Western Wall

If you zoom in you can see the little papers stuffed in the cracks that people have written their prayers on. Mine is somewhere amongst them! 

The Western Wall was an incredible experience. The Wall is not sacred to the Jews, it’s simply the closest place that they can be to the temple mount and also know that they are not over the old holy of holy s which they still consider sacred.

It was fun seeing how the Jewish people look forward to the Sabbath Day with such excitement. Up until sundown there is a rush of Jewish people all scurrying through all the quarters of the old city to get to the western wall. When you arrive you are greeted by hundreds of cheerful people singing and dancing to their hymns and scripture. They pray often aloud putting their written prayers in the  wall. They sway forwards and backwards to emphasize there excitement to speak with God.

It is a pretty cool experience in that there are all types of Jewish belief worshiping at the  wall. They view it as being front row seat in the great  synagogue that is the world (Jewish synagogues all face the  temple mount). It was incredible to see them welcome in the  Sabbath.

I definitely have a lot of holy envy when it comes to some of their more practical traditions such as singing and dancing and general excitement for the Sabbath. That attitude is something I want to better adopt into my own life.