Thousands gather at Western Wall in Jerusalem
At sunset on July 15, the start of the fast of the Ninth of Av, the city of Jerusalem mostly shut down to mourn the destruction of the first and second Jewish temples. Stores and entertainment venues closed, and the streets around the Old City were blocked off and hushed as Jerusalem Jews joined their brethren around the world and began the sunset-to-sunset fast.
The Western Wall on Monday night was alive, as thousands flocked to the Wailing Wall Plaza to recite the evening prayers and listen to the Book of Eicha, or Lamentations, which tells of the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
Please read The Times of Israel Article, July 16, 2013
Photo credit: Leeor Bronis/The Times of Israel
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you. Psalm 122:6 (NKJV)
