Western Wall
a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70.
- Also called Wailing Wall.
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How to use Western Wall in a sentence
He will then visit the Western Wall and lay a wreath at the Holocaust memorial at Mount Herzl.
Survey released ahead of Tisha B'Av also finds Western Wall still considered Judaism's holiest site.
Israel Attorney General To Chief Rabbi Hopeful: Explain Your Racism | Orly Halpern | July 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI agree, for instance, that the Western Wall “should never have been turned into Israel's Great Synagogue.”
Even if that experience takes place a few feet away from the Western Wall proper, it may be an experience well worth having.
Top 5 Reasons To Accept Sharansky’s Western Wall Compromise | Sigal Samuel | April 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd American Jews respond to that message—it makes them want to go put on a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in protest.
Women Of The Wall And The Culture Clash In Israel | Elisheva Goldberg | March 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
There was no one to be seen, but beyond the Western Wall there sounded cries and moaning wails that made Octavia tremble.
The Devil in Iron | Robert E. HowardAbove the house, in the south-Western Wall of this excavation, are the ruins of the southern wall of the Temple of Athena.
Troy and its Remains | Henry (Heinrich) SchliemannThe Western Wall is far more impressive from within the church than from without, and shows the Early English style at its best.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon | Cecil Walter Charles HallettThe walls of the eastern room were well finished, and, except the Western Wall, in fairly good preservation.
Casa Grande Ruin | Cosmos MindeleffIn the Western Wall there are two similar openings, and there is one each in the northern and southern walls.
Casa Grande Ruin | Cosmos Mindeleff
British Dictionary definitions for Western Wall
Judaism a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage: Also called: Wailing Wall
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