The Western Wall

This was the closest from which I could get a picture, it being Saturday, we were advised closer photos weren’t kosher. We were also told not to insert prayers in the wall as it was Saturday, but there were large numbers of people doing it sneakily anyway. I figured that my prayers didnt need a bit of paper.

In fact, today, we should be able to “text” prayers to a server in the Wall that will then broadcast them heavenwards. The bits of paper in the Wall are very unsacred looking, but yes, we had to go the the women’s section and pray, it was hard to get a spot at the Wall, with all these women snuggling into the Wall for the sole purpose of sneaking their prayers into the cracks!

It appears that you have to walk away backwards from the Wall, I guess in view of this notice, its advisable anyway.

Western Wall Notive

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On Friday, I saw three nuns from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, racing up a flight of stairs with most un-nunnish speed, and calling to each other. I decided to follow them and looked out towards this – the closest view I ever had of the Dome of the Rock or Temple Mount. This view is from the east, looking westwards. The Dome looks magnificent, but the gardens look pathetic fgardens established more than a thousand years ago.. Not a patch on the Mughal gardens of Kashmir.

The Dome of the Rock

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