prayer card in the slot. But maybe I will come back to do it.