western wall, wailing wall or kotel the place of weeping in the old city of jerusalem

ancient ashkenazi bar bas bible city faith great hashanah heading hebrew herod holy israel jerusalem jewish judaic judaism kippah kippur kotel limestone mosque mount old orthodox parchment people pilgrims place pray prayer religion religious roch rosh sacred second sefer shavuot simchat spirituality stone streimel synagogue temple tora torah tourists traditional wailing wall weeping western yom