The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem is the main shrine in Judaism and one of the most famous religious sites in Israel, which can be seen not only by the believer, but also by anyone. The main thing is not to forget that the Wailing Wall is a place where people pray and observe the rules of behavior (for example, men need to put on a pile, a hat that is given at the entrance).

History

The Temple Mount around which the Wailing Wall was built, for the believers . First it built the First Temple or the Temple of Solomon, which was destroyed long before the onset of a new era and served as the only sanctuary for Jews prayers . In 70 years the temple was decided to restore the . By the power of several rulers, in a large degree of King Herod, the Temple was reconstructed and it was named the Second . Wailing Wall or the Western Wall is just the surviving part of the Second Temple, also destroyed in the 70's . . e . during the First Jewish war by the Roman troops of the emperor Titus . The wall served but the support for the entire structure, significantly enlarged and expanded during construction . During the period when the Western Wall was under the control of Jordan, from 1948 to 1967, believers were not allowed to it .

@@ The Value of the Wailing Wall

It is believed that part of the events described in the Pentateuch and the Old Testament, books sacred to Jews and Christians, occurred precisely on the Temple Mount, which was surrounded by a ring Wall . So, it was here that the test of Abraham took place, from which God demanded the sacrifice of the only and the long-awaited son . Do not be its sacred is the place and Muslims . At the top, in place of the First Temple, now is the third most important shrine - the Dome of the Rock Mosque, inside which there is a protruding stone . It was from this stone that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to the sky on a winged horse .