Admor of Skoyer at the Kotel
Last Wednesday, the Admor of Skoyer, a Chassidic Rebbe, came to the Kotel with hundreds of his followers and students to pray. It was a meaningful visit in which he tore (kriya) to remember the Destruction of the Beit haMikdash, prayed, and then toured the Kotel tunnels with Rav Rabinowitz. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!
Graffiti at the Kotel!?!
For the first time ever, graffiti was spray-painted at the Western Wall Plaza. A man, who onlookers described as ‘odd’ ran onto the scene, yelling and cursing. He spray painted “Palestine” on the wall separating the prayer section from the visitors’ plaza and was immediately apprehended. The graffiti was cleaned immediately and called a ‘desecration’...
Archaeological Digs Causing a Rift?
Towards the end of last month, Rav Shmuel Rabinowitz, the Rabbi of the Western Wall, denounced claims that archaeological digging was in any way harming the Temple Mount. The archaeological digs cannot, according to Jewish law, go into any part of the Temple Mount or below it.
Guatemalan Ambassador to Israel Visits the Kotel
The Guatemalan Ambassador to Israel, Alfredo Vasquez, visited Israel and the Western Wall two weeks ago. He spoke with the Rav of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinowitz, toured the Generations Center and visited the new excavation sites.
Little Western Wall Opened
For many years there has been scaffolding in front of the Little Western Wall, a section of the Western Wall that lies a few hundred meters north of the section of the Western Wall that has been open since 1967. The Little Western Wall is located inside the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of...
South African Olim Welcomed at the Kotel
On January 1st, Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization that facilitates Jews ‘returning’ to Israel as full citizens, held a beautiful event to celebrate the record number of South Africans to make aliyah this year! It was a beautiful event on a gorgeous sunny day. Here’s a picture of some of the new ‘Olim’.
Perez Hilton Visits Israel and the Kotel
The noted gossip columnist Perez Hilton is currently enjoying a vacation in the Holy Land. Is he repenting for his sins? Converting? About to become religious? Doubtful. But he did visit the Western Wall and has been touring many of Israel’s other sites, writing with positivity and hope…and (gasp) not gossip. Although we’re sure there’s a lot...
New Western Wall iPhone App
The newest iPhone application is the ikotel–an app that allows the user to visit the Kotel wherever he or she may be. Just download it onto your iPhone and you can see a live feed of what’s happening at the Kotel (except on Shabbat), write a note to be put in between the cracks of...
Palestinian Website Takes Down Claims on Western Wall
At the beginning of the month, there was a great deal of controversy surrounding an article written by a top Palestinian official from the Palestinian Information Ministry. The article stated that the Western Wall had no connection to the Biblical Jewish Temples, refuting mountains of archaological and historical evidence to the contrary. The report, which...
Cameras at the Kotel
Last week, Rav Eliashiv, one of the most reknowned Jewish thinkers of the generation, made the statement that Jews should not visit the Kotel on Shabbat. “WHAT?!?!?!” you may be asking yourself! That makes no sense! But according to Rav Eliashiv and other authorities in Jewish law, it makes a lot of sense. On Shabbat,...
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