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Coordinates: 31°46′36″N 35°14′3″E / 31.77667°N 35.23417°E / 31.77667; 35.23417

-Western Wall

The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel (Hebrew: הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, HaKotel HaMa'aravi; Arabic: حائط البراق‎; Ḥā'iṭ Al-Burāq) is an ancient wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on the western side of the Temple Mount. According to Jewish tradition this wall is a remnant of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It is the most holy site for Jews


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  • Jerusalem Western Wall stones

    Herodian ashlars of the Western Wall

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    Panorama of the Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock (left) and al-Aqsa mosque (right) in the background

  • Wailing Wall by Gustav Bauernfeind

    Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, by Gustav Bauernfeind (19th century).

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    The Western Wall in c. 1870, squeezed in by houses of the Moroccan Quarter, a century before they were demolished

  • Jew's Wailing Place, Jerusalem

    Jews' Wailing Place, Jerusalem, 1891

  • Jewish legion hakotel 1917

    Jewish Legion soldiers at the Western Wall after British conquest of Jerusalem, 1917

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    The placing of a Mechitza similar to the one in the picture was the catalyst for confrontation between the Arabs, Jews and Mandate authorities in 1928.

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    British police post at the entrance to the Western Wall, 1933

  • Anglo-American Committee at the Western Wall

    Members of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry at the Western Wall, 1946

  • צנחנים בכותל המערבי

    The iconic image of Israeli soldiers shortly after the capture of the Wall during the Six-Day War

  • Western Wall area and Moroccan Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem map by Survey of Palestine map 1-2,500 (cropped)

    Moroccan Quarter (cell J9) surrounding the Western Wall (numbered 62) in the 1947 Survey of Palestine map. The two mosques demolished after 1967 are shown in red.

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    Torah Ark inside men's section of Wilson's Arch

  • USNAVY Kotel Service

    Asst. U.S. Sixth Fleet Chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff leads an unusual interfaith service

  • The remains of Robinson's Arch on the western side of the Temple Mount

    The remains of Robinson's Arch above excavated remnants of the ancient street below.

  • Jews at Western Wall by Felix Bonfils, 1870s

    Jews at the Western Wall, 1870s

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    Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, 1970s

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    Women at prayer, early 20th century

  • Two large groups of people, seen from slightly above them, separated by a white cloth barrier, standing before a beige stone wall whose top cannot be seen, with another wall in the rear. The group in the foreground is all female, the one in the rear is all male, with many wearing white robes or shrouds

    The separate areas for men (top) and women, seen from the walkway to the Dome of the Rock

  • Azarat Yisrael Plaza

    Azarat Yisrael Plaza (prayer platform), Robinson's Arch, opened August 2013

  • Prayer Papers in the Western Wall

    Slips of paper containing prayers in the cracks of the Wall

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    South-west corner of the Haram from the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, 1865)

  • A man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

    A Jew praying at the Western Wall

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    Western Wall and Dome of the Rock

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    U.S. president Donald Trump (right) visits the Western Wall, accompanied by Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch (center), 2017

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