The Wailing Wall of Jerusalem

 

 

Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel and also a holy city for the Judaism, Muslims and Christianity. Jerusalem is very important city to Christianity as Jesus Christ lived and died here. Israel refer Jerusalem as the country’s ‘undivided capital’ but the international community has rejected the annexation as illegal and treat East Jerusalem as Palestinian Territory which is held by Israel under military control. The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem is all that remains of the biblical temple of Solomon, destroyed by the ancient Romans. Ever since, the site has drawn crowds of the faithful, many of whom press small slips of paper containing prayers into the cracks of this venerable wall.

 
 
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem stands on a hallowed site. It is the last vestige of the great ancient Jewish temples once located in Jerusalem. In 70 A.D. Roman emperor Titus broke through the wall and burned and pillaged the temple. For the Romans, the event was a military coup, back home in Rome; the Romans depicted the spoils of the temple being paraded triumphantly through the streets on the carved reliefs on the Arch of Titus. For the Jews however, the destruction of the temple was one of the greatest tragedies of their history. The Wailing Wall 50 foot high, which is probably one of the ancient retaining wall of the temple, is situated on the western side of the Temple Mount. Today, the Wailing Wall is their most holy site.
 

 
The faithful stands before it to lament the loss of the temple and to draw close to the Holy of Holies, an inner room of the temple now occupied by a mosque. The tradition of praying at the Wall began between 200 A.D and 300 A.D. The monument came to be called the Wailing Wall due to the many tears shed before it as a symbol of loss, struggle, hope and freedom.