the Western Wall

Cultural  

1. A wall in the old city of Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem), whose stones may have formed part of the Temple of Solomon. Sometimes called the Wailing Wall, it is visited in great numbers by Jews (see also Jews) as a holy place that commemorates their sorrows from earliest times.

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Example Sentences

For the first time in 41 days, Muslim worshippers returned to Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jews to the Western Wall and Christians to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Every year thousands of Israelis march a route through Jerusalem and the annexed Old City, ending at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray in Jerusalem.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

“I had grown up going to synagogues,” Cooper explains, “And in Hebrew school, there was always a picture of the Western Wall on one of the walls.”

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024

Particularly problematic are the numbers that illustrate Ethan’s subjects, including a flamboyant Greenwich Village Scrabble shark, a Black “off-the-books political operative” and a group of pilgrims to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

We’ll have to count on the Western Wall.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank